1. Best of seven: why Acorn built the BBC Micro | BBC Micro at 40

The BBC approached six other bigger and more established British computer companies looking to land the prestigious contract for the BBC’s Computer Literacy Project Program.
Barely a few years old, Acorn Computers began life as Cambridge Processor Unit Ltd making systems for others.
Before the BBC Micro, it had made just two commercial computers - the System 1 range and the Atom.
Herman Hauser, Sophie Wilson, Steve Furber discuss the development of the BBC Micro.
Recorded winter 2021.