 The chronometer was object 91 in the BBC Radio 4 series A History of the World in 100 Objects, first broadcast 11 October 2010. The series was made in collaboration with the British Museum and was presented by Neil MacGregor, the Director of the British Museum. The specialist contributors to the chronomoter episode were Nigel Thrift, the vice-chancellor of the University of Warwick, and Steve Jones, geneticist and television presenter. The programme discussed the search for longitude, the role chronometers played in this, Earnshaw's contributions to chronometer design, the voyage of the Beagle, and the importance of the chronometers she carried.
