Overview
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.
Director and 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)
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