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Computing BritainEpisodes

  1. Omnibus: 1980s onwards

    12/12From the ZX Spectrum to the dot com bubble, Hannah Fry looks at our computing history.

  2. Omnibus: 1940s to 1970s

    11/12Hannah Fry looks back at the UK's rich history of computing innovation.

  3. Mobile Revolution

    10/12Hannah Fry explores how a British company shrunk chips and made the mobile revolution.

  4. Dotcom Bubble

    9/12Hannah Fry traces the dot com boom and bust in Britain between 1999 and March 2000.

  5. UK Gaming

    8/12Teens write computer games in their bedrooms, and a billion-dollar business is created.

  6. Computers at Home

    7/12How 1980s Britain grew to love the home computer. Presented by mathematician Hannah Fry.

  7. Computers in Class

    6/12Hannah Fry describes some 1980s efforts to inspire Britain to embrace computing.

  8. The Job Killer

    5/12Hannah Fry explores the pervasive fear that the computer would lead to mass unemployment.

  9. Connected Thinking

    4/12The story of packet switching, how computers learned to talk to each other.

  10. ERNIE Picks Prizes

    3/12ERNIE, machine made by wartime code-breakers, becomes an unlikely celebrity.

  11. LEO the Electronic Office

    2/12The story of the chain of British teashops that created the first office computer.

  12. Electronic Brains

    1/12Hannah Fry travels back to the 1940s to hear the story of the creation of computer memory.

  13. Computing Britain - Welcome

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