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Season 1, 2 episodes

Episode 1: Part 1
- Now playing
- 2h 5m
- Jan 2, 2000
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.
Episode 2: Part 2
- 2h 5m
- Jan 3, 2000
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.

2000
1 season
2h 5m per episode
Drama

7.0TMDB(5)

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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.

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Ran for 1 season and 2 episodes (2000)
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Music by Geoffrey Burgon
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Cinematography by Peter Hannan
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Created by: Charles Sturridge
Status: Ended
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 2
First aired: January 2, 2000
Last aired: January 3, 2000
Original language: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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Ran for 1 season and 2 episodes (2000)
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Music
Music by Geoffrey Burgon
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Peter Hannan
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Episodes

Season 1, 2 episodes

Episode 1: Part 1
- Now playing
- 2h 5m
- Jan 2, 2000
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.
Episode 2: Part 2
- 2h 5m
- Jan 3, 2000
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.

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