Britain's Greatest Inventor: Clive Sinclair and the C5 (Part 3)

Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture

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Comedy, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 956 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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⁠Episode 3: ⁠⁠ In 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… All episodes for this series are available to listen to now if you go to; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://museumofpopculture.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ And join the Museum of Pop Culture ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fan club.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you want to get in touch with the show... Email: museumofpopculturepod@gmail.com Instagram: museumofpopculturepod New episodes are released twice weekly. Please subscribe, leave a review, and spread the word if nostalgic pop culture is your cup of tea!! A ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep It Light Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Production (Copyright 2026) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:26.0	Welcome back to part three of the rise.
1:29.6	And, well, let's hope, rise and rise and rise of Sir Clive Sinclair and the C-5.
1:34.0	It might still work out, although I say that.
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