Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

Documentary 2015 · 59m

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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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15 people

Steven Mackintosh Himself - Narrator

Brian Deacon Gordon Welchman (voice)

R Rosamund Welchman Herself - Gordon Welchman's Daughter

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

S Sinclair McKay Himself - Author, 'The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'

J Jimmy Thirsk Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

A Asa Briggs Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

J Jane Fawcett Herself - Veteran, Hut 6

T Tony Comer Himself - GCHQ Historian and Former Analyst

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

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

J Jennifer Welchman Herself - Gordon Welchman's Granddaughter

R Robert R. Everett Himself - Former President, The MITRE Corporation

E Eric Ellingson Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague

L Larry Hill Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

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