There is no two ways about it, the BBC do period drama and historical adventure series extremely well. This is no exception, with attention to detail, fine acting and direction - very reminiscent of both the Sherlock TV series and the Sherlock Holmes film by Guy Richie. Enjoy.
man if you're gonna do an adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days in 2021 it should be fun and filled with a sense of adventure, occasionally the show tries to do that but there's a pervasive aura of self-seriousness and more a sense of grandiosity and pomposity throughout instead of a zippy spirit of adventure and fun and devil-may-care
All episodes are available in Germany (OV and dubbed) for free, without ads, at ZDF.
Oof we're starting with the cheesy cliches right away, aren't we? Not that that's necessarily bad, just very predictable. Absolutely beautiful cinematography, though.
A decent start to the show. I'm glad they wasted no time getting to the "around the world" part with a fairly quick set up (not sure about the way Passepartout gets involved, it's funny but forced). While the show maintains a bit of that refined British politeness, it's also quite goofy. I hope all of the trio's stops around the world are as eventful as their first stop in France, where they land smack dab in the middle of a riot and later an assassination attempt on the French president, which Phileas Fogg thwarts (what? no medal?) while his partners become implicated. I liked the Scooby-Doo-esque chase sequence which leads to their perhaps too convenient escape on the balloon we've all been waiting for. I guess at this point, you kind of know the tone of what you're getting from a PBS Masterpiece show but the sense of adventure and the over-the-top goofiness have me excited for the next episode.
david tennant is such a great actor and makes his characters shine
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The first two episodes are available to stream, right now, for free from the Belgium RTBF website.