Micro Men
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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. 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.
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. 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. ===Cameo=== Sophie Wilson plays a pub landlady. Chris Serle and Ian McNaught-Davis also appear through the incorporation of stock footage from The Computer Programme, during the scenes when Steve Furber is desperately trying to keep the demonstration BBC Micros running behind the studio set. Jim Westwood appears in the background of a scene set in the computer department of a WH Smith store. ==Reaction== When asked about the programme in an interview for The Independent — despite being involved in the production — Sinclair himself stated: "It was a travesty of the truth. It just had no bearing on the truth. It was terrible." ==See also== Micro Live
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