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** Steve Furber has said that Hauser's cutting of the wire to get the prototype Micro working actually happend about three hours before the BBC people arrived rather than mere seconds.
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** Steve Furber has said that Hauser's cutting of the wire to get the prototype Micro working actually happend happened about three hours before the BBC people arrived rather than mere seconds.
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* BritsLoveTea: Acorn Computers would seem to be tea-powered. Herman seems fascinated with the "British Tea Ritual".
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* SpotOfTea: Acorn Computers would seem to be tea-powered. Herman seems fascinated with the "British Tea Ritual".
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* HistoricalFiguresInArchivalMedia: As the home computer market turns sour, [[Series/TheApprentice Alan Sugar]] appears by way of an archived interview.
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* ShownTheirWork: several incidents in ''Micro Men'' that you'd think were invented (or at least heavily adapted) [[ArtisticLicense for the sake of a good story]] really did happen as depicted in the programme, including Hauser's manipulating Furber and Wilson into working to the seemingly impossible BBC deadline and Sinclair and Curry's fight in the pub.
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* ShownTheirWork: several incidents in ''Micro Men'' that you'd think were invented (or at least heavily adapted) [[ArtisticLicense for the sake of a good story]] really did happen as depicted in the programme, including Hauser's manipulating Furber and Wilson into working to the seemingly impossible BBC deadline deadline, a cable cut being required for the Micro prototype to work, and Sinclair and Curry's fight in the pub.
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* ArtisticLicence: While the programme is certainly towards the more accurate end of BasedOnATrueStory, inevitably some details were changed, compressed or omitted for the sake of dramatic effect or narrative flow. Some examples: **Steve Furber has said that Hauser's cutting of the wire to get the prototype Micro working actually happend about three hours before the BBC people arrived rather than mere seconds.
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* ArtisticLicence: While the programme is certainly towards the more accurate end of BasedOnATrueStory, inevitably some details were changed, compressed or omitted for the sake of dramatic effect or narrative flow. Some examples: examples:
**Steve Furber has said that Hauser's cutting of the wire to get the prototype Micro working actually happend about three hours before the BBC people arrived rather than mere seconds.
**Steve Furber has said that Hauser's cutting of the wire to get the prototype Micro working actually happend about three hours before the BBC people arrived rather than mere seconds.
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* ArtisticLicence: While the programme is certainly towards the more accurate end of BasedOnATrueStory, inevitably some details were changed, compressed or omitted for the sake of dramatic effect or narrative flow - e.g. Steve Furber has said that Hauser's cutting of the wire to get the prototype Micro working actually happend about three hours before the BBC people arrived rather than mere seconds.
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* ArtisticLicence: While the programme is certainly towards the more accurate end of BasedOnATrueStory, inevitably some details were changed, compressed or omitted for the sake of dramatic effect or narrative flow - e.g. Steve flow. Some examples: **Steve Furber has said that Hauser's cutting of the wire to get the prototype Micro working actually happend about three hours before the BBC people arrived rather than mere seconds.seconds.
** [[https://youtu.be/I9dHI6EwWTU?t=2415 According to Chris Curry]], his fight with Sinclair began when Sinclair snuck up behind him and put his hands around Chris' eyes, making Chris see red. This detail is completely omitted from the film.
** [[https://youtu.be/I9dHI6EwWTU?t=2415 According to Chris Curry]], his fight with Sinclair began when Sinclair snuck up behind him and put his hands around Chris' eyes, making Chris see red. This detail is completely omitted from the film.
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* WireDilemma: Inverted. The Acorn engineers agonise over cutting a wire to fix the BBC Micro prototype, seconds before the BBC man arrives (based on something that happened in RealLife, albeit it was hours instead of seconds).
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* WireDilemma: Inverted. The Acorn engineers agonise over cutting a wire to fix the BBC Micro prototype, seconds before the BBC man arrives (based on something that (and yes, it happened in RealLife, albeit it was hours instead of seconds).
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* WireDilemma: Inverted. The Acorn engineers agonise over cutting a wire to fix the BBC Micro prototype, seconds before the BBC man arrives (and yes, this happened in RealLife).
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* WireDilemma: Inverted. The Acorn engineers agonise over cutting a wire to fix the BBC Micro prototype, seconds before the BBC man arrives (and yes, this (based on something that happened in RealLife).RealLife, albeit it was hours instead of seconds).
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* ArtisticLicence: While the programme is certainly towards the more accurate end of BasedOnATrueStory, inevitably some details were changed, compressed or omitted for the sake of dramatic effect or narrative flow - e.g. Steve Furber has said that Hauser's cutting of the wire to get the prototype Micro working actually happend about three hours before the BBC people arrived rather than mere seconds.
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* AtomicFBomb: "BLOODY FUCKING HELLLLLLLLL!"
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* AtomicFBomb: When Sinclair gets the phone call from the BBC telling him they've given the contract to Acorn: "BLOODY FUCKING HELLLLLLLLL!"HELLLLLLLLL!" ''(Throws telephone across the corridor into the next office.)''
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Among the touches included to give the programme an authentic [[TheEighties '80s]] feel is the Acorn staff smoking at work. In fact Steve Furber has said that nobody smoked, at least not in meetings or shared work areas.
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* ShownTheirWork: several incidents in ''Micro Men'' that you'd think were invented (or at least heavily adapted) [[ArtisticLicense for the sake of a good story]] really did happen as depicted in the programme, including Hauser's manipulating Furber and Wilson into working to the seemingly impossible BBC deadline, the cutting of the wire to make the computer work mere seconds before the BBC men arrive, and Sinclair and Curry's fight in the pub.
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* ShownTheirWork: several incidents in ''Micro Men'' that you'd think were invented (or at least heavily adapted) [[ArtisticLicense for the sake of a good story]] really did happen as depicted in the programme, including Hauser's manipulating Furber and Wilson into working to the seemingly impossible BBC deadline, the cutting of the wire to make the computer work mere seconds before the BBC men arrive, deadline and Sinclair and Curry's fight in the pub.
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* MargaretThatcher: Her election prompts Clive to make a "new start" and quit smoking. Later she's seen playing chess on a Speccy (taken from a RealLife news clip of her meeting visiting Japanese digintaries!)
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* SoundtrackDissonance: PaulMcCartney, ''The Pipes Of Peace'' during the pub WimpFight
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* SoundtrackDissonance: PaulMcCartney, Music/PaulMcCartney, ''The Pipes Of Peace'' during the pub WimpFight
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* TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983: While the triggering issues were different from the problems that plagued the US games market, the UK suffered its own crash when Sinclair's cheap-as-chips machines saturated the market and Acorn had done likewise in the educational space. This, along with Acorn's and Sinclair's ill-advised attempt to break into each other's market brought about the ruin of both companies.
