Longitude (TV series)

*Longitude*
Longitude
Genre	Period drama
Written by	Charles Sturridge; Dava Sobel (book);
Directed by	Charles Sturridge
Starring	Michael Gambon; Jeremy Irons;
Composer	Geoffrey Burgon
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Pippa Cross; Delia Fine; Anthony Root;
Producer	Selwyn Roberts
Cinematography	Peter Hannan
Editor	Peter Coulson
Running time	250 min (UK); 200 min (US);
Production companies	Granada Television; A&E Network;
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	2 January –; 3 January 2000
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Longitude is a 2000 TV drama produced by Granada Television and the A&E Network for Channel 4, first broadcast between 2 and 3 January 2000 in the UK on Channel 4 and the US on A&E. It is a dramatisation of the 1995 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).^[1]