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Micro Men
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Title: Micro Men

Release Date: 8 Oct 2009

Runtime: 1h 24m

Genre: Drama

Director: DSP, BBC

Production Companies: DSP, BBC

Overview: 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-chip for a home computer. A parting of the ways sees Curry, in partnership with the Austrian Hermann Hauser and using whizz kid Cambridge students, set up his own, rival firm to Sinclair Radionics, Acorn. Acorn beat Sinclair to a lucrative contract supplying the BBC with machines for a computer series. From here on it is a battle for supremacy to gain the upper hand in the domestic market.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.3 (25 votes)

Cast

  • Clive Sinclair: Alexander Armstrong
  • Chris Curry: Martin Freeman
  • Hermann Hauser: Edward Baker-Duly
  • Steve Furber: Sam Phillips
  • Bank manager: Peter Davison
  • Nigel Searle: Derek Riddell
  • Kenneth Baker: James Fleet
  • Sinclair journalist: Theo Barklem-Biggs
  • Tony Wood Rogers: Tim Downie
  • Roger Wilson: Stefan Butler
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