The Mail on Sunday

AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS

IPLAYER ADVENTURE DRAMA

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today, but if you can ignore such un-PC moments, you’ll be rewarded with an entertaini­ng war movie based on General Gordon’s efforts to defend the titular city from the Mahdist army in the late 19th Century. Charlton Heston, Ralph Richardson and Richard Johnson co-star. From Saturday

Gentleman adventurer Phileas Fogg (David Tennant, left, centre), his newly appointed valet Passeparto­ut (Ibrahim Koma, far left) and intrepid journalist Abigail (Leonie Benesch, near left) attempt to circumnavi­gate the globe in only 80 days in order for Fogg to win a huge bet in this fast-moving, fun, largely family-friendly updating of the classic Jules Verne story. Available now

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