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In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opposes former assistant Chris Curry's belief that he can successfully market a micro-chip for a home computer. A parting of the ways sees Curry, in partnership with the Austrian Hermann Hauser and using whizz kid Cambridge students, set up his own, rival firm to Sinclair Radionics, Acorn. Acorn beat Sinclair to a lucrative contract supplying the BBC with machines for a computer series. From here on it is a battle for supremacy to gain the upper hand in the domestic market.
| Clive Sinclair | Alexander Armstrong |
| Chris Curry | Martin Freeman |
| Hermann Hauser | Edward Baker-Duly |
| Steve Furber | Sam Phillips |
| Bank manager | Peter Davison |
| Nigel Searle | Derek Riddell |
| Kenneth Baker | James Fleet |
| Sinclair journalist | Theo Barklem-Biggs |
| Tony Wood Rogers | Tim Downie |
| Roger Wilson | Stefan Butler |
| Jim Westwood | Colin Michael Carmichael |
| Valerie | Rhona Croker |
| Cynthia | Amy Beth Hayes |
| Ann Sinclair | Nicola Harrison |
| Norman Hewett | Anthony Smee |
| Derek Holley | Michael Keating |
| John Radcliffe | Jon Glover |
| Foreman | Renny Krupinski |
| Acorn Journalist | James Garnon |
| Shop Assistant Luke | Rasmus Hardiker |
| Shopper | Alison Dowling |
| Susan | Perdita Avery |
| Mindy | Elizabeth Bower |
| Self (archive footage) | Sir Clive Sinclair |
| Self | Lord Alan Sugar |
| Cambridge Graduate (uncredited) | James Corker |
| David Johnson-Davies (uncredited) | Jason Fitzpatrick |
| Clapper Loader - Sinclair QL Commercial (Nicht genannt) | David Mahoney |
| Rick Dickinson (uncredited) | Mark Mansfield |
| Nick Toop (uncredited) | Rob Mcloughlin |
| Reporter (uncredited) | Cal O'Connell |
| Pub Landlady (uncredited) | Sophie Wilson |
