Longitude

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Part 1

Part 1

Air Date:02/01/2000

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.

Crew

Part 1

Name: Charles Sturridge

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Guest Stars

Part 1

Name: Peter Cartwright

Character: Army Doctor

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: T. P. McKenna

Character: Edmund Burke

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Alfred Burke

Character: Rear Admiral

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Jonathan Coy

Character: Admiral Clowdisley

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Christopher Hodsol

Character: Captain Ainsley

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Clare Lawrence-Moody

Character: Staff Nurse

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Clare McCarron

Character: Nurse

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: John Nettleton

Character: Minister for the Navy

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Nigel Davenport

Character: Sir Charles Pelham

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Liam Jennings

Character: Young William

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Joe Williams

Character: Cecil Gould

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Geoffrey Hutchings

Character: Estate Manager

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: John Wood

Character: Edmund Halley

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: David Wood

Character: Ditton

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Mark Tandy

Character: Whiston

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Stephen Fry

Character: Sir Kenelm Digby

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Tobias Menzies

Character: Halley's Secretary

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Robert Demeger

Character: Observatory Porter

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Sophie Millett

Character: Dyson's Secretary

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Peter Vaughan

Character: George Graham

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Sarah Badel

Character: Society Lady

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Stephen Simms

Character: James Harrison

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Frank Finlay

Character: Admiral Wagner

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Cliff Parisi

Character: Lt. Draper

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Rupert Baker

Character: Lt. Bertie

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Andrew Scott

Character: John Campbell

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: John Standing

Character: Captain Proctor

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Charles Gray

Character: Admiral Balchen

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Trevor Cooper

Character: Roger Wills

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: William Scott-Masson

Character: Lt. Knorvler

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: William Thomas

Character: Arthur Mason

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Roger Lloyd Pack

Character: Captain Man

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Ian Burfield

Character: Jos Killick

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: John Quentin

Character: Dr. Bradley

Department: Acting

Part 1

Name: Michael Cochrane

Character: Solicitor

Department: Acting

Episode: 2

Part 2

Part 2

Air Date:03/01/2000

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.

Crew

Part 2

Name: Charles Sturridge

Role: Director

Department: Directing

Guest Stars

Part 2

Name: T. P. McKenna

Character: Edmund Burke

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Samuel West

Character: Nevil Maskelyne

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Ian McNeice

Character: Dr. Bliss

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Ian Hart

Character: William Harrison

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Bill Nighy

Character: Lord Sandwich

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Brian Cox

Character: Lord Morton

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: John Leeson

Character: BBC Producer

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Nick Reding

Character: Captain Campbell

Department: Directing

Part 2

Name: Peter Penry-Jones

Character: Surgeon

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Charles Edwards

Character: Lt. Seward

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Clive Francis

Character: Captain Digges

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Steven Alvey

Character: Learmouth

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Ben Jones

Character: Lt. Williams

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Gary Waldhorn

Character: Commodore Forrest

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Colin McCormack

Character: Inn Landlord

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Daragh O'Malley

Character: Captain Bourke

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Phil Dix

Character: Lt. Bandelwine

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Frederick Warder

Character: Bosun

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Steve Morphew

Character: Marine

Department: Crew

Part 2

Name: Sasha Hails

Character: BBC Researcher

Department: Writing

Part 2

Name: John Normington

Character: Mr. Greene

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Pip Torrens

Character: Captain Lindsay

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Frederick Treves

Character: Governor

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Rose Keegan

Character: Amy

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Hugh Simon

Character: Doctor

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Rebecca Clay

Character: Observatory Assistant

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Richard Janes

Character: Young Assistant

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Faith Kent

Character: Lady Curator

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Lucy Akhurst

Character: Grace Ingram

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Nicholas Rowe

Character: King George

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: Heike Makatsch

Character: Queen Charlotte

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: John Quayle

Character: Dr. Demainbray

Department: Acting

Part 2

Name: James Bradshaw

Character: Callboy

Department: Acting