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Around the World in 80 Days - Episode Guide

Season 1

The Challenge

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1989

The Challenge

Actor Michael Palin takes up the challenge to circumnavigate the globe. The intrepid traveller sets off from London's Reform Club for Venice.

Arabian Frights

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1989

Arabian Frights

Actor Michael Palin takes up the challenge to circumnavigate the globe. The intrepid traveller sets off from London's Reform Club for Venice.

Ancient Mariners

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1989

Ancient Mariners

Michael Palin and his film crew continue their journey in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg when they drive across Arabia in only 40 hours to make up for lost time.

A Close Shave

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1989

A Close Shave

Michael Palin and his film crew continue their journey, moving through India to Madras before heading off to Singapore.

Oriental Express

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1989

Oriental Express

Michael Palin and his film crew continue their journey, travelling from Singapore to Shanghai via Hong Kong.

Far East and Farther East

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1989

Far East and Farther East

Michael Palin's epic journey following in the footsteps of Phileas Fogg. Ten days behind schedule, he sails out of Shanghai on a ferry bound for Japan.

Dateline to Deadline

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1989

Dateline to Deadline

With only 22 days to go, delays, misunderstandings and a suspect bomb all conspire to impede Michael Palin's journey around the globe.

Around the World in 20 Years

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Dec 30, 2008 (60 min)

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Michael Palin goes in search of the crew of the wooden dhow Al Shama who shared an emotional voyage with him across the Arabian Sea in the first of his globe-trotting travelogue series, Around the World in 80 Days. Twenty years on from that perilous crossing, he begins his quest in Dubai before heading to Mumbai and on to Mandvi in the Gujarat province where he has heard that some of his old colleagues now live.

Specials

New Tales from Around the World in 80 Days

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Mar 11, 2014 (30 min)

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Kate Garraway interviews Michael Palin CBE to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of his landmark and ground-breaking series Around The World in 80 Days and mark it's launch on Travel Channel. In this unique and compelling special, Michael remembers his experiences, from his feelings as he's waved off by his family and fellow Pythons at Victoria Station to it becoming a life-defining journey which also broke the mould of TV travel programming forever.

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