Film·2015·59m

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

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.

Directed by John Smithson, Russell England

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Cast

12 credited

Steven Mackintosh
Steven MackintoshHimself - Narrator
Brian Deacon
Brian DeaconGordon Welchman (voice)
Rosamund Welchman
Rosamund WelchmanHerself - Gordon Welchman's Daughter
W. Gordon Welchman
W. Gordon WelchmanHimself - Ex-Head of Hut 6, Bletchley Park (1939-1941) (archive footage)
Sinclair McKay
Sinclair McKayHimself - Author, 'The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'
Jimmy Thirsk
Jimmy ThirskHimself - Veteran, Hut 6
Asa Briggs
Asa BriggsHimself - Veteran, Hut 6
Jane Fawcett
Jane FawcettHerself - Veteran, Hut 6
Tony Comer
Tony ComerHimself - GCHQ Historian and Former Analyst
John Naughton
John NaughtonHimself - Vice President, Wolfson College, Cambridge (as Prof John Naughton)
John Scarlett
John ScarlettHimself - Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust, and Former Chief, MI6 (as Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE)
Jennifer Welchman
Jennifer WelchmanHerself - Gordon Welchman's Granddaughter

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