Longitude
Part 1
Miniseries Episode 1
January 2, 2000 2h 5m
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.
Directed By
Charles SturridgeWritten By
Dava Sobel, Charles SturridgeWatch on these services
Cast of Part 1
