Around the World with Orson Welles

• 1955 –2003
• •
• Ended

• Documentary

★ 7.1 TMDB Rating · 8 votes

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.

Created by

Orson Welles

Seasons

1

Episodes

7

Episode length

~26m

First aired

Oct 7, 1955

Networks

ITV1

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom