Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

  • Documentary
9/7/2015
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Storyline

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.

Directors:
John Smithson
Russell England
  • world war ii
  • code breaking
  • bletchley park

Cast

  • Steven Mackintosh
    Himself - Narrator
  • 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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