The prolific composer Hans Zimmer has written the score, alongside Christian Lundberg. This is big television in the vein of His Dark Materials (and its gorgeous opening credits seem to have taken some inspiration from that series, as well as from Game of Thrones). Tennant promised a “romp” from this updated version of Jules Verne’s novel, and it certainly is lively. Off he goes, gathering up companions as if this is a 19th-century Doctor Who and getting himself into historical scrapes. After hearing of a new railway while dining at his private members’ club, Phileas Fogg (David Tennant, with moustache) accepts a bet that he can be the first man to travel around the globe in 80 days.
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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 October at 9pm.Īround the World in 80 Days officially wrapped filming in March 2021, almost exactly a year after the shoot was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.That should mean there is more pleasure in quite literally watching the world go by, even if it takes a while to get going. “Join Phileas Fogg (David Tennant), Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma) and Abigail Fix (Leonie Benesch) on their journey Around the World in 80 Days – coming to screens 2021.” “The clock is ticking,” a statement from the production team said. Around the World in 80 Days release dateĪround the World in 80 Days will premiere on BBC One on Boxing Day, 26th December 2021 and on Masterpiece for PBS in the US on 2nd January 2022.īBC One released a first-look image of Around the World in 80 Days in September 2020 and announced that the series will air in 2021. Here’s everything you need to know about Around the World in 80 Days.
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In the meantime, why not check out our guide to the best David Tennant TV shows. With the first look at the upcoming series already having been unveiled, exclusive new pictures of the series revealed on and an epic title sequence having been release, the release date is now also confirmed. I’m excited for everyone to see it and be inspired.” “During 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 think it’s got a genuine kind of cross-generational appeal to it and that’s something very special I’ve been involved in, in that kind of a story.” It’ll work for your five-year-old, it’ll work for your 85-year-old. “It has that sense of something that everyone can come together, and it works. It feels like a genuine – this phrase is overused – but it feels like a genuine piece of family entertainment, something that you can all, you know, grab a mince pie and enjoy together,” he continued. “It’s a romp, but it’s got real heart to it, as well.
It’s that kind of a show, it’s got that kind of scale and that kind of ambition and that kind of warmth,” he told and other press. I think it’s very apt that it’s set for a Christmas transmission. Around the World in 80 Days star David Tennant discusses shooting in Romania and South Africa and why camels are not the calmest creatures in the Radio Times podcast - listen nowĪsked about the upcoming first season, Tennant recently described it as a “romp”.
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