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Longitude

198 minutes 2000 7.8

In the 18th century, the spectacular and world-famous hunt for longitude began - something that could save the lives of thousands of sailors every year. Scientists and churchmen alike had long tried in vain to map the earth's deadly waters - but then a humble, cautious man emerged from the shadows with a provocatively simple proposal. For thirty years the carpenter John Harrison had to fight for his ingenious invention the chronometer - today better known as the clock - a stubborn life and death battle.

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Original title: Longitude episode 1
Category: Feature Film
Genre: Drama, history
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Anna Chancellor, Emma Kay, Samuel West, Ian McNeice, Michael Gambon, Ian Hart, Bill Nighy, Brian Cox
Director: Charles Sturridge
Script: Charles Sturridge, Dava Sobel
Country: USA
Language: English