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The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
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Original Run	June 18, 2000 to December 16, 2000
No. of Episodes	22
Genre(s)	Steampunk
Creator(s)	Gavin Scott
Exec. Producer(s)	Nicolas Clermont Pierre de Lespinois Neil Dunn Michael Huffington Richard Jackson
Starring	Chris Demetral Michael Praed Francesca Hunt Michel Courtemanche]
Country of Origin	Canada United States
Original Channel	CBC

The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (SAJV) was a 22-episode steampunk television series that aired in Canada in 2000 on the CBC and the U.S. in 2001 on Sci Fi Channel and in fall 2002 in syndication to local stations.

The show followed the fictional adventures of a young Jules Verne before he bacame the famous writer and first author of science fiction. In the series, Verne hooks up with Phileas Fogg, his manservant Passepartout and Fogg's cousin, Rebecca and they travel on The Aurora, a lighter-than air flying ship.

Originally created by Gavin Scott, the show was sold to a partnership of UK, Canadian and U.S. producers, including Nicolas Clermont, Pierre de Lespinois, Neil Dunn, Michael Huffington and Richard Jackson. They worked under a company called "Talisman Crest" to produce the show for sale to a major U.S. network.

The show filmed during 1998-99 in Montreal, Canada.

Unfortunately, after none of the big networks would buy the $22 million series, Talisman filed for bankruptcy. Canada's CBC picked up the series as a Saturday morning children's series in 2000. A few months later, the Sci Fi Channel bought the series for 2001 and 2002.

SAJV originally aired at 10 p.m. on Fridays after Farscape. But low ratings pushed the series into late night television and out of prime time.

In Fall 2002, the series was sold to local syndication on a barter basis by Promark distribution.

Contents 1 High Definition Television 2 Cast 2.1 Guest Stars 3 Episode List 4 External links

High Definition Television

SAJV holds the distinction of being the first television series to be shot entirely in high definition digital television.

Cast

• Chris Demetral as Jules Verne
• Michael Praed as Phileas Fogg
• Francesca Hunt as Rebecca Fogg
• Michel Courtemanche as Jean Passepartout
• Rick Overton as Count Gregory (Episodes: 01, 07, 08, 15, 16, 20)
• Jonathan Coy as Sir Jonathan Chatsworth (Episodes: 01, 02, 03, 06, 09, 12, 15, 16, 20, 21)

Guest Stars

• Patti Allan as Queen Victoria (Episodes: 02, 20, 21)
• Stephane Archambault as Felix Nadar (Episode: 01, 02, 13)
• Nigel Bennett as Jacomb Hyde (Episode: 11)
• Stephen Bogaert as Erasmus Fogg (Episode: 14)
• Pascale Bussières as Adrianna Locke (Episode: 12)
• Kim Chan as Zai Chao (Episode: 11)
• Josh Byer as Frank James (Episode: 10)
• Mario Diamond as Steely Joe (Episode: 10)
• Jerry Doyle as Sir Hugo Bezel (Episode: 13)
• Patrick Duffy as Duke Angelo Rimini (Episode: 03)
• Barry Flatman as General Teddy Steele (Episode: 08, 16)
• Phillippe Lambert as Claude Duval (Episode: 13)
• Larissa Laskin as Saratoga Browne (Episode: 08, 09)
• Andrea Lui as Wei San (Episode: 11)
• Tom McCamus as Vargas (Episode: 11)
• Kent McQuaid as Jesse James (Episode: 10)
• Tracy Scoggins as Marie-Diane (Episode: 02)
• Dixie Seatle as Lily Ledoux (Episode: 10)
• Sonia Vigneault as Saratoga Browne (Episodes: 07, 08)
• Jonathan Walker as Sam Clemens (Episode: 10)
• David Warner as Arago (Episodes: 01, 22)
• Robin Andrew Wilcock as William Quantrill (Episode: 10)
• Michael Yarmush as Al the Newsboy (Episode: 09)

Episode List

• 01 In the Beginning
• 02 Queen Victoria and the Giant Mole
• 03 Rockets of the Dead
• 04 Cardinal's Design
• 05 Cardinal's Revenge
• 06 Eyes of Lazarus
• 07 Lord of Air and Darkness
• 08 Southern Comfort
• 09 Let There Be Light
• 10 Ballad of Steely Joe
• 11 Black Glove of Melchizedek
• 12 Dust to Dust
• 13 The Golem
• 14 Crusader in the Crypt
• 15 Strange Death of Professor Maréchal
• 16 The Rockets' Red Glare
• 17 Rocket to the Moon
• 18 The Inquisitor
• 19 Royalty
• 20 Secret of the Realm
• 21 The Victorian Candidate
• 22 The Book of Knowledge

External links

• IMdB listing
• Sci FI Channel official site (Only works in Firefox, does not work on Internet Explorer)
• Sci Fi Channel Bulletin Board - (Archive)
• Promark TV site]