Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

6.8 | 2015-09-07 | 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.

Featured Crew

John Smithson	Director
Russell England	Director

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)

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