A 50 minute documentary about the race to develop a reliable method for determining longitude at sea, based on the scientific best-seller Longitude, by Dava Sobel. The 18th century clock maker John Harrison is played by Patrick Malahide.
"Peter Jones' film brings to life the best-selling book Longitude, Dava Sobel's story of John Harrison, a village carpenter lacking any formal education." The Daily Telegraph.
"The dramatised sections, with Patrick Malahide reading from Harrison's journals, are nicely intercut with the requisite professional talking heads, and you're finally left with a clear regard for Harrison's achievements." The Independent.
