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Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

20157.30h 59m

Overview

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.

Directed by John Smithson
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Top Cast

Steven Mackintosh

Steven Mackintosh

Himself - Narrator

Brian Deacon

Brian Deacon

Gordon Welchman (voice)

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Rosamund Welchman

Herself - Gordon Welchman's Daughter

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W. Gordon Welchman

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

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Sinclair McKay

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

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Jimmy Thirsk

Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

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Asa Briggs

Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

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Jane Fawcett

Herself - Veteran, Hut 6

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Tony Comer

Himself - GCHQ Historian and Former Analyst

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John Naughton

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

Themes & Keywords

world war iicode breakingbletchley park

About Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius is a documentary film released in 2015 exploring themes of world war ii, code breaking, bletchley park. Directed by John Smithson, it stars Steven Mackintosh, Brian Deacon, Rosamund Welchman. 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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