On their travels, the celebrities made entries in the diary and collected items which, along with the carpet bag and diary, were auctioned for Childen in Need. The book is quite fast moving and there are plenty of adventures (including rescuing. It is a race against time To further complicate the plot, a policeman suspects Fogg of being the man who robbed the Bank of England and pursues them around the world. There were six legs to the journey and a baton was passed betwen each team in the form of a carpet bag containing a satellite phone and diary. Setting out with his servant, Passepartout, the two travel using several modes of transport.
They were emulating Jules Verne's classic hero, Phileas Fogg, who accepted a bet that he could circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. In summer 2009, six pairs of celebrities set out on a relay race around the globe for BBC Children in Need.
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