Longitude

Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.

TV Movie Drama History

Michael Gambon

(John Harrison)

Jeremy Irons

(Rupert Gould)

Ian Hart

(William Harrison (Adult))

Andrew Scott

(John Campbell)

Bill Nighy

(Lord Sandwich)

Gemma Jones

(Elizabeth Harrison)

John Wood

(Sir Edmund Halley)

Anna Chancellor

(Muriel Gould)

Brian Cox

(Lord Morton)

Samuel West

(Nevil Maskelyne)

Ian McNeice

(Dr. Bliss)

Jonathan Coy

(Adm. Sir Cloudsley Shovell)

Christopher Hodsol

(Capt. Ainsley)

Liam Jennings

(William Harrison (Young))

Peter Vaughan

(George Graham)

Nigel Davenport

(Sir Charles Pelham)

Tim McInnerny

(Christopher Irwin)

John Standing

(Capt. Proctor)

Peter Cartwright

(Army Doctor)

Stephen Fry

(Sir Kenelm Digby)

Daragh O'Malley

(Capt. Bourke)

Cliff Parisi

(Lt. Draper)

Michael Cochrane

(Waddington, Gould's solicitor)

Tobias Menzies

(Halley's Secretary)

Charles Edwards

(Lt. Seward)

Pip Torrens

(Capt. Lindsay)

T. P. McKenna

(Edmund Burke)

Barbara Leigh-Hunt

(Dodo Gould)

Peter-Hugo Daly

(John Jefferies)

John Normington

(Mr. Greene)

Nicholas Rowe

(King George)

Roger Lloyd Pack

(Capt. Man)

Trevor Cooper

(Roger Wills)

Lucy Akhurst

(Grace Ingram)

Peter Penry-Jones

(Surgeon)

Mark Tandy

(Whiston)

Heike Makatsch

(Queen Charlotte)

William Thomas

(Arthur Mason)