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★ 7.0/10•2000•2h 5m•Drama
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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.

Charles Sturridge · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime2h 5m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 2, 2000

Episodes

Episode 1 - Part 1E1125m

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

Episode 2 - Part 2E2125m

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

Actors

Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

John Harrison

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons

Rupert Gould

Gemma Jones

Gemma Jones

Elizabeth Harrison

Anna Chancellor

Anna Chancellor

Muriel Gould

Emma Kay

Laura Gurney

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Dodo Gould

Peter-Hugo Daly

Peter-Hugo Daly

John Jefferies

Alec McCowen

Alec McCowen

Sir Frank Dyson

Kevin Hudson

Lieutenant (uncredited)

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