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7.05 votes20002h 5mEndedDrama

Synopsis

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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1. Part 1Now viewing2000-01-022h 5mWhen 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.
2. Part 22000-01-032h 5mRallying 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.

Cast

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Michael Gambon
John Harrison
Jeremy Irons
Rupert Gould
Gemma Jones
Elizabeth Harrison
Anna Chancellor
Muriel Gould
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Emma Kay
Laura Gurney
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Dodo Gould
Peter-Hugo Daly
John Jefferies
Alec McCowen
Sir Frank Dyson
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Kevin Hudson
Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Longitude has 1 season and 2 episodes.

When did Longitude first air?

Longitude first aired in 2000.

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Longitude is classified as Drama.