Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
Around the World with Orson Welles Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.0 |
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About
A six-part British television travel series written, directed, and presented by Orson Welles for ITV in 1955. Filmed entirely in Europe, the series follows Welles through Vienna, the Basque Country, Madrid, Paris’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and London’s Chelsea Pensioners, blending travelogue, cultural portraiture, and personal essay. Moving between documentary observation and reflective commentary, the episodes combine interviews, local history, and Welles’s distinctive narration into a series that functions as both travel film and cinematic essay.
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Miniseries1955
7.421273h 5m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Basque Countries | 7.5 | 48 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | La Pelote Basque | 7.4 | 38 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | The Third Man in Vienna | 7.8 | 16 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | St. Germain des Prés | 7.4 | 39 | 26 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Queen's Pensioners | 7.2 | 28 | 28 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Madrid Bullfight | 7.5 | 28 | 27 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Dominici Affair | 7.0 | 15 | 26 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Orson Welles Self - Host
Chris Wertenbaker Self, Self - Guitarist
Kenneth Tynan Self - Host
Art Buchwald Self - Newspaper Columnist
Raymond Duncan Self - Artist
Elaine Dundy Self - Host
Lael Wertenbaker Self - Author
Angel Parada Self - Bullfighter
Simone de Beauvoir Self - Author
Jean-Paul Sartre Self - Author
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