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Score: 72.5%( 30 votes )

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

Cast:

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