Charles Sturridge
Director
Longitude (2000)
Miniseries
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.
Released Jan. 2, 2000
Episode 125 min
None+
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Production Companies: Granada Television, A&E Television Networks
Network: Channel 4
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Part 1
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.
Jan. 2, 2000, midnight
S1E2 - Part 2
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.
Jan. 3, 2000, midnight
Network: Channel 4
Episode Runtime: 125 min.
Season Runtime: 250 min.
Released: Jan. 2, 2000
Last Air Date: Jan. 3, 2000, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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