}135451      AMSTRAD TAKEOVER SINCLAIR: Sinclair Research, founder of
7.4.86       Britain's home computer industry, which has been in financial
TX           difficulty for more than a year, has sold its computer
             interests to Amstrad for #5 million. Intvw Sir Clive Sinclair
             (Sinclair Research), Alan Sugar (Chief Exec, Amstrad) & Keith
             Woolcock (Simon & Coates Stockbrokers).
             MCGINTY,LAWRENCE                    VID ex LIB(ITN)/ENG
                                                 (ITN)/THAMES

****         RUSHES KEPT (Except pkf & intvws) 2 KCS & 1 KCA (THAMES)
             --------------------------------------------------------------

ENGLAND      TMS     Sir Clive Sinclair & Alan Sugar (Chief Exec, Amstrad)
London               seated at PKF
             CMS     Sinclair at PKF

Lasky's      TMS     Amstrad home computer on sale          )
             TCMS    Keyboard with wording 'AMSTRAD 255k    ) TX 28.5.85
                     Personal Computer Word Processor'      ) ITN
             CMS     Amstrad computer PULL OUT 'Lasky's'    )
                     promotion notice beside it             )

             CMS     'Sinclair QL' computer PULL OUT cust-  ) ULM 722
                     omer trying keyboard                   ) 12.1.84
             TCMS    Keyboard showing 'Sinclair' logo       ) ITN
             MS      Home computers on sale in showroom     )

             CMS     SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR INTVW SOF
                     (on not having mass-marketing expertise)
                     "We've got -- don't possess"

             MS      TRACK through office to Alan Sugar     )
                     seated at his desk                     )
                                                            ) THAMES
                     EXT/RAIN                               )
             MS      Rolls Royce along road towards         )
             CMS     Sugar seated in back of Rolls Royce    )
             MS      Rolls stopping at kerb - Sugar out of  )
                     car R-L                                )

                     INT
ITN Studio   CMS     KEITH WOOLCOCK (Simon & Coates Stockbrokers) INTVW
                     SOF
                     (on marketing being Sugar's success)
                     "What marketing -- about marketing"

                     EXT/SNOW ON GROUND
London       MS      C5 electric powered car at traffic     ) TX.10.1.85
                     lights                                 ) ITN
             MS      Group of cars driven towards & past    )

Sloane St    CMS     Sinclair holding up mini TV at launch  ) TX.16.9.83
Holiday Inn                                                 ) ITN

             BV      Sinclair holding new QL computer       ) ULM722
                     keyboard at PKF                        ) 12.1.84
             CMS     Press at PKF PAN L-R Sinclair holding  ) ITN
                     keyboard                               )
             CMS     Sinclair holding keyboard              )

ITN Studio   CMS     WOOLCOCK INTVW SOF
                     (on takeover deal)
                     "On our calculations -- good deal"

London       CMS     ALAN SUGAR (Chief Exec, Amstrad) INTVW SOF
(?)                  (on takeover)
                     "It gives us -- and volume"

Cambridge    MS      Male employee seated at terminal in    ) R.17.6.85
Sinclair             office                                 ) ITN
Research HQ  CMS     Waferscale circuit PULL OUT            )
             MS      Male employee into office & sits PULL  )
                     OUT another at work                    )

London       CMS     SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR INTVW SOF
Location             (on jobs that will go at Sinclair Research)
Unknown              " ...there are -- change occurs"

Cambridge    TCMS    Computer circuit board being made TILT ) R.8.9.83
Sinclair             UP woman working                       ) ITN
Research HQ  MS      SIDE line of women working on circuits )
             TMS     Women working on computer production   )
                     line                                   )

London       CMS     SUGAR INTVW SOF
(?)                  (on keeping Sinclair workers & subcontractors)
                     "At the moment -- we need"

             VIDEO ex LIB(ITN)/ENG(Brown/Squires/Collings)/THAMES:
             TX 7.4.86/C4N
             ARCHIVE TAPE & CAS 26285  86/C4N/27325  51:00 TO 55:25