Around the World in 80 days

Michael Palin

BBC Books, hardcover with dustjacket, illustrated

In the autumn of 1988 Michael Palin set out from the Reform Club to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier. But if the rules were simple, nothing else was. Palin's Passepartout was not a loyal French manservant but a 5-person BBC film crew, there to record his every move. Fogg brought back a Princess, Palin a lot of dirty laundry and a television series that stands as an unparalleled tribute to man's ability to make life difficult for himself.

This book is the story of, and the story behind, the making of the series – a no - holds barred account of a journey that turned into a Great Twentieth Century Adventure.
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Michael Palin's comic reputation was established by the ever-popular Monty Python's Flying Circus. A successful writer, actor and comedian, his more recent work includes several films: The Missionary, A Private Function, A Fish Called Wanda and American Friends. He has written many other books, notably Ripping Yarns with Terry Jones, and a number of children's ,books including The Mirrorstone, Limericks and Small Harry and the Toothache
Cover illustration: David Atkinson