[shellac]

> This narrative reminds me of the similar program in the UK to teach a whole generation computer literacy

Probably the "BBC Computer Literacy Project" https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BBC_Computer_Lite... (apologies, there's no specific wikipedia page) which produced both a home computer - the BBC Micro - and a series of TV programmes starting with The Computer Programme.

[Grumbledour]

Yes, thank you. Not being from the UK and having heard about it mainly from youtube I could not remember the name.

[the-dude]

To provide further context: one could say ARM spun out of it.