
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.
Directed by Saul Metzstein
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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
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