Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

7.3 2015 59 min
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.

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Directors
Russell England, John Smithson

Cast

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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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