Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 3)
Museum of Pop Culture with Josh WiddicombeIn the third episode of this series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian and friend Tom Craine discuss the unbelievable story of Britain's greatest inventor - Sir Clive Sinclair and his success (and failures) in shaping the landscape of technology and computers.
Coming up in this episode - the disastrous launch of the C5 and collapse of the computer industry leave Sinclair in a precarious position…
And rival Alan Sugar smells blood in the water and swoops in to exploit the opportunity…
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