Around the World in 80 Days Reviews

Possibly the "Daddy" of travel programmes, the series even challenges Alan Whicker for the crown of travel programmes. Made over 20 years ago, Around The World in 80 Days has not dated; and is as watchable and engaging today as it was in 1988 - despite the transformation of most of the places featured in the series, not least ...  Read the complete review

Fictional hero, Phileas Fogg, circumnavigated the globe in just 80 days. Mad as a hatter, Michael Palin decided to take up the challange to better this time, still using only the forms of transport that was available to Fogg. The BBC produced the programme "Around The World in 80 Days" from Palin's filmed records, and ...  Read the complete review

Michael Palin's 'Around The World in 80 Days' stemmed from an idea loosely based on Jules Verne's book. Michael of course, didn't do his journey in a balloon. He did however have to arrange travel from various ports and stick to deadlines. There were a few ocassions when it looked like he wouldn't make it in ...  Read the complete review

Around The World In 80 Days was Michael Palin's first travel documentary and easily the best. The fact that he had not done this kind of show before coupled with the deadline imposed by Jules Verne's book gave a background of pressure to this series that has not been bettered. Watching Michael struggle with basic ...  Read the complete review

Micheal Palin makes an excellent travellor and writer, he has done a few journeys now including full circle pole to pole the hemingway experience each and every one of the programmes have been fascinating, he looks at the world from a different view, he doesn`t stay in all these fancy 5* hotels. He does things differently, he takes ...  Read the complete review