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Longitude

Longitude

Description: 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. Wikipedia
Genre: History
Year Released: 2000
Number of episodes: 4
First episode air date: January 2, 2000
Awards: British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Serial, MORE
Networks: Channel 4, BBC Four
Writers: Charles Sturridge
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