Brits Who Made the Modern World 7.30pm, Five This quietly fascinating series looking at little-known but big-impact achievements made by British scientists continues tonight with an episode focusing on the creators of the computer game Elite. It is genuinely astonishing to learn that this 3-D game was created by a couple of university students back in the early 1980s, on a computer that only had as much memory as we would now use up with a single email. The ever-enthusiastic Peter Snow is on hand to guide us through the conception and eventual success of this eight-galaxy wonder. Would I Lie to You? 9pm, BBC1 The format may be derivative, but team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack are such masters of their (admittedly rather specific) craft that the BBC could broadcast footage of them sitting together on a park bench,...
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