The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler

7.2 2015 History, War

Thanks to the movie "The Imitation Game" many people know that Alan Turing was one of the men behind breaking the german coding machine Enigma during World War II. But an equally important person was Gordon Welchman, who invented ...

Actors

Steven Mackintosh Steven Mackintosh Himself - Narrator
Brian Deacon Brian Deacon Gordon Welchman (voice)
RW Rosamund Welchman Herself - Gordon Welchman's Daughter
WW W. Gordon Welchman Himself - Ex-Head of Hut 6, Bletchley Park (1939-1941) (archive footage)
SM Sinclair McKay Himself - Author, 'The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'
JT Jimmy Thirsk Himself - Veteran, Hut 6
AB Asa Briggs Himself - Veteran, Hut 6
JF Jane Fawcett Herself - Veteran, Hut 6
TC Tony Comer Himself - GCHQ Historian and Former Analyst
JN John Naughton Himself - Vice President, Wolfson College, Cambridge (as Prof John Naughton)
JS John Scarlett Himself - Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust, and Former Chief, MI6 (as Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE)
JW Jennifer Welchman Herself - Gordon Welchman's Granddaughter