Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

46 mins | Documentary | Sept. 7, 2015

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.

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

46 mins | Documentary | Sept. 7, 2015

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers BBC
Original title Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius
Directors Russell England, John Smithson
Writers

Cast

Steven Mackintosh

as Himself - Narrator

Brian Deacon

as Gordon Welchman (voice)

Rosamund Welchman

as Herself - Gordon Welchman's Daughter

W. Gordon Welchman

as Himself - Ex-Head of Hut 6, Bletchley Park (1939-1941) (archive footage)

Sinclair McKay

as Himself - Author, 'The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'

Jimmy Thirsk

as Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

Asa Briggs

as Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

Jane Fawcett

as Herself - Veteran, Hut 6

Tony Comer

as Himself - GCHQ Historian and Former Analyst

John Naughton

as Himself - Vice President, Wolfson College, Cambridge (as Prof John Naughton)

John Scarlett

as Himself - Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust, and Former Chief, MI6 (as Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE)

Jennifer Welchman

as Herself - Gordon Welchman's Granddaughter

Robert R. Everett

as Himself - Former President, The MITRE Corporation

Eric Ellingson

as Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague

Larry Hill

as Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague