The synopsis for the next set of episodes is pretty open-ended: "The second season will again see Phileas Fogg and his team take another perilous challenge to traverse the globe." Deadline also notes that deals for the primary cast to return have not been inked yet. A second season also means that fans here in the states can tune in this winter, knowing more will come. But considering other series, like The Handmaid's Tale, have managed to extend classic novels far beyond their endpoints, it stands to reason Verne's classic would eventually get the same treatment. Exactly where the show thinks it's going next remains a mystery. The series was initially envisioned as something of a holiday special, albeit one with global ambitions, and with eight hours of storytelling will almost certainly cover the whole novel. The cast is a stacked one, featuring David Tennant ( Doctor Who) with Ibrahim Koma ( Mother Is Wrong) and Leonie Benesch ( Babylon Berlin) as his two companions in travel. (BBC One's premiere is planned for late afternoon on Boxing Day, with the show's first two episodes.) PBS Masterpiece will follow just after the new year, with the first episode arriving over New Year's Day Weekend, on Sunday, Jan.
The new series, which was delayed by a year due to the 2020 Hollywood shut down, is planned as a Christmas-timed release in Europe, with the BBC, France Télévisions, Germany's ZDF, and Italy's RAI all airing it around the same time. Even before the show released its first full trailer, showrunner Ashley Pharoah ( Life on Mars) had already hinted at the possibility.
Even though, as far as anyone knows, the first season, which runs eight episodes, will cover the entirety of Jules Verne's famous novel, this is not as big a surprise as one might think.
Producers Slim Film+Television and Federation Entertainment confirmed that the series will return for another installment. Around the World in 80 Days has not premiered yet, but there are already plans for more.
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