Every time Big Ben strikes, you're hearing a bell that cracked in 1859. This documentary follows the whole troubled story of London's most famous clock: a fire started by old tally sticks, a clock that had to be accurate to one second, a bell that broke twice, wartime bombs, the night the mechanism tore itself apart in 1976, a tower that leans, and a restoration that ended up costing nearly 80 million pounds.

Chapters:
0:00 A Fire Started by Tally Sticks
1:10 A Tower for a Perfect Clock
2:48 The Bell That Broke Twice
4:23 Pennies on the Pendulum
5:06 Bombs, Blackouts and a Broken Clock
6:07 The Leaning Tower of London
6:59 The £80 Million Repair

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Portraits via Wikimedia Commons:
J. M. W. Turner: J. M. W. Turner, Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Charles Barry: Henry William Pickersgill, Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Augustus Pugin: Unidentified painter, Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
George Biddell Airy: unknown author, Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe: Leslie Ward, Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Edward John Dent: Unknown author, Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover: George Zobel (1810-1881), after Frederick Yeates Hurlstone (1800-1869), Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Ben Caunt: Unknown author, Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)
Elizabeth II: Original: Joel Rouse/ Ministry of Defence Derivative: nagualdesign, OGL 3 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...)

Footage: Airam Dato-on, Alex Dos Santos, Alexandr, Altaf Shah, Amit Tandel, Anh Nguyen, Artem Zhukov, Boyan Minchev, Boys in Bristol Photography, Caleb Minear, Charlie Mounsey, Chris F, Dominik Zítka, Eren Cebeci, Erkan Avanoğlu, Florian Delée, George Morina, Gül Işık, H.Espinosa Films, IslandHopper X, K, Martyn Day, Media Loopers, Mery Stockera, Milos Jevtic, Monstera Production, Nature Feels, Olena Ilinska, Pixabay, Roman Kaiuk, Roman PinkBuffalo, SHOX ART, Scribble Nerd, Sini Ko, Steve B, Sururi Ballıdağ Director, The Marc Knight, Tima Miroshnichenko, Tomo Nogi, Videogrammer .com, Wendy Laplume, Zura Narimanishvili, aksinfo7 universe, caffeine, ed br, emirkhan bal, john smith, lam loi, ubeyonroad, Ömer Derinyar via Pexels