Sir John Mills and Robert Morley were the only actors who appeared in Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and this adaptation.
Sir Peter Ustinov (Detective Wilbur Fix) previously auditioned for the same role in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), but Robert Newton was cast instead.
In this mini-series, Passepartout was played by Eric Idle. In the same year, his fellow Monty Python alumnus, Michael Palin, starred in his own travel series, also titled Around the World in 80 Days (1989)
This was Robert Morley's final television acting role before his death on June 3, 1992, at the age of eighty-four.