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==In popular culture== In 2009, BBC4 screened ''[[Micro Men]]'', a drama based on the rivalry between Acorn Computers and Sinclair's competing machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n5b92|title=Micro Men - BBC Four|website=BBC|url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125114541/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n5b92|archive-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> ===TV series=== Acorn products featured prominently in a number of Educational television series, including: * ''[[The Computer Programme]]'' * ''[[Micro Live]]'' * ''[[Making the Most of the Micro]]'' * ''Computers in Control''{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} ===Magazines=== {{more citations needed section|reason=Cite issues of generalist magazines that have Acorn columns|date=September 2021}} Acorn products spawned a series of dedicated publications, including: * ''[[Acorn User]]'' (named ''BBC Acorn User'' while its publisher was owned by the BBC) * ''[[The Micro User]]'' (initially ''BBC Micro User'', renamed due to a trade mark objection) / ''[[Acorn Computing]]'' * ''[[Archive (magazine)|Archive]]'' * ''[[BEEBUG]]'' * ''[[Electron User]]'' They also featured in dedicated sections of: * ''[[Computer Shopper (UK magazine)|Computer Shopper]]'' * ''[[Personal Computer News]]'' * ''[[Personal Computer World]]'' * ''[[Computer Gamer]]''
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