Why do you want to steal our history? 
There’s a scene with a violent brawl between two groups of political supporters that is played for laughs:
Before the man could reply, a fresh agitation arose; hurrahs and excited shouts were heard; the staffs of the banners began to be used as offensive weapons; and fists flew about in every direction. Thumps were exchanged from the tops of the carriages and omnibuses which had been blocked up in the crowd. Boots and shoes went whirling through the air, and Mr. Fogg thought he even heard the crack of revolvers mingling in the din, the rout approached the stairway, and flowed over the lower step. One of the parties had evidently been repulsed; but the mere lookers-on could not tell whether Mandiboy or Camerfield had gained the upper hand.
Yeah, the balloon bit is fine, and I am sure Verne would have liked the idea.
But I couldn’t watch the series, it was bad:
Fogg is unflappable, stiff upper lip to a British extreme, Niven did that perfectly. Although I love Tennant, his Fogg flaps like a flock of pigeons. Fogg is so punctilious, he has fired bunches of valets- tea must be at a certain temp, everything to the minute- the new Fogg has a valet to start which wouldn’t last ten minutes.
Yep.
I don’t have a issue with adding another female to the cast, probably needed it. But promoting smoking in women? Shame on you PBS. And grabbing a cig from someone and taking a drag makes me shudder.
Yeah Disney did that film damn well, imho.
Their All Creatures Great and Small is very good.
And I’ll tell ya, Battle Mountain Nevada don’t look nuthin’ like that! 
The issue is the same whether you use time zones or local time–as you travel east, you gain on the sun, and as you go all the way around the world you gain a full day.
The flaw in the book is that people keep track of the date as well as the time, and there was a de facto date line across the Pacific centuries before it was codified in the 1880’s… The steamship company carrying passengers from Yokohama to San Francisco would have made its passengers aware of this. Even if they didn’t, it would have been impossible for Fogg to make train connections across the United States without becoming aware that his date reckoning was off. Whereas in the story he doesn’t come to this realization until back in London.
I still like the book, and most of the 1856 movie, but it’s a silly and obvious plot hole.
Made not only before the advent of film, but before Verne even wrote the book. Time travelers have to watch out for that kind of thing.