[tobych]

The BBC made a drama, "Micro Men" (2009), about some of the behind-the-scenes drama behind the BBC Micro. As I recall, it doesn't explain the whole Fred, Jim and Sheila thing though.

Martin "Bilbo Baggins" Freeman is in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM

[timthorn]

A film with the best working title: "Syntax Era"

[as1mov]

Just watched it last night, it's pretty good. Though does anyone have any context for the scene with Sinclair and the 3 women in the convention? It seemed a bit out of place in the whole doc.

BTW, Silicon Cowboys is another film I'd recommend. It's about the history of Compaq.

[LeoPanthera]

It's a reference to the fact that Sinclair was a notorious womanizer, and his exploits often ended up in the press of the time. He was also chairman of MENSA from 1980 to 1997.

[contrapunter]

The closing scene is priceless. Clive Sinclair defiantly drives into the future on his C5, without helmet or neck support, overtaken by lorries/juggernauts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM#t=1h21m38s