Micro Men

Micro Men

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2009
1h 24m
7.1(28 votes)
Drama

Overview

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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Production Companies

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BBC

Videos & Trailers

1 video

Cast & Crew

32 members
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Alexander Armstrong

Clive Sinclair

Alexander Armstrong
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Martin Freeman

Chris Curry

Martin Freeman
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Edward Baker-Duly

Hermann Hauser

Edward Baker-Duly
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Sam Phillips

Steve Furber

Sam Phillips
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Peter Davison

Bank manager

Peter Davison
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Derek Riddell

Nigel Searle

Derek Riddell
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James Fleet

Kenneth Baker

James Fleet
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Theo Barklem-Biggs

Sinclair journalist

Theo Barklem-Biggs
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Tim Downie

Tony Wood Rogers

Tim Downie
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Stefan Butler

Roger Wilson

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Colin Michael Carmichael

Jim Westwood

Colin Michael Carmichael
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Rhona Croker

Valerie

Rhona Croker
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Amy Beth Hayes

Cynthia

Amy Beth Hayes
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Nicola Harrison

Ann Sinclair

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Anthony Smee

Norman Hewett

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Michael Keating

Derek Holley

Michael Keating
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Jon Glover

John Radcliffe

Jon Glover
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Renny Krupinski

Foreman

Renny Krupinski
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James Garnon

Acorn Journalist

James Garnon
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Rasmus Hardiker

Shop Assistant Luke

Rasmus Hardiker
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Alison Dowling

Shopper

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Perdita Avery

Susan

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Elizabeth Bower

Mindy

Elizabeth Bower
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Sir Clive Sinclair

Self (archive footage)

Sir Clive Sinclair
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Lord Alan Sugar

Self

Lord Alan Sugar
Art

James Corker

Cambridge Graduate (uncredited)

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Jason Fitzpatrick

David Johnson-Davies (uncredited)

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David Mahoney

Clapper Loader - Sinclair QL Commercial (Nicht genannt)

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Mark Mansfield

Rick Dickinson (uncredited)

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Rob Mcloughlin

Nick Toop (uncredited)

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Production

Cal O'Connell

Reporter (uncredited)

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Sophie Wilson

Pub Landlady (uncredited)

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