TV Show Details
Air Date:October 13th, 2009
Last Air Date:November 17th, 2009
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary
Original Language:English
Around the World in 80 Days on the Web:Official Website
Around the World in 80 Days (2009)
TV ShowBBC One
Reality
Plot
Around the World in 80 Days is a British travel documentary series made to support the annual BBC Children in Need charity appeal in 2009. It sees twelve celebrities attempt to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days without using air transport, recreating the journey of Phileas Fogg and Michael Palin. Like Fogg and Palin, the journey begins and ends at the Reform Club in London. It was first shown on BBC One and BBC HD in October and November 2009.
