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Nice reference there! Micro Men really is a great docu-drama, it really feels like it captures the time very well.

As my first computer was a BBC Micro, it really struck a chord. It’s great seeing the specs for the (yet to be built) ARM chip on the board in the Acorn office, and it’s also awesome that Sophie Wilson playing the barmaid too!

For those that haven’t seen it, it’s definitely worth a watch [1]

[1] https://youtu.be/XXBxV6-zamM

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An absolutely brilliant bit of creative work, indeed.

Nothing else has ever really conveyed that Clive Sinclair wasn't a sort of little professorial boffin the way the British press portrayed him; he was very business-focussed and evidently had quite a presence.

(Common to the almost concurrent misportrayal of John Major as a small, retiring, grey man)

I've heard that he was quite the party animal as well, something which doesn't quite seem to have been covered by the show (albeit some aspects hinted at tangentially).

It's wonderful. I've pretty much watched it to death, but still occasionally have another go.

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