Around the World in 80 Treasures

Infobox Television
show_name = Around the World in 80 Treasures


caption = Dan Cruickshank
genre = Documentary
runtime =
creator =
starring =
network = BBC Two
first_aired = February 21, 2005
last_aired = April 25, 2005
num_episodes = 10
producer = BBC
related =

"Around the World in 80 Treasures" is a 10 episode series by the BBC, presented by Dan Cruickshank, and originally aired in February, March, and April of 2005. The title is a reference to "Around the World in Eighty Days", the classic adventure novel by Jules Verne.

In this series, Cruickshank takes a five month world tour visiting his choices of the eighty greatest man-made treasures, including buildings and artifacts. His tour takes him through 34 countries and 6 of the 7 continents (he does not visit Antarctica).

In addition to seeing some of the world's greatest treasures, Cruickshank tries many different kinds of food including testicle, brain, and insects. His means of transportation included airplanes, trains, camel, donkey, foot, bicycle, scooter, hang glider, and boats.

A tie-in book of the same title was also published, written as a journal during the trip and containing much behind-the-scenes detail on the making of the programme in addition to Cruikshank's reflections on the treasures themselves.

Cruickshank's fondness of architecture is evident, with many of his chosen treasures being buildings or other man-made structures.

The official BBC DVD of the series was released on May 19th 2008.

Episode 1: Peru to Brazil

Episode 4: Japan to China

Episode 7: Jordan to Ethiopia

Episode 10: Bosnia to France and Home

Companion book

* cite book
date = Feb 17, 2005
title = Around the World in Eighty Treasures
last = Cruickshank
first = Dan
publisher = Weidenfeld & Nicolson (hardback)
id = ISBN 978-0297843993
* cite book
date = Oct 6, 2005
title = Around the World in Eighty Treasures
last = Cruickshank
first = Dan
publisher = Phoenix Press (paperback)
id = ISBN 978-0753819470

External links

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