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Longitude (2000)

January. 02,2000

7.8

| Drama

Longitude, 2000, 1 Seasons

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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Longitude

January. 02,2000 | 7.8

Drama

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Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2000

2 Episode

Episode 2 - Part 2

January. 03,2000

The ever-reliable Ian Hart appears in Part 2 as Harrison's now-adult son and apprentice, and Longitude approaches its dramatic climax with the exhilarating tension of a first-rate thriller. Rallying 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.

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Episode 1 - Part 1

January. 02,2000

When 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.

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Cast

Ian Hart William Harrison

Michael Gambon John Harrison

Jonathan Coy Adm. Sir Clowdisley Shovell

Jeremy Irons Rupert Gould

Peter Cartwright Army Doctor

Gemma Jones Elizabeth Harrison

Anna Chancellor Muriel Gould

Stephen Fry Sir Kenhelm Digby

Samuel West Nevil Maskelyne

Ian McNeice Dr. Bliss

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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.

Producted By

Granada Television , A&E Television Networks

Cast

Ian Hart ,Michael Gambon ,Jonathan Coy

Genre

Drama

Director

Selwyn Roberts

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