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Computers in Class

Episode 6 of 12

Hannah Fry describes some 1980s efforts to inspire Britain to embrace computing, the birth of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Micro and computers in schools.

As the manufacturing industries of the 1970s became the service sector of the 1980s, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ tried to help democratize the coming of the affordable microchip, to help re-equip a vulnerable workforce for a digital future.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Computer Literacy Project was aimed initially at adults, but somehow ended up putting a beige Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Microcomputer in the corner of nearly every classroom in the land.

Presented by Hannah Fry

Produced by Alex Mansfield.

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15 minutes

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Mon 21 Sep 2015 13:45
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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