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Micro Men is a 2009 one-off BBC drama television programme set in the late 1970s and the early-mid 1980s, about the rise of the British home computer market and the early fortunes of Sinclair and Acorn Computers.
Jul 28, 2013 · The rivalry comes to a head when the BBC announce their Computer Literacy Project, with the stated aim of putting a micro in every school in Britain. When Acorn wins the contract, Sinclair is ...
Oct 8, 2009 · Micro Men: Directed by Saul Metzstein. With Alexander Armstrong, Martin Freeman, Edward Baker-Duly, Sam Phillips. In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro ...
Affectionately comic drama about the British home computer boom of the early 1980s. Legendary inventor Clive Sinclair battles it out with ex-employee Chris Curry, founder of Acorn Computers, for dominance in the fledgling market.
Apr 12, 2011 · One off-drama which looks at how Sir Clive Sinclair took the world by storm in introducing affordable home computers, and the ups and downs of competing in an ever evolving market. This version is...
Feb 24, 2011 · Watch the clips and credits of Micro Men, a dramatisation of the rivalry between Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry for the home computer market in the 1980s. The programme is not available on BBC iPlayer.
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the BBC's premiere of Micro Men, starring Alexander A ...more. If you like this video please donate here : http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/ne...
