October 8, 2009
84 minutes
Drama
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.
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Cast
Alexander Armstrong
(Clive Sinclair)
Martin Freeman
(Chris Curry)
Edward Baker-Duly
(Hermann Hauser)
Sam Phillips
(Steve Furber)
Peter Davison
(Bank manager)
Derek Riddell
(Nigel Searle)
James Fleet
(Kenneth Baker)
Theo Barklem-Biggs
(Sinclair journalist)
Tim Downie
(Tony Wood Rogers)
Stefan Butler
(Roger Wilson)
Colin Michael Carmichael
(Jim Westwood)
Rhona Croker
(Valerie)
Amy Beth Hayes
(Cynthia)
Nicola Harrison
(Ann Sinclair)
Anthony Smee
(Norman Hewett)
Michael Keating
(Derek Holley)
Jon Glover
(John Radcliffe)
Renny Krupinski
(Foreman)
James Garnon
(Acorn Journalist)
Rasmus Hardiker
(Shop Assistant Luke)
Alison Dowling
(Shopper)
Perdita Avery
(Susan)
Elizabeth Bower
(Mindy)
Sir Clive Sinclair
(Self (archive footage))
Lord Alan Sugar
(Self)
James Corker
(Cambridge Graduate (uncredited))
Jason Fitzpatrick
(David Johnson-Davies (uncredited))
David Mahoney
(Clapper Loader - Sinclair QL Commercial (Nicht genannt))
Mark Mansfield
(Rick Dickinson (uncredited))
Rob Mcloughlin
(Nick Toop (uncredited))
Cal O'Connell
(Reporter (uncredited))
Sophie Wilson
(Pub Landlady (uncredited))
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