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Radio 4 Extra,26 Dec 1991,30 mins

SeriesAround The World in Eighty Days

3. The Missing Acrobat

Jules Verne

Available for 23 days

Phileas Fogg fights a duel and the Pacific railroad nearly collapses… Starring Leslie Phillips. Jules Verne's classic story, first published in 1872. Dramatised by Terry James. Phileas Fogg …. Leslie Phillips Passepartout …. Yves Aubert Sergeant Fix …. Jim Broadbent Batuclar …. Jonathan Adams Sailor …. Ronald Herdman Captain Busby …. John Church Engineer …. Mark Straker Japanese Assistant …. Joanna Myers Princess Aouda …. Diana Quick Colonel Proctor …. William Hootkins Original music by Wilfredo Acosta. Director: Janet Whitaker First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.

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