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Managing the Micro

Brian Redhead examines some of the implications of the new technological revolution for people in industry today

This series aimed primarily at small businesses and further education colleges was fronted by the much respected Radio 4 ‘Today’ presenter Brian Redhead. It showed examples of what can be done by looking at companies which had embraced the new technology in manufacturing or services. A typical example was the new use of bar codes in Tesco‘s supermarkets.

1 series, 5 programmes
First broadcast: 17th May 1981   … Ler mais
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The Silicon Factor

A series of three programmes investigating the so-called microelectronics revolution

This series of three peak hour programmes fronted by seasoned Current Affairs reporter Bernard Falk asked what the new microprocessor-based technology was all about, how it threatened British industry’s competitiveness because of its complacency and then looked at the future – at how society might be profoundly changed by computers – chips – the Silicon Factor.

1 series, 3 programmes
First broadcast: 19th March 1980  
1. So What’s
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Making the Most of the Micro

Follow up series to The Computer Programme, looking at microcomputers

This series went into much more practical detail about how to use home computers for a range of purposes. Each programme looked at examples of computing in the wider world as well as at home micro applications. The BBC micro itself was used for demonstrations and to display explanatory graphics as well as producing in-vision name superimpositions and the end credits.

Presenter Ian McNaught Davis (a self confessed ‘mainframer’ – i.e., a professional user of big computers) – was led … Ler mais

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The Computer Programme

The Computer Programme asks: what can computers do for us? Who is using them now, and where is this technology likely to lead?

Chris Serle, Ian McNaught-Davis and Gill Nevill begin their exploration of the world of Information Science and ask: what can computers do for us? Who is using them now, and where is this technology likely to lead? (1982)

This series looked at all major aspects of computing, using a naive presenter (Chris Serle) and a computer expert – Ian McNaught Davis. The programmes consisted of a lively mix of real life examples of computers in use – at how … Ler mais