He sulks in his mansion, he sulks in his club. Fogg is a dour, troubled rich man, ambling around in the trappings of his vast and mysterious wealth. Clearly, there is great confidence in it.Ī ‘clumsy blunderer’. This is a multinational production, showing off its many locations, and a second season has been confirmed before the first has even aired. Naturally, given its source material, it zips around the planet. 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. That should mean there is more pleasure in quite literally watching the world go by, even if it takes a while to get going.
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