Longitude (TV series)

Longitude
Genre	Costume drama
Written by	Charles Sturridge, Dava Sobel (book)
Directed by	Charles Sturridge
Starring	Michael Gambon Jeremy Irons
Composer(s)	Geoffrey Burgon
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	4 (2 DVDs)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Pippa Cross, Delia Fine, Anthony Root
Producer(s)	Selwyn Roberts
Editor(s)	Peter Coulson
Cinematography	Peter Hannan
Running time	250 min (UK) 200 min (US)
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Original release	2 January 2000

Longitude is a 2000 TV drama produced by Granada Productions and the A&E Network for Channel 4, first broadcast in 2000 in the UK on Channel 4 and the US on A&E. It is a dramatisation of the 1997 book of the same title by Dava Sobel. It was written and directed by Charles Sturridge and stars Michael Gambon as clockmaker John Harrison (1693–1776) and Jeremy Irons as horologist Rupert Gould (1890–1948).

Plot

Longitude presents the story of Harrison's efforts to develop the marine chronometer and thereby win the Longitude prize in the 18th century. This is interwoven with the story of Gould, a retired naval officer, who is restoring Harrison's four chronometers and popularises his achievements in the early twentieth century.

Cast

18th Century	20th Century
Michael Gambon — John Harrison Jonathan Coy — Adm. Sir Cloudsley Shovell Christopher Hodsol — Capt. Ainsley Gemma Jones — Elizabeth Harrison John Nettleton — Minister for the Navy Nigel Davenport — Sir Charles Pelham Ian Hart — William Harrison Liam Jennings — Young William Harrison Frank Finlay — Admiral Sir Charles Wager Andrew Scott — John Campbell John Normington — Mr. Greene John Standing — Capt. Proctor John Wood — Sir Edmond Halley Ian McNeice — Dr Bliss David Wood — Ditton Mark Tandy — Whiston Stephen Fry — Sir Kenelm Digby Samuel West — Nevil Maskelyne Bill Nighy — Lord Sandwich Brian Cox — Lord Morton Peter Vaughan — George Graham Clive Francis — Capt. Digges Tim McInnerny — Christopher Irwin Stephen Simms — James Harrison Cliff Parisi — Lt. Draper Rupert Baker — Lt. Bertie Charles Gray — Adm. Balchen Trevor Cooper — Roger Willis William Scott-Masson — Lt. Knorvler William Thomas — Arthur Mason Ian Burfield — Jos Killick John Quentin — Dr. Bradley Alfred Burke — Rear Admiral Nick Reding — Capt. Campbell Charles Edwards — Lt. Seward Gary Waldhorn — Cmdre. Forrest Frederick Warder — Bosun Pip Torrens — Capt. Lindsay Frederick Treves — Governor Nicholas Rowe — King George Heike Makatsch — Queen Charlotte T. P. McKenna — Edmund Burke Kelvin Cook — Carpenter Peter-Hugo Daly — John Jefferys Eliza Darby — Portuguese child Duane Fierro — Naval captain Daniela Lavender — Courtesan Roger Lloyd-Pack — Capt. Man Gavin Molloy — Marine Daragh O'Malley — Capt. Bourke	Jeremy Irons — Rupert Gould Peter Cartwright — Army doctor Anna Chancellor — Muriel Gould Geoffrey Hutchings — Estate manager Robert Demeger — Observatory porter Sarah Badel — Society lady Alec McCowen — Sir Frank Watson Dyson Sophie Millett — Dyson's secretary Lucy Akhurst — Nurse Grace Ingram Michael Cochrane — Waddington, Gould's solicitor John Leeson — BBC radio producer Peter Penry-Jones — Surgeon Sasha Hails — BBC PA Rebecca Clay — Observatory assistant Richard Janes — Young assistant Faith Kent — Lady curator John Quayle — Dr. Demainbray James Bradshaw — Callboy Barbara Leigh-Hunt — Dodo Gould Clare Moody — Staff nurse Joe Williams - Cecil Gould

18th Century

20th Century

Michael Gambon — John Harrison
Jonathan Coy — Adm. Sir Cloudsley Shovell
Christopher Hodsol — Capt. Ainsley
Gemma Jones — Elizabeth Harrison
John Nettleton — Minister for the Navy
Nigel Davenport — Sir Charles Pelham
Ian Hart — William Harrison
Liam Jennings — Young William Harrison
Frank Finlay — Admiral Sir Charles Wager
Andrew Scott — John Campbell
John Normington — Mr. Greene
John Standing — Capt. Proctor
John Wood — Sir Edmond Halley
Ian McNeice — Dr Bliss
David Wood — Ditton
Mark Tandy — Whiston
Stephen Fry — Sir Kenelm Digby
Samuel West — Nevil Maskelyne
Bill Nighy — Lord Sandwich
Brian Cox — Lord Morton
Peter Vaughan — George Graham
Clive Francis — Capt. Digges
Tim McInnerny — Christopher Irwin
Stephen Simms — James Harrison
Cliff Parisi — Lt. Draper
Rupert Baker — Lt. Bertie
Charles Gray — Adm. Balchen
Trevor Cooper — Roger Willis
William Scott-Masson — Lt. Knorvler
William Thomas — Arthur Mason
Ian Burfield — Jos Killick
John Quentin — Dr. Bradley
Alfred Burke — Rear Admiral
Nick Reding — Capt. Campbell
Charles Edwards — Lt. Seward
Gary Waldhorn — Cmdre. Forrest
Frederick Warder — Bosun
Pip Torrens — Capt. Lindsay
Frederick Treves — Governor
Nicholas Rowe — King George
Heike Makatsch — Queen Charlotte
T. P. McKenna — Edmund Burke
Kelvin Cook — Carpenter
Peter-Hugo Daly — John Jefferys
Eliza Darby — Portuguese child
Duane Fierro — Naval captain
Daniela Lavender — Courtesan
Roger Lloyd-Pack — Capt. Man
Gavin Molloy — Marine
Daragh O'Malley — Capt. Bourke

Jeremy Irons — Rupert Gould
Peter Cartwright — Army doctor
Anna Chancellor — Muriel Gould
Geoffrey Hutchings — Estate manager
Robert Demeger — Observatory porter
Sarah Badel — Society lady
Alec McCowen — Sir Frank Watson Dyson
Sophie Millett — Dyson's secretary
Lucy Akhurst — Nurse Grace Ingram
Michael Cochrane — Waddington, Gould's solicitor
John Leeson — BBC radio producer
Peter Penry-Jones — Surgeon
Sasha Hails — BBC PA
Rebecca Clay — Observatory assistant
Richard Janes — Young assistant
Faith Kent — Lady curator
John Quayle — Dr. Demainbray
James Bradshaw — Callboy
Barbara Leigh-Hunt — Dodo Gould
Clare Moody — Staff nurse
Joe Williams - Cecil Gould

Awards

In 2001, Longitude was nominated for the British Academy Television Awards in ten categories, winning in five, including Best Actor (Michael Gambon) and Best Drama Serial.^[1]

References

↑ "Awards for Longitude". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-02-20.

External links

Longitude at the Internet Movie Database
2000 — The Year in Review (Channel 4)

Films directed by Charles Sturridge

Runners (1983) A Handful of Dust (1988) Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991) Gulliver's Travels (1996) FairyTale: A True Story (1997) Longitude (2000) Shackleton (2002) Lassie (2005) The Scapegoat (2012)

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