Longitude

Longitude was a 2000 TV drama produced by Granada Productions and A&E; for Channel 4, first broadcast in 2000 in the UK on Channel 4 and the US on A&E.; It was an adaptation of the 1997 book of the same title by Dava Sobel. It was written and directed by Charles Sturridge and starred Michael Gambon as clockmaker John Harrison (1693–1776) and Jeremy Irons as horologist Rupert Gould (1890–1948). Longitude presents the story of Harrison's efforts to... more

Longitude was a 2000 TV drama produced by Granada Productions and A&E; for Channel 4, first broadcast in 2000 in the UK on Channel 4 and the US on A&E.; It was an adaptation of the 1997 book of the same title by Dava Sobel. It was written and directed by Charles Sturridge and starred Michael Gambon as clockmaker John Harrison (1693–1776) and Jeremy Irons as horologist Rupert Gould (1890–1948). Longitude presents the story of Harrison's efforts to develop the marine chronometer and thereby win the Longitude Prize in the 18th century — interleaved with the efforts of Gould, a retired naval officer, to restore Harrison's four chronometers and popularize his achievements in the early twentieth century. In 2001, Longitude was nominated for the British Academy Television Awards in ten categories, winning in five, including Best Actor (Michael Gambon) and Best Drama Serial. less