Computing Britain   /     Computers at Home

Description

In the 1980s, 'micro computers' invaded the home. In this episode, Hannah Fry discovers how the computer was transported from the office and the classroom right into our living room. From eccentric electronics genius Clive Sinclair and his ZX80, to smart-suited businessman Alan Sugar and the Amstrad PC, she charts the 80s computer boom - a time when the UK had more computers per head of population than anywhere else in the world. Presented by Hannah Fry Produced by Michelle Martin (Photo: A Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid //Getty)

Subtitle
How 1980s Britain grew to love the home computer. Presented by mathematician Hannah Fry.
Duration
849
Publishing date
2015-11-16 17:22
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bnq0y
Contributors
  BBC Radio 4
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Enclosures
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/5/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/http/vpid/p0387j1g.mp3
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