This show is a wild ride. It follows Phileas Fogg, a rich Englishman and his trusty servant Passepartout. They race to circle globe in 80 days. Expect challenges, surprises and a detective convinced Fogg is a criminal. Plus, a journalist who hops on for fun. Buckle up, it is going to be a crazy journey!

Meet the characters from Around the World in 80 Days

Phileas Fogg

Phileas Fogg is the epitome of cool, clipped dignity — the sort of man who sets his watch and apparently can set his life to it too. He’s methodical, deadpan, ridiculously stubborn and somehow both a gentleman and a machine (also might own twelve identical waistcoats, I can’t decide). He rarely loses his composure except in those tiny, theatrical moments that reveal a surprising warmth — and yes, he does secretly enjoy a good gamble even if he pretends not to. He’s the one who plans and endures, the steady heart of the trip, and you sort of want to tidy his books but also push him into a river just to see him react. Honestly, he’s infuriatingly admirable and oddly lovable at once.

Passepartout

Passepartout is absolute chaos in the best way — a loyal, hotheaded valet who’s always ready to leap before he looks. He loves practical jokes, has a weirdly encyclopedic knowledge of local tavern menus, and will punch someone out then apologize with tea five minutes later. He’s the human parachute for Fogg’s calmness, the emotional weather vane, and sometimes maddeningly indecisive about whether to keep secrets. Also, he’s brave enough to fake-fight a tiger or dress as a woman for a disguise and then go home and cry over a lost sock; big feelings. Honestly, he’s warm, messy, heroic, and you never quite know which hat he’s wearing — figuratively or literally.

Abigail Fix

Abigail Fix is the no-nonsense reporter with a pen like a dagger and a heart that refuses to be muted. She’s practical, sharp-eyed, occasionally bossy, and will fact-check you mid-sentence (in the most charmingly brutal way). She seems to scowl a lot but secretly hoards sweet biscuits in her luggage and has a soft spot for local stray dogs — contradictions, I know. Her determination sometimes reads as impatience, but she’s the sort of person who actually gets things done and then writes a scathing column about it. Also she might have slept on a train once and sworn it ruined her life…for a week, at least.

Nyle Bellamy

Nyle Bellamy struts in like an American engineer with a cowboy hat and an overbuilt ego, and you either admire the confidence or roll your eyes until they pop. He’s inventive—likes gadgets and plans—and annoyingly optimistic even when steam engines and logic scream otherwise. He can be blustery and affectionate in the same sentence, and he probably quotes books he hasn’t read to sound impressive. Somehow he’s both a problem-solver and a walking disaster magnet, which is the best combo for travel drama.

Bernard Fortescue

Bernard Fortescue is that quietly earnest Englishman who keeps losing his hat and finding moral dilemmas instead. He’s polite to the point of being stubbornly apologetic, a little nervous around authority, but perfectly decent and steady when things go sideways. He likes good food, gets flustered about money but would never show it, and once tried to join a committee purely for the biscuits. He’s small-scale, solid, and charmingly human—comforting, if not exactly bursting with flair.

Jane Digby

Jane Digby is the sneaky romantic rebel you didn’t expect in a Victorian travel tale — she’s adventurous, scandalous in a tasteful way (or not tasteful, depending on who’s telling it), and utterly magnetic. She’ll ride off into a desert sunset wearing a scarf and an attitude, and then be found sketching flowers by moonlight while plotting the next big escape. She hates being pinned down, champions impulsive love affairs, and also collects teacups for reasons she won’t explain. She’s equal parts daring and nostalgic, which means she’ll break rules and then write wistful letters about how she misses her grandmother’s stew. Honestly, she’s the kind of person who makes everyone else’s lives more complicated in the best possible way.

Niccolò Moretti

Niccolò Moretti feels like an Italian rogue straight out of an opera — charming, sharp-tongued, dramatic, and a little unreliable but impossibly fun at parties. He knows the best back alleys, can smuggle you a postcard in a hat, and will offer unsolicited life advice at midnight. He can be deceitful when needed—thief, con artist, or just a bold improviser depending on the mood—and yet he’ll help you escape a bad marriage with the same grin. There’s an intoxicating blend of danger and charisma about him, and you kind of forgive everything because he tells great jokes.

Grayson

Grayson is the mysterious shadow figure — quiet, efficient, maybe a spy? — who does the heavy lifting and looks cool doing it, even if he refuses to explain himself. He’s loyal in a steel-gray way, keeps a ledger of favors (and possibly a secret recipe for stew), and has zero patience for melodrama but secretly enjoys a melodramatic reveal. He’s practical, pragmatic, slightly broody, and loves schedules but will break them if rescuing someone is on the line. Also, he might enjoy tiny collectibles like metal buttons or old keys, which is oddly adorable for such a grim fellow. Honestly, he’s the kind of person you trust with your life and your luggage, maybe not your diary.