Editing John Harrison (section)

== In literature, television, drama and music ==
{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?116077-1/longitude ''Booknotes'' interview with Dava Sobel on ''Longitude'', January 17, 1999], [[C-SPAN]]| video2 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?86908-1/longitude Presentation by Sobel on ''Longitude'', June 17, 1997], [[C-SPAN]]}} 
In 1995, inspired by a [[Harvard University]] symposium on the longitude problem organized by the [[National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors]], [[Dava Sobel]] wrote a book about Harrison's work. ''[[Longitude (book)|Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time]]'' became the first popular bestseller on the subject of [[horology]]. ''The Illustrated Longitude'', in which Sobel's text was accompanied by 180 images selected by William J. H. Andrewes, appeared in 1998. The book was dramatised for UK television by Charles Sturridge in a [[Granada Productions]] 4 episode series for [[Channel 4]] in 1999, under the title ''[[Longitude (TV serial)|Longitude]]''. It was broadcast in the US later in the same year by co-producer [[A&E Television Networks|A&E]]. The production starred [[Michael Gambon]] as Harrison and [[Jeremy Irons]] as Gould.<ref>{{cite web |title=Longitude © (1999) |url=http://movie-dude.com/[Film]%20Longitude%20(1999).htm |publisher=movie-dude.com |access-date=22 June 2021}}</ref> Sobel's book was the basis for a [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] [[Nova (American TV series)|NOVA]] episode entitled ''Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude''.

In 1998, British composer [[Harrison Birtwistle]] wrote the piano piece "Harrison's clocks" which contains musical depictions of Harrison's various clocks. Composer [[Peter Graham (composer)|Peter Graham]]'s piece ''Harrison's Dream'' is about Harrison's forty-year quest to produce an accurate clock. Graham worked simultaneously on the brass band and wind band versions of the piece, which received their first performances just four months apart in October 2000 and February 2001 respectively.<ref>{{cite interview|url=http://www.basbwe.net/images/2011/06/02spring_graham.pdf|title=An Interview with Peter Graham|publisher=BASBWE|year=2002}}</ref>