The Computer Programme was a TV series originally broadcast by the BBC (on BBC2) 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 BBC Micro was developed as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Project, and was featured in this series. The series was successful enough for two series to follow it, namely Making the Most of the Micro in 1983 and Micro Live from 1984 until 1987.

Presenters

The two studio presenters were Ian McNaught-Davis (known as ‘Mac’) and Chris Serle, the former showing the latter some of the rudimentary basics of computer operation and BASIC programming. The ‘on location’ reporter was Gill Nevill.