PCs Gone Mad: Computers in Fiction and Reality

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Broadcaster and comedian Steve Punt fires up the archives to examine the cultural history of computers on screen. From Katharine Hepburn and the electronic brain of the 1950s, to Jurassic Park and the threat of malicious hackers; Steve explores the parallel history of how (and why) the fiction and the fact of computers developed. With guests: Charlie Brooker, media commentator and creator of Black Mirror Zoe Kleinman, the BBC's Technology Editor Kevin Murrell, co-founder of The National Museum of Computing Producer: Becca Bryers A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4