{"id":5582,"date":"2021-10-11T14:10:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T12:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=893710"},"modified":"2021-10-11T15:12:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-11T13:12:20","slug":"around-the-world-in-80-days-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/around-the-world-in-80-days-release-date-cast-trailer-and-latest-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the World in 80 Days release date: Cast, trailer and latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Flora Carr\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 11 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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There are yet more reasons to get excited about\u00a0the\u00a0BBC\u2019s upcoming series\u00a0Around the World in 80 Days, following the announcement that legendary composer Hans Zimmer and\u00a0Christian Lundberg scored the soundtrack.<\/p>\n

Zimmer, known for The Lion King and Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, said: \u201cIt was a great honour to help bring the iconic Jules Verne tale to life with such an amazing team.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring this time as the world stood still and no one could travel, it was thrilling to experience the wonders of the world though Phileas Fogg. I\u2019m excited for everyone to see it and be inspired.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around the World in 80 Days officially wrapped filming<\/a> in March 2021, almost exactly a year after the shoot was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

We can now expect the eight-part adventure series to premiere on our screens later this year. As an official statement from the broadcaster said: \u201cThe clock is ticking\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Adapted from Jules Verne\u2019s well-known book of the same name<\/a>, the series stars David Tennant (who will be taking on a rather more sympathetic character than his recent title role in Des<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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With the first look at the upcoming series already having been unveiled and exclusive new pictures of the series revealed on RadioTimes.com<\/a> the release date is now on the horizon.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about Around the World in 80 Days.<\/p>\n

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BBC One released a first-look image of Around the World in 80 Days<\/a> in September 2020 and announced that the series will air in 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clock is ticking,\u201d a statement from the production team said. \u201cJoin Phileas Fogg (David Tennant), Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma) and Abigail Fix (Leonie Benesch) on their journey Around the World in 80 Days \u2013 coming to screens 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n

The first two episodes of the eight-part series receives its World Premiere at the opening night of the Canneseries & MIPCOM festival on Sunday 10th\u00a0October at 9pm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Around the World in 80 Days plot<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The eight-part series, written by Life on Mars\u2019 Ashley Pharoah among others, follows the legendary adventurer Phileas Fogg, who is attempting to travel around the world in 80 days in a bid to win a lucrative wager he entered into.<\/p>\n

Fogg, whose ingenuity and clever contraptions will be tested over the titular time-frame, could do with friends on such a long voyage \u2013 and luckily he has them in the form of sidekick Passepartout and Abigail Fix, a journalist who accompanies the men in order to to chronicle the adventure.<\/p>

Around the World in 80 Days cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Phileas Fogg is played by a moustachioed David Tennant (Good Omens<\/a>), while the cast of Around the World in 80 Days also includes Ibrahim Koma as Passepartout and Leonie Benesch as Abigail Fix.<\/p>\n

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No further casting details have been released, but we\u2019ll keep this page updated with announcements.<\/p>\n

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In the meantime, some new-look pictures of the cast in action have been revealed, and it looks like we\u2019re in for an exciting globetrotting adventure.<\/p>\n

Around the World in Eighty Days trailer<\/strong><\/h2>\n