· Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days is a BBC television series presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin documenting his eighty-day trip around the world. Palin was to not use any form of travel that was not around during Jules Verne's book, Around the World in 80 Days in ; most importantly, he was to use no aircraft. Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days (DVD) Monty Python comedian/writer Michael Palin takes up the famous challenge: to travel around the world in only 80 days. Air travel is forbidden, and wherever possible he uses the same routes and transport as Jules Verne's fictional hero, Phileas Fogg, meeting many interesting characters en route/5(). · Around The World In 80 Days. Michael Palin. £ Paperback. Latest edition of Michael’s No.1 bestseller and first travel book recounting his incredible journey around the world. Out of EAN\ISBN
Around the World in 80 Days. Actor and writer Michael Palin takes up the challenge to emulate the adventures of Phileas Fogg and circumnavigate the globe, travelling by land and sea. 7 Episodes. Despite the best laid plans of the BBC, we ended up bustling, hurrying, rushing, improvising to get ourselves home only by the skin of our teeth. And that's what made it worth doing. The smoother the journey the duller it would have been.". ― Michael Palin, Around the World in 80 Days: Companion to the PBS Series. Michael Palin's Around the World in 80 days is a modern story which also gives a feeling of old world charm during the days of romantic journeys. If you ever watch the tv show, then this book is definitely a splendid way to relive it with Palin's quintessential voice. Overall. 5 out of 5 stars. Performance.
Michael Palin has taken on the task of duplicating Phileas Fogg's feat by attempting to circumnavigate the globe, beginning and ending at the Reform Club in London, in eighty days, using no air travel. He meets Python fans in Greece, eats snake in China, and generally goes from one adventure to another, all the while fighting to make his deadline. Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin is a 7-part BBC television travel series first broadcast on BBC1 in It was presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin. The show was inspired by Jules Verne 's classic novel Around the World in Eighty Days, in which a character named Phileas Fogg accepts a wager to circumnavigate the. Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days is a BBC television series presented by comedian and actor Michael Palin documenting his eighty-day trip around the world. Palin was to not use any form of travel that was not around during Jules Verne's book, Around the World in 80 Days in ; most importantly, he was to use no aircraft.
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