Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

Name: Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015
Duration: 59 min
Rating: 7.3

2015 · 59 min

Documentary

★ 7.3

Paramount+

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.

Crew

Director John Smithson
Director Russell England

Cast

Steven Mackintosh
Himself - Narrator
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)
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John Scarlett
Himself - Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust, and Former Chief, MI6 (as Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE)
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Jennifer Welchman
Herself - Gordon Welchman's Granddaughter

Crew

Director — John Smithson
Director — Russell England

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