Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


The fascinating story of John Harrison who, in the 18th century, believed he could make a clock that would work on board a ship—and so solve the problem of finding longitude at sea.
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Charles Sturridge
Channel 4

Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Dodo Gould

Peter-Hugo Daly
John Jefferies

Alec McCowen
Sir Frank Dyson

Kevin Hudson
Lieutenant (uncredited)

T. P. McKenna
Edmund Burke

Peter Cartwright
Army Doctor

Alfred Burke
Rear Admiral

Jonathan Coy
Admiral Clowdisley
Christopher Hodsol
Christopher Hodsol
Captain Ainsley

Samuel West
Nevil Maskelyne
Clare Lawrence-Moody
Clare Lawrence-Moody
Staff Nurse

Ian McNeice
Dr. Bliss
Clare McCarron
Clare McCarron
Nurse

Ian Hart
William Harrison

John Nettleton
Minister for the Navy