The World’s First Computer

A historical and scientific investigation telling the extraordinary story of how the ancient Greeks built a computer 2,000 years ago. Set against the glorious backdrop of classical Greece, the film explains how the ancients had the knowledge and creativity to put together such a machine. But who was the genius inventor behind it? And what was it really for? By focusing on the work of another rival scientist, the story follows an international research team, who finally solved the puzzle of the antikythera Mechanism. Scientific breakthroughs illustrated with the latest scientific data and stunning graphics reveal a trail of mysterious numbers that solved the conundrum of the gears – a real life Da Vinci code set in ancient Greece.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Mike Beckham
Cinematography: Steve Gray
Editing: Simon Ruben
Sound: Leandros Dounis, Haralambos Yannakakis, Tim Watts
Music: Stephen Daltry, Stefanos Konstantinidis
Production: Images First Ltd tony@imagesfirst.com
Producers: Tony Freeth
Co-production: Αnemon Productions, ΕΡτ AE/ERT SA hellenic Broadcasting Corp., ARTE, NhK, Roger hadland, Nikon, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών/National hellenic Research Foundation
Format: DigiBeta Color
Production Country: UK-Greece
Production Year: 2012
Duration: 75
Contact: Electric Sky, UK t. +44 1273 224 240 info@electricsky.com ΕΡτ ΑΕ/ERT SA hellenic Broadcasting Corp. Φωτεινή Γιαννουλάτου/Fotini Yannoulatou Ελλάδα/Greece t. +30 210 6075 711 f. +30 210 6075 714 salesd

Mike Beckham

Filmography

2007 Attack on the USS Cole
2007 R/x for Survival (TV series)
2008 Secrets of the Parthenon
2009 The Great Lakes
2011 The World‘s First Computer
2011-12 The hunt for Adolf Eichmann