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Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

Name: Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015-09-07

directed by John Smithson & Russell England

201559mDocumentary

BBC & Arrow Media present

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

directed by John Smithson & Russell England

201559mDocumentary

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§ Synopsis

Documentary

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.

§ Keywords

what it's about

world war ii code breaking bletchley park

§ Crew

behind the camera

Directors

John Smithson

Russell England

§ Cast

8 of 15

Steven Mackintosh

as Himself - Narrator

Brian Deacon

as Gordon Welchman (voice)

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Rosamund Welchman

as Herself - Gordon Welchman's Daughter

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W. Gordon Welchman

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

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Sinclair McKay

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

J

Jimmy Thirsk

as Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

A

Asa Briggs

as Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

J

Jane Fawcett

as Herself - Veteran, Hut 6

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