Pharoah, who is also an executive producer, hints at more Fogg adventures to come. In terms of scoring Tennant for the lead, former Kudos boss Simon Crawford Collins, who runs Slim Film + Television, says, “We wanted somebody who could believably do the action adventure, could play the stiff-upper-lip Englishman, but at the same time you never fall out of love with him and you really want to get under the veneer of that and go, ‘Wow, this is actually a complex man.’ David manages that so brilliantly.” It felt like resetting our relationship with traveling and seeing the world like that.” He goes to Paris and India and Hong Kong and Yemen and he’s so excited to see a camel, the different colors and cultures. As soon as I hit on that, I thought it’s a love letter to the world, if that isn’t a bit pretentious. Life On Mars creator and 80 Days head writer, Ashley Pharoah says, “We wanted Fogg yes to be a preposterously upper middle class over-educated Englishman, but I wanted to give him a sort of childlike sense of wonder because he’s never traveled, he’s never left London or his club.
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Legendary composer Hans Zimmer, Bleeding Fingers composer Christian Lundberg and score producer Russell Emanuel have created an electrifying soundtrack for Around the World In 80 Days.Īvailable on: BBC One and BBC iPlayer (UK), F2 (France), RAI (Italy), ZDF (Germany), PBS Masterpiece (US), RTBF (Belgium).Spun Gold To "Reimagine" BAFTA Coverage Sky Greenlights World Cup Hat-Trick 'Clarkson's Farm' Season Three Federation Bhutan Doc - Global BriefsĪ Slim Film + Television and Federation co-production for the European Alliance (France Télévisions, ZDF and RAI), the series boasts a new spin on Fogg. International distribution is handled by Federation Entertainment. The series has already sold around the world including to BBC in the UK and PBS/Masterpiece in the US. The primary commissioners are the European Alliance of France Télévisions, ZDF and RAI. It was co-produced by Slim Film + Television and Federation Entertainment. The series was co-created by Ashley Pharoah and Caleb Ranson, produced by Peter McAleese, with Steve Barron as lead director. En route, they take ships, trains, balloons, camels, stagecoaches and even rickshaws whilst encountering increasingly dangerous obstacles and facing journeys of their own.Īround The World in 80 Days also features Jason Watkins and Peter Sullivan alongside remarkable guest stars such as Richard Wilson, Loïc Djani, André Penvern, Jeff Rawle, Giovanni Scifoni, Simone Coppo, Lindsay Duncan, Anthony Flanagan, Faical Elkihel, Shivaani Ghai, Charlie Hamblett, Rizelle Januk, Kiroshan Naidoo, Victoria Smurfit, Patrick Kennedy, Thomas Chaanhing, Gary Beadle, John Light, Elena Saurel, Oliver Hembrough and Dolly Wells. Shot on location on two continents, the miniseries follows our heroes as they head east from London on October 5, 1872, intending to make it back to the reading room of the city’s snobbish Reform Club no later than one o’clock on Christmas Eve. Inspiration was also provided by true characters and events, including ground-breaking journalist Nellie Bly, aristocratic rebel Jane Digby and Bass Reeves, a former slave and legendary first black Deputy US Marshall. The series updates this enduringly popular tale, with lead writer Ashley Pharoah weaving Verne’s original plot with new themes and stories. Together they embark on an expedition that packs far more adventure than the trio bargained for. Joining them to chronicle their journey is the intrepid Abigail ‘Fix’ Fortescue (Leonie Benesch), the journalist who came up with the whole crazy idea in the first place. With the assistance of the quick-witted and resourceful Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma), Fogg leaves behind his life of routine.
Literature’s most famous race against the clock comes to life in this innovative new adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel Around the World in 80 Days, broadcasting globally from the end of 2021 in eight thrilling episodes.ĭavid Tennant stars as Phileas Fogg, the Englishman who impulsively takes on a daring bet to circumnavigate the globe in a mere eighty days-quite a feat, considering that it’s 1872 and Fogg has spent the last twenty years in the safety of his leather armchair.
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