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BBC4 Drama - about Sir Clive etc!!!

fatboyfatboy
edited October 2009 in Announcements
I'm sure some of you have already picked up on this, but a new Drama about the Sinclair brand is being shown on BBC4 on the 8th October - called 'The Micro Men'.

I've seen a few clips and it looks quite interesting and I think it's a light hearted look at Sir Clive and some obscure machines called ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum...never heard of 'em ;)

Anyway just thought I'd let you know.

Fatboy
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  • chevchev
    edited October 2009
    There's this catchy little song as well called 'Hey Hey 16K'...

    ...have you been living in a cave?
    zx.itch.io
  • mermanmerman
    edited October 2009
    I wonder how many more threads we can clock up on Micro Men/Syntax Era before Thursday?
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited October 2009
    Fatboy - Cheers but as you can tell from the responses theres been various threads over in Chit chat !

    To be fair you did the right thing putting it in Announcements but theres been a few threads over in Chit Chat which i'm sure you know is one of the most active parts of the forum

    Should be good, looking forward to the 80's one, should bring back a ton of memories
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2009
    Thanks for letting me know ... I'm one of those oblivious ones who actually was unaware of the other threads.
  • joefishjoefish
    edited October 2009
    When do they get round to showing the family in the 80s? I'm sick of just coming across repeat after repeat of the 70s one.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • milemile
    edited October 2009
    fatboy wrote: »
    I'm sure some of you have already picked up on this, but a new Drama about the Sinclair brand is being shown on BBC4 on the 8th October - called 'The Micro Men'.

    I've seen a few clips and it looks quite interesting and I think it's a light hearted look at Sir Clive and some obscure machines called ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum...never heard of 'em ;)

    Anyway just thought I'd let you know.

    Fatboy

    i will be giving it a watch.
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited October 2009
    joefish wrote: »
    When do they get round to showing the family in the 80s? I'm sick of just coming across repeat after repeat of the 70s one.

    Last night
  • joefishjoefish
    edited October 2009
    Arses. It'll be just my luck if they don't now repeat the living shit out of it. And my iPlayer feed on the Wii is deliberately slowed by BT, too, because I won't pay for their crappy IPTV bundle.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • joefishjoefish
    edited October 2009
    Ah-hah - it's on again tomorrow at 8, before Micro-Men at 9.
    Joefish
    - IONIAN-GAMES.com -
  • HerculesHercules
    edited October 2009
    Arrrggh! My DVD recorder has just died, if anyone records this tonight, then would somebody be so kind as to get in touch via PM, and I'll send you a blank dvd+retrun postage, and some extra free blank dvd's for the trouble.

    Thanks !
  • BloodBazBloodBaz
    edited October 2009
    Watching it now (as I suppose many of you are)

    There are some classic bits in it - Uncle Clive saying how all people know about the Spectrum is Jet Set F**king Willy!!!

    Quite a harsh interpretation on our lovely Clive.
  • Dave_CDave_C
    edited October 2009
    What an excellent programme, really enjoyed it. :smile:

    Some genuine LOL moments in there too...
  • Shaun.BebbingtonShaun.Bebbington
    edited October 2009
    It was great fun, but some very obvious factual errors that even I noticed... or was I just being pedantic through the televisual programme?

    Regards,

    Shaun.
  • swordheartswordheart
    edited October 2009
    That build your own science of cambridge computer actually came from someone who went into the science of cambridge offices with an adapted sinclair calculator, from what i remember reading it wasn't a Chris Curry idea.

    But i really enjoyed the programme.
  • swordheartswordheart
    edited October 2009
    yyyyyyyyyy
  • NickHNickH
    edited October 2009
    I liked it - was affectionate, but inaccurate in some details.

    I'm fuming about "Designing The Decades" which names Alan Sugar as the leader in UK computers, glossing over Sinclair completely other than mentioning he was bought out by Amstrad and that he did the C5. For a programme about design to skip over the Sinclair computers completely in favour of the Amstrad word processors is astonishing.
  • gasmangasman
    edited October 2009
    Interesting that people are finding it inaccurate - I thought they'd done a surprisingly good job of that, right down to details like the screen flicker on the ZX80. I was half expecting to be wincing at mistakes every two minutes, which is usually what happens when the media covers things you have personal knowledge of. (Some of those computers at the 1981 microfair seemed a bit out of place though - was that a CPC I saw, or was I just imagining it?)

    I did spot someone on Twitter fuming about the blatant discrimination of not portraying Sophie Wilson's role at Acorn. Um, there's something you need to know...
  • Dave_CDave_C
    edited October 2009
    gasman wrote: »
    (Some of those computers at the 1981 microfair seemed a bit out of place though - was that a CPC I saw, or was I just imagining it?)
    Nope, I noticed that too. :smile:
  • mermanmerman
    edited October 2009
    Shaun.Bebbington wrote: »
    It was great fun, but some very obvious factual errors that even I noticed... or was I just being pedantic through the televisual programme?

    Regards,

    Shaun.

    The good thing was, they weren't glaringly obvious errors that spoilt the drama/comedy. Although Clive got his knighthood before Jet Set Willy was released...
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2009
    gasman wrote: »
    I did spot someone on Twitter fuming about the blatant discrimination of not portraying Sophie Wilson's role at Acorn. Um, there's something you need to know...
    Which is?
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • milemile
    edited October 2009
    karingal wrote: »
    Which is?

    i think he was being sarcastic. ;)
  • Matt_BMatt_B
    edited October 2009
    karingal wrote: »
    Which is?

    Presumably it's that she was called Roger at time.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2009
    Matt_B wrote: »
    Presumably it's that she was called Roger at time.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson
    I think we've found a spin off...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited October 2009
    Transgenderism (is that even a word?) in the computer industry seems to be a common thing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Heineman
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2009
    Necros wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Heineman
    mile would...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited October 2009
    Didn't one of the early Speccy guys jump the fence as well?
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • Dave_CDave_C
    edited October 2009
    Necros wrote: »
    Transgenderism (is that even a word?) in the computer industry seems to be a common thing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Heineman

    Rebecca Wasaman?
  • mermanmerman
    edited October 2009
    Matt_B wrote: »
    Presumably it's that she was called Roger at time.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson

    I wonder how Sophie feels about being portrayed as such a geek, then?
  • frobushfrobush
    edited October 2009
    karingal wrote: »
    mile would...

    mile probably has. Before the 'transition'. Causing the 'change'.
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