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Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

20157.3 / 1046 min

Documentary

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.

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

Crew

John Smithson

Director

Russell England

Director