Micro Men is a 2009 BBC comic drama about the early 1980s British home computer boom. It follows the rivalry between Clive Sinclair and Acorn founder Chris Curry over the BBC Micro contract and the ZX Spectrum.

Why Hacker News readers recommend it: HN recommends it often as an entertaining and authentic dramatization of Sinclair versus Acorn, the story from which ARM grew.

“'Micro Men' is an excellent TV drama”

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