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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the concept of a program in computer science, see <a href="Computer_program" title="Computer program">Computer program</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>The Computer Programme</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Logo</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="Ian_McNaught-Davis" title="Ian McNaught-Davis">Ian McNaught-Davis</a> <br> <a href="Chris_Serle" title="Chris Serle">Chris Serle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Kraftwerk" title="Kraftwerk">Kraftwerk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Computer_World" title="Computer World">Computer World</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">10</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">25 minutes (approx.)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC 2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">11 January<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-01-11</span>)</span> –<br>15 March 1982<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1982-03-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i><a href="Making_the_Most_of_the_Micro" title="Making the Most of the Micro">Making the Most of the Micro</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><i><b>The Computer Programme</b></i> is a TV series, produced by <a href="Paul_Kriwaczek" title="Paul Kriwaczek">Paul Kriwaczek</a>, originally broadcast by the <a href="BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> (on <a href="BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC 2</a>) in 1982. The idea behind the series was to introduce people to computers and show them what they were capable of. The BBC wanted to use their own computer, so the <a href="BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a> was developed by <a href="Acorn_Computers" title="Acorn Computers">Acorn Computers</a> as part of the <i><a href="BBC_Computer_Literacy_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="BBC Computer Literacy Project">BBC Computer Literacy Project</a></i>, and was featured in this series. The series was successful enough for two series to follow it, namely <i><a href="Making_the_Most_of_the_Micro" title="Making the Most of the Micro">Making the Most of the Micro</a></i> in 1983 and <i><a href="Micro_Live" title="Micro Live">Micro Live</a></i> from 1984 until 1987.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presenters">Presenters</h2></div>

<p>The two studio presenters were <a href="Ian_McNaught-Davis" title="Ian McNaught-Davis">Ian McNaught-Davis</a> (known as 'Mac') and <a href="Chris_Serle" title="Chris Serle">Chris Serle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-drobe_2007_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drobe_2007-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the former showing the latter some of the rudimentary basics of computer operation and <a href="BASIC" title="BASIC">BASIC</a> programming. The 'on location' reporter was Gill Nevill. The studio made heavy use of the new <a href="BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a>, which had recently been launched.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2></div>

<p>Filming of the series took place in October 1981, before Acorn had fully completed the development and productionization of the BBC Micro. The machines used on the demonstration segments were in fact early pre-production models which barely worked, and Acorn engineer <a href="Steve_Furber" title="Steve Furber">Steve Furber</a> was working behind the set to keep the machines running (this was depicted on the 2009 BBC dramatization <i><a href="Micro_Men" title="Micro Men">Micro Men</a></i> which documented the Sinclair-Acorn rivalry). One of the issues found with the early units was their <a href="Uncommitted_Logic_Array" class="mw-redirect" title="Uncommitted Logic Array">ULA</a> chips overheating under the studio lights. The linear power supply units (PSU) on the early BBC Micros were also prone to overheating and in some cases, catching fire - something that dogged the early production machines. Fellow Acorn engineer <a href="Sophie_Wilson" title="Sophie Wilson">Sophie Wilson</a> also recounted that some of the BBC Micros used in the studio were in fact dummy units connected to a modified <a href="Acorn_Eurocard_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Acorn Eurocard systems">Acorn Eurocard system</a> development rack hidden out of sight which was actually running the software.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Format">Format</h2></div>

<p>Each programme would normally start with either Serle or McNaught-Davis introducing a real-life situation where computers are being (or could be) applied – examples included the office, a car factory and the <a href="British_Library" title="British Library">British Library</a>. This would form the theme which would underpin the demonstrations shown on the programme.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution">Distribution</h2></div>

<p>The programme was broadcast in the United States in 1983 by <a href="PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-infoworld_983_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-infoworld_983-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In addition, <a href="Stock_footage" title="Stock footage">stock footage</a> from <i>The Computer Programme</i> was incorporated into the 2009 BBC one-off drama <i><a href="Micro_Men" title="Micro Men">Micro Men</a></i>, which focused on the early fortunes of British computer manufacturers <a href="Sinclair_Research" title="Sinclair Research">Sinclair Research</a> and <a href="Acorn_Computers" title="Acorn Computers">Acorn Computers</a> (manufacturers of the <a href="ZX_Spectrum" title="ZX Spectrum">ZX Spectrum</a> and BBC Micro, respectively), which both featured heavily on the show during its original run.

</p><p>The show was aired as <i>Connecta el micro, pica l'start</i> (<i>Connect the micro, push start</i>) on the <a href="Catalonia" title="Catalonia">Catalan</a> channel <a href="TV3_(Catalonia)" class="mw-redirect" title="TV3 (Catalonia)">TV3</a>. This adapted version included the original 30 minutes taken from the BBC's show plus 15 minutes with original footage. In this original footage the <a href="BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a> computers were replaced by Dragon 200 computers, which were made in Spain.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programmes">Programmes</h2></div>

<p>The series was split into 10 programmes, each about 25 minutes long and dealing with a particular subject area. They were as follows (original airdates in brackets):

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<ol><li><i>It's Happening Now</i> – (11 January 1982)</li>

<li><i>Just One Thing After Another</i> – (18 January 1982)</li>

<li><i>Talking to a Machine</i> – (25 January 1982)</li>

<li><i>It's on the Computer</i> – (1 February 1982)</li>

<li><i>The New Media</i> – (8 February 1982)</li>

<li><i>Moving Pictures</i> – (15 February 1982)</li>

<li><i>Let's Pretend</i> – (22 February 1982)</li>

<li><i>The Thinking Machine</i> – (1 March 1982)</li>

<li><i>In Control</i> – (8 March 1982)</li>

<li><i>Things to Come</i> – (15 March 1982)</li></ol>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theme_music_and_opening_titles">Theme music and opening titles</h2></div>

<p>The theme music to the programme was <a href="Kraftwerk" title="Kraftwerk">Kraftwerk</a>'s <i>Computer World</i>, taken from their 1981 album of the <a href="Computer_World" title="Computer World">same name</a>. The opening titles was an animation of an <a href="Owl" title="Owl">owl</a> – the mascot (and <a href="Logo" title="Logo">logo</a>) of the BBC Microcomputer system – flying into a domestic living room. The "owl" theme would be used on the two successor shows. The ending was <i>Computer World 2</i>, taken from the same album.

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</style><table class="infobox ib-book vcard"><caption class="infobox-title">The Computer Book </caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">cover image, showing Chris Serle from the television programme with a BBC micro</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Robin Bradbeer</li><li>Peter De Bono</li><li>Peter Laurie</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1982</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">

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</style><bdi>0563164840</bdi></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8780275">8780275</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>An accompanying book, <i>The Computer Book</i>, was commissioned by the BBC to tie in with the series,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> giving an introduction to <a href="Microcomputer" title="Microcomputer">microcomputers</a> and general <a href="Computing" title="Computing">computing</a>.

</p><p>Its content covers the basics of the <a href="History_of_computing" title="History of computing">history of computing</a>, <a href="Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming languages</a>, <a href="Debugging" title="Debugging">debugging</a>, <a href="Logic_programming" title="Logic programming">logic programming</a>, <a href="Semiconductor_memory" title="Semiconductor memory">semiconductor memory</a>, <a href="Computer_printing" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer printing">printing</a>, <a href="Analog-to-digital_converter" title="Analog-to-digital converter">ADCs</a>/<a href="Digital-to-analog_converter" title="Digital-to-analog converter">DACs</a>, <a href="Flowchart" title="Flowchart">flowcharts</a>, as well as some technologies only found in Britain (such as <a href="Prestel" title="Prestel">Prestel</a>, <a href="Ceefax" title="Ceefax">Ceefax</a>, <a href="ORACLE_(teletext)" title="ORACLE (teletext)">ORACLE</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_sandberg-diment_1982_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt_sandberg-diment_1982-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wyoe_1983_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wyoe_1983-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The possibilities of <a href="Computer_network" title="Computer network">networks</a>, <a href="Robotics" title="Robotics">robotics</a>, <a href="Electronic_office" title="Electronic office">electronic offices</a> and <a href="Desktop_publishing" title="Desktop publishing">publishing</a> were also considered, with particular reference to the <a href="BBC_Micro" title="BBC Micro">BBC Micro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wyoe_1983_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wyoe_1983-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reception">Reception</h3></div>

<p>The book sold 80,000 copies in the UK, reaching the top of the UK non-fiction chart.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Reviewing the United States edition (<i>The Beginner's Guide to Computers</i>, <a href="Penguin_Books" title="Penguin Books">Penguin</a>/<a href="Addison_Wesley" class="mw-redirect" title="Addison Wesley">Addison Wesley</a>, 1982),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> described the book's square shape as "clumsy", although this did not stop it from being a "quite decent introduction" which was "easy to read". Those interested in actually using <a href="Personal_computer" title="Personal computer">personal computers</a> to "do something" were advised to look elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_sandberg-diment_1982_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt_sandberg-diment_1982-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>World Yearbook of Education 1982/83: Computers and Education</i> described it as "lucidly written and well laid out with profuse illustrations", noting the use of "appealing cartoons".<sup id="cite_ref-wyoe_1983_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wyoe_1983-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li><i><a href="Making_the_Most_of_the_Micro" title="Making the Most of the Micro">Making the Most of the Micro</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="Micro_Live" title="Micro Live">Micro Live</a></i></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-drobe_2007-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-drobe_2007_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110609041144/http://www.drobe.co.uk/article.php?id=1781">"25th anniversary of BBC Micro TV series"</a>. <i><a href="Drobe" title="Drobe">Drobe</a></i>. 13 January 2007. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.drobe.co.uk/article.php?id=1781">the original</a> on 9 June 2011.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-infoworld_983-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-infoworld_983_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFInfoWorld_Media_Group,_Inc.1983" class="citation cs2">InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. (4 April 1983), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8">"PBS will air 10-part series on micros"</a>, <i>InfoWorld: The Newspaper for the Microcomputing Community</i>, <b>5</b> (14), InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.: 8, <a href="ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0199-6649">0199-6649</a></cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fasebonus.net/2011/09/dragon-el-bbc-micro-espanol-2/">Dragon, El BBC Micro Español</a> article in "Fase Bonus", 17 September 2011 <span class="languageicon">(in Spanish)</span></span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">John Radcliffe and Roberts Salkeld (1983), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/media/Towards%20Computer%20Literacy.pdf">Towards Computer Literacy - The BBC Computer Literacy Project 1979-1983</a>, BBC Education, page 18 (frame 10 of pdf)<br> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naec.org.uk/organisations/bbc-computer-literacy-project/towards-computer-literacy-the-bbc-computer-literacy-project-1979-1983">HTML version</a>, National Archive of Educational Computing. Accessed 2024-01-29</span>

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<li id="cite_note-wyoe_1983-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wyoe_1983_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wyoe_1983_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wyoe_1983_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMegarryWalkerHoyleNisbet1983" class="citation book cs1">Megarry, Jacquetta; Walker, David R. F.; Hoyle, Eric; Nisbet, Stanley (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mxJGyptzaGEC&pg=PA250"><i>World Yearbook of Education 1982/83: Computers and Education</i></a>. Routledge. p. 250. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9780415392983</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/history">History</a>, The Computer Literacy Project 1980 - 1989, BBC Rewind. Accessed 2024-01-29</span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Beginner's Guide to Computers</i>, <a href="Penguin_Books" title="Penguin Books">Penguin</a>/<a href="Addison_Wesley" class="mw-redirect" title="Addison Wesley">Addison Wesley</a>, 1982. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0201112086</bdi> <a href="OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9016145">9016145</a></span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03062mq"><i>The Computer Programme</i></a> at <a href="BBC_Online" title="BBC Online">BBC Online</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3552644/"><i>The Computer Programme</i></a> at <a href="IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/de37d97905d37f58038f2d7c8341ff4b">The Computer Programme</a></i> at BBC Rewind (all episodes)</li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/computer-programme">The Computer Programme</a></i> at the <a href="Internet_Archive" title="Internet Archive">Internet Archive</a></li>

<li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/thecomputerbook">The Computer Book</a></i> at the Internet Archive</li></ul>

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