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A BBC drama depicting the fierce 1980s rivalry between Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry during the rise of the British home computer market.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n5b92 DURATION: 1 HOUR, 20 MINUTES 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. 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 furious, and determines to outsell the BBC Micro with his ZX Spectrum computer. Home computing arrives in Britain in a big way, but is the country big enough for both men? BBC - Please release this on Blue Ray with some nice extras, it is a work of art. Credits Clive Sinclair Alexander Armstrong Chris Curry Martin Freeman Hermann Hauser Edward Baker-Duly Steve Furber Sam Phillips Roger Wilson Stefan Butler Jim Westwood Colin Carmichael Nigel Searle Derek Ridell Valerie Rhona Croker Cynthia Anne Beth Hayes Ann Sinclair Nicola Harrison Director Saul Metzstein Producer Andrea Cornwell Writer Tony SaintWhat people say. Highly recommended as an excellent and entertaining dramatization of the early British home computing boom and the origins of ARM.
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