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The '''British Broadcasting Corporation Microcomputer System''', or '''BBC Micro''', is a series of [[Microcomputer]]s designed and built by [[Acorn Computers]] Limited in the 1980s for the [[Computer literacy|Computer Literacy]] Project of the [[BBC]]. Designed with an emphasis on education, it was notable for its ruggedness, expandability, and the quality of its [[operating system]].{{fact|date=December 2023}} An accompanying 1982 television series, ''[[The Computer Programme]]'', featuring [[Chris Serle]] learning to use the machine, was broadcast on [[BBC Two|BBC2]].
After the Literacy Project's [[call for bids]] for a computer to accompany the [[television|TV]] programmes and literature, Acorn won the contract with the ''Proton'', a successor of its [[Acorn Atom|Atom]] computer prototyped at short notice. Renamed the BBC Micro, the system was adopted by most schools in the [[United Kingdom]], changing Acorn's fortunes. It was also successful as a [[home computer]] in the UK, despite its high cost. Acorn later employed the machine to simulate and develop the [[ARM architecture]].
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