Series
Longitude
Drama
The fascinating story of John Harrison who, in the 18th century, believed he could make a clock that would work on board a ship—and so solve the problem of finding longitude at sea.
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Seasons & episodes
1Part 12 Jan 2000 · 125mWhen the British Parliament creates an award of £20,000 to whoever can come up with a solution for determining longitude at sea, a carpenter-turned-clockmaker, John Harrison, begins his experiments to build an accurate timepiece unaffected by sea travel. His main obstacles are lack of money, a judgment Board convinced that the answer lies in astronomy and not clocks, and the mechanics of the clock itself.
2Part 23 Jan 2000 · 125mRallying after sickness to prove the integrity of their marvelous seafaring chronometers, the Harrisons still had to fight for official recognition, and Gould's restoration of the Harrison clockworks provides a fitting coda to this exceptional story about the thrill of discovery and the tenacity of remarkable men.
Details
- Created by
- Charles Sturridge
- First aired
- 2 Jan 2000
- Last aired
- 3 Jan 2000
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Channel 4
- Episodes
- 2
- Votes
- 5 on TMDB
Cast
Michael GambonJohn Harrison
Jeremy IronsRupert Gould
Gemma JonesElizabeth Harrison
Anna ChancellorMuriel Gould- EEmma KayLaura Gurney
Barbara Leigh-HuntDodo Gould
Peter-Hugo DalyJohn Jefferies
Alec McCowenSir Frank Dyson- KKevin HudsonLieutenant (uncredited)
