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1. An Over-Hurried Departure

Jules Verne Around The World in Eighty Days
Episode 1 of 4

Eccentric gentleman Phileas Fogg's new valet Passepartout is hoping for a quiet life. Stars Leslie Phillips and Jim Broadbent.

A bet is made, the Bank of England is robbed and the gas is left on.

Eccentric gentleman, Phileas Fogg's new valet Passepartout had been hoping for a quiet life...

Starring Leslie Phillips.

Jules Verne's classic story, first published in 1872.

Dramatised in four parts by Terry James.

Phileas Fogg 鈥�. Leslie Phillips
Passepartout 鈥�. Yves Aubert
Sergeant Fix 鈥�. Jim Broadbent
Lord Albermarle 鈥�. Ronald Fraser
Mr Flanagan 鈥�. Ronald Herdman
Mr Stuart 鈥�. John Church
The Doorman 鈥�. Mark Straker
Consul 鈥�. Terence Edmond
Forster 鈥�. Nicholas Murchie
Beggarwoman 鈥�. Joanna Myers

Original music by Wilfredo Acosta.

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in December 1991.

30 minutes

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