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3. The Missing Acrobat

Jules Verne Around The World in Eighty Days
Episode 3 of 4

Passepartout sets off for Japan without his friends. How will Phileas Fogg and Aouda catch up with him? Stars Leslie Phillips.

Phileas Fogg fights a duel and the Pacific railroad nearly collapses鈥�

Starring Leslie Phillips.

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

Dramatised by Terry James.

Phileas Fogg 鈥�. Leslie Phillips
Passepartout 鈥�. Yves Aubert
Sergeant Fix 鈥�. Jim Broadbent
Batuclar 鈥�. Jonathan Adams
Sailor 鈥�. Ronald Herdman
Captain Busby 鈥�. John Church
Engineer 鈥�. Mark Straker
Japanese Assistant 鈥�. Joanna Myers
Princess Aouda 鈥�. Diana Quick
Colonel Proctor 鈥�. William Hootkins

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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