Syntax Era
July 1st, 2009
Geek fact-checkers, start your DVRs:
Martin Freeman (The Office/Hot Fuzz) and Alexander Armstrong (Armstrong & Miller/Mutual Friends) lead the cast in Syntax Era (working title) a single drama from Darlow Smithson for BBC Four.
Syntax Era provides an affectionately comic account of the Eighties race for home computer supremacy. The drama documents the lengthy rivalry between maverick visionary Sir Clive Sinclair (Armstrong) and his former colleague Chris Curry (Freeman) as they go head to head to achieve domination of the growing home computer market. [...]
Just as long as the closing scene doesn’t feature a surprise cameo appearance by Alan Sugar…
[Via The Medium is Not Enough]
