Micro Men
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.
Cast
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Alexander Armstrong
Played Clive Sinclair
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Martin Freeman
Played Chris Curry
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Edward Baker-Duly
Played Hermann Hauser
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Sam Phillips
Played Steve Furber
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Peter Davison
Played Bank manager
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Derek Riddell
Played Nigel Searle
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James Fleet
Played Kenneth Baker
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Theo Barklem-Biggs
Played Sinclair journalist
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Tim Downie
Played Tony Wood Rogers
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Stefan Butler
Played Roger Wilson
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Colin Michael Carmic…
Played Jim Westwood
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Rhona Croker
Played Valerie
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Amy Beth Hayes
Played Cynthia
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Nicola Harrison
Played Ann Sinclair
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Anthony Smee
Played Norman Hewett
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Michael Keating
Played Derek Holley
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Jon Glover
Played John Radcliffe
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Renny Krupinski
Played Foreman
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James Garnon
Played Acorn Journalist
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Rasmus Hardiker
Played Shop Assistant Luke
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Alison Dowling
Played Shopper
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Perdita Avery
Played Susan
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Elizabeth Bower
Played Mindy
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Sir Clive Sinclair
Played Self (archive footag…
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Lord Alan Sugar
Played Self
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James Corker
Played Cambridge Graduate (…
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Jason Fitzpatrick
Played David Johnson-Davies…
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David Mahoney
Played Clapper Loader - Sin…
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Mark Mansfield
Played Rick Dickinson (uncr…
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Rob Mcloughlin
Played Nick Toop (uncredite…
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Cal O'Connell
Played Reporter (uncredited…
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Sophie Wilson
Played Pub Landlady (uncred…
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