Micro Men

7.103

84 minutes

10/8/2009

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.

Cast List

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