Just at that moment, Fix storms into the members club, despite loud protestations from staff that the Reform Club is “members only, no women allowed.” She confronts her father and asks him why her byline in the newspaper has been given to a man. Her father explains that he has his “readers to consider”, but that he’ll see Abigail in his office later that afternoon to discuss the matter.

As Fix leaves the building in a fury, Passepartout attempts to console her.”You’re best out of it,” he tells her. “This is a place where souls come to die.”

Back inside the club, Fogg ponders the article in The Daily Telegraph, and the cogs start to whir. Fogg tells Fortescue that his daughter has written a fascinating article, and that someone will indeed manage to travel around the world in 80 days. “It won’t be you,” mocks Bellamy. Fogg looks hurt, and in a flashback, we seem him thinking about the postcard that arrived in the morning post. He’s made up his mind.

“I’m going to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days,” he declares loudly. “Or less”. His friends burst into peals of laughter, followed by the rest of the Reform Club. Spurred on by their disbelief, Fogg says that he’ll set off that very day. Bellamy goads him and bets £10,000 that he won’t do it. Fogg bets £20,000 that he will, and adds that he’ll return no later than one o’clock on Christmas Eve. The wager is set.

Around The World In 80 Days episode 1: an unlikely trio set out on an epic adventure