Micro Men

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Alexander Armstrong

Clive Sinclair

Age : 53 | Popularity : 4%

Martin Freeman

Chris Curry

Age : 52 | Popularity : 28%

Edward Baker-Duly

Hermann Hauser

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sam Phillips

Steve Furber

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Peter Davison

Bank manager

Age : 73 | Popularity : 5%

Derek Riddell

Nigel Searle

Age : 57 | Popularity : 5%

James Fleet

Kenneth Baker

Age : 72 | Popularity : 8%

Theo Barklem-Biggs

Sinclair journalist

Age : 34 | Popularity : 9%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Tony Saint
Directing	Director	Saul Metzstein
Department	Role	Name

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