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Series Name:	Bletchley Park- Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius (The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler)
Format:	TV Series
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Years:	2015
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Genre:	Biography, Documentary, History
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Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	1 Has Seen
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Selected Cast	Steven Mackintosh as Himself - Narrator
	Brian Deacon as Gordon Welchman (voice)
	Rosamund Welchman as Self - Gordon Welchman's Daughter
	W. Gordon Welchman as Self - Ex-Head of Hut 6, Bletchley Park (1939-1941) (archive footage)

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Documentary looking at Gordon Welchman, a codebreaker crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. Filmed extensively at Bletchley Park.

First shown Mon 7 Sep 2015 @ 21:00 BBC Two

Last shown Sun 10 Dec 2017 @ 22:15 BBC Two

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Quad5point1 ● 7th Feb 2021		Review 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. Filmed extensively at Bletchley Park, the centre for codebreaking operations during World War II, this documentary features the abandoned buildings where thousands of people worked tirelessly trying to crack the codes; Hut 6, where Welchman pioneered his groundbreaking work; and the machines that Welchman helped design. Post-war, Welchman moved to the United States to be at the nerve centre of the computer revolution. He was employed by the Mitre Corporation, a US defence contractor, and engaged in top secret work. Recently released top secret documents reveal that the case of Gordon Welchman reached the desk of the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, which then led to questions being asked in the House of Commons after Welchman's death. Welchman's legacy continues to this day as Professor John Naughton and former CIA analyst Cynthia Storer reveal how Welchman's pioneering work in the field of traffic analysis led directly to the modern secret surveillance state, and particularly the use of metadata - as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden. 8 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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