COLLECTION · Series · 2000

Longitude

Name: Longitude
Genre: Drama
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 7

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.

Source: TMDB

* 7.0 (5)DramaUnited Kingdom · United States

Creators

Charles Sturridge

Countries

United Kingdom · United States

Studios

Channel 4 · Granada Television · A+E Global Media

Runtime

125 min/ep

Release

02/01/2000

Score

7.0 / 10 (5)

Where to watch

Buy

Amazon Video

Seasons and episodes

Miniseries

2 episodes · 2000

Episode 1. Part 1

2000-01-02 · 125 min

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…

Episode 2. Part 2

2000-01-03 · 125 min

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…

Cast by season

Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Keywords

englandinventorminiseries18th centuryhistorical drama