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Teens write computer games in their bedrooms and a billion-dollar business is created. Hannah charts the rise of the UK games industry. Show more
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Hannah Fry describes some 1980s efforts to inspire Britain to embrace computing, the birth of the BBC Micro and computers in schools. Show more
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Mathematician Hannah Fry presents the story of packet switching, how computers learned to talk to each other. Show more
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Hannah Fry reveals the surprising story of the chain of British teashops that created the first office computer. Show more
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Mathematician Hannah Fry explores ERNIE, a machine made by wartime code-breakers which became an unlikely celebrity. Show more
58 minutes
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From the Sinclair ZX Spectrum to the dotcom bubble, Hannah Fry concludes her journey through the history of computing. Show more
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Hannah Fry explores the pervasive fear that the computer would lead to mass unemployment. Show more
58 minutes
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Hannah Fry looks back at the UK's rich history of computing innovation, starting with the creation of computer memory. Show more
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Hannah Fry travels back to the 1940s to hear the incredible story of the creation, in Britain, of computer memory. Show more
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The city went crazy for dot com companies in 1999. But in March 2000, the boom suddenly turned into a bust. Hannah discovers that technology then wasn't up to the job.
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Hannah Fry tells the story of how a British company, ARM, developed tiny hyper-intelligent silicon chips that are cheap, heat efficient and drove the smartphone revolution. Show more
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From Sinclair Spectrums to Amstrad PCs, this is the story of how 1980s Britain grew to love the home computer. Show more
