P595 CEEFAX 1 595 Mon 03 Jan 23:17/42
 ONTHE with TV critic
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 LONGITUDE C4, Monday                   
 I enjoyed the book Longitude but it    
 didn't occur to me to expect anyone to 
 make a film out of a story that spanned
 so many people over so very many years.
                                        
 But like the clocks at the heart of the
 tale, this was gorgeous on the surface 
 and an intricate delight underneath.   
                                        
 Not everything worked — if you haven't 
 read the book you can't know who the   
 narrator was, for instance.            
                                        
 But it was as tense as a coiled spring 
 and both Michael Gambon and Jeremy     
 Irons were tremendous.                 
                                        
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