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Micro Men - 720p (2009)

gimpymoo · 461.1K views · 2013-07-28 · 1:24:13

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Overview

Micro Men is a 2009 BBC comic drama about the early 1980s British home computer boom. It follows the rivalry between Clive Sinclair and Acorn founder Chris Curry over the BBC Micro contract and the ZX Spectrum.

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HN recommends it often as an entertaining and authentic dramatization of Sinclair versus Acorn, the story from which ARM grew.

Recommended by 15 HN people across 14 months · HN mentions 2015–2026

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louthy · 2022-03 · Strong recommendation

Nice reference there! Micro Men really is a great docu-drama, it really feels like it captures the time very well. As my first computer was a BBC Micro, it really struck a chord. It’s great seeing the specs for the (yet to be built) ARM chip on the board in the Acorn office, and it’s also awesome that Sophie Wilson playing the barmaid too! For those that haven’t seen it, it’s definitely worth a watch [1] [1] [VIDEO]

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tpmx · 2021-09 · Strong recommendation

The excellent Micro Men docudrama ( [LINK] ) has somehow been on Youtube since 2013: [VIDEO] (1h24m) Micro Men, working title Syntax Era, 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. It focuses on the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair (played by Alexander Armstrong), who developed the ZX Spectrum, and Chris Curry (played by Martin Freeman), the man behind the BBC Micro. (Sinclair didn't exactly like it though.)

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joosters · 2019-04 · Strong recommendation

If you haven't already seen it, 'Micro Men' is an excellent TV drama that details the history of the BBC's computer project and the battle to be the chosen computer: [VIDEO]

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