Micro Men
Micro Men is a BBC docudrama set in the late 1970s and 1980s, about the rise of the British home computer market. The drama features the rivalry between Clive Sinclair who developed the ZX Spectrum, and Chris Curry - the man behind the BBC Micro, focusing on the race to become the provider of a home computer for the BBC's programming for schools. Certain parts of the drama are based on historical fact whilst others are mere dramatisation and a version of events at the time. The drama is directed by Saul Metzstein and stars Alexander Armstrong as Clive Sinclair and Martin Freeman as Chris Curry.
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