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Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

2015•59m•7.3/10
Documentary

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7.3/10(7)

Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park.

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Production

BBC, Arrow Media

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Steven Mackintosh

Steven Mackintosh

Himself - Narrator

Brian Deacon

Brian Deacon

Gordon Welchman (voice)

Rosamund Welchman

Herself - Gordon Welchman's Daughter

W. Gordon Welchman

Himself - Ex-Head of Hut 6, Bletchley Park (1939-1941) (archive footage)

Sinclair McKay

Himself - Author, 'The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'

Jimmy Thirsk

Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

Asa Briggs

Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

Jane Fawcett

Herself - Veteran, Hut 6

Tony Comer

Himself - GCHQ Historian and Former Analyst

John Naughton

Himself - Vice President, Wolfson College, Cambridge (as Prof John Naughton)

John Scarlett

Himself - Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust, and Former Chief, MI6 (as Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE)

Jennifer Welchman

Herself - Gordon Welchman's Granddaughter

Robert R. Everett

Himself - Former President, The MITRE Corporation

Eric Ellingson

Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague

Larry Hill

Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague

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