Click here to copy URL

Longitude miniseries

6.9

Ratings

Add to lists

where to watch

Links

Original title

Longitude

Year

2000

Running time

250 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Charles Sturridge

Screenwriter

Charles Sturridge. Book: Dava Sobel

Cast

Music

Geoffrey Burgon

Cinematography

Peter Hannan

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-United States;

A&E Television Networks, Granada Films

Genre

TV Series. Drama | TV Miniseries. Historical. Sea Adventures

Synopsis

In the 18th century, the only way to navigate accurately at sea was to follow a coastline all the way, which would not get you from Europe to the West Indies or the Americas. Observing the sun or stars would give you the latitude, but not the longitude unless done in conjunction with a clock that would keep time accurately at sea, and no such clock existed. After one too many maritime disasters due to navigational errors, the British Parliament set up a substantial prize for a way to find the longitude at sea. The film's main story is that of craftsman John Harrison: he built a clock that would do the job, what we would now call a marine chronometer. But the Board of Longitude was biased against this approach and claiming the prize was no simple matter. Told in parallel is the 20th century story of Rupert Gould, for whom the restoration of Harrison's clocks to working order became first a hobby, then an obsession that threatened to wreck his life.

NEW

About similar movies and series:

Series with similarity between 75% and 100%

Series with similarity between 60% and 75%

Series with similarity between 40% and 60%

Series with similarity between 0% and 40%

Movies with few votes the results may not be very accurate

Similar TV Series to Longitude

Awards: 2000: 4 BAFTA TV Nominations, including Best Drama Serial and Actor (Gambon). 8 Nom.

Show all

Movie Soulmates' ratings: Register so you can access movie recommendations tailored to your movie taste.
Friends' ratings: Register so you can check out ratings by your friends, family members, and like-minded members of the FA community.

Is the synopsis/plot summary missing? Do you want to report a spoiler, error or omission? Please send us a message.
If you are not a registered user please send us an email to [email protected]

All copyrighted material (movie posters, DVD covers, stills, trailers) and trademarks belong to their respective producers and/or distributors.

For US ratings information please visit: www.mpaa.org www.filmratings.com www.parentalguide.org

Longitude miniseries

User history