Micro Men
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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.
Release Date : 2009-10-08
Language :English
Adult : false
Status : Released
Production Company : DSPBBC
Production Country : United Kingdom
Alternative Titles :
Cast
Character Name : Clive Sinclair
Original Name : Alexander Armstrong
Gender : Male
Character Name : Chris Curry
Original Name : Martin Freeman
Gender : Male
Character Name : Hermann Hauser
Original Name : Edward Baker-Duly
Gender : Male
Character Name : Steve Furber
Original Name : Sam Phillips
Gender : Male
Character Name : Bank manager
Original Name : Peter Davison
Gender : Male
Character Name : Nigel Searle
Original Name : Derek Riddell
Gender : Male
Character Name : Kenneth Baker
Original Name : James Fleet
Gender : Male
Character Name : Sinclair journalist
Original Name : Theo Barklem-Biggs
Gender : Male
Character Name : Tony Wood Rogers
Original Name : Tim Downie
Gender : Male
Character Name : Roger Wilson
Original Name : Stefan Butler
Gender : Male
Character Name : Jim Westwood
Original Name : Colin Michael Carmichael
Gender : Male
Character Name : Valerie
Original Name : Rhona Croker
Gender : Male
Character Name : Cynthia
Original Name : Amy Beth Hayes
Gender : Female
Character Name : Ann Sinclair
Original Name : Nicola Harrison
Gender : Female
Character Name : Norman Hewett
Original Name : Anthony Smee
Gender : Male
Character Name : Derek Holley
Original Name : Michael Keating
Gender : Male
Character Name : John Radcliffe
Original Name : Jon Glover
Gender : Male
Character Name : Foreman
Original Name : Renny Krupinski
Gender : Male
Character Name : Acorn Journalist
Original Name : James Garnon
Gender : Male
Character Name : Shop Assistant Luke
Original Name : Rasmus Hardiker
Gender : Male
Character Name : Shopper
Original Name : Alison Dowling
Gender : Female
Character Name : Susan
Original Name : Perdita Avery
Gender : Female
Character Name : Mindy
Original Name : Elizabeth Bower
Gender : Female
Character Name : Self (archive footage)
Original Name : Sir Clive Sinclair
Gender : Male
Character Name : Self
Original Name : Lord Alan Sugar
Gender : Male
Character Name : Cambridge Graduate (uncredited)
Original Name : James Corker
Gender : Male
Character Name : David Johnson-Davies (uncredited)
Original Name : Jason Fitzpatrick
Gender : Male
Character Name : Clapper Loader - Sinclair QL Commercial (Nicht genannt)
Original Name : David Mahoney
Gender : Male
Character Name : Rick Dickinson (uncredited)
Original Name : Mark Mansfield
Gender : Male
Character Name : Nick Toop (uncredited)
Original Name : Rob Mcloughlin
Gender : Male
Character Name : Reporter (uncredited)
Original Name : Cal O'Connell
Gender : Male
Character Name : Pub Landlady (uncredited)
Original Name : Sophie Wilson
Gender : Male
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