Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
E163 - The Women of Newnham College
April 2024
Women were the backbone of Bletchley Park during World War Two. At its peak in January 1945, the workforce was 75% female, but even at the start of the war, women comprised a significant …
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
E162 - Before the Codebreakers
March 2024
Bletchley Park is famous as the home of World War 2 codebreaking. But what was there before the Government Code and Cypher School moved in? Who built Bletchley Park, and what remains of t…
Published on 1 year, 6 months ago
E161 - Learning: Past, Present and Future
February 2024
In 2023, Bletchley Park Trust completed its biggest refurbishment project to date – a £13 million, three-phase project, to open up wartime buildings at the heart of the site for the ve…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
E160 - Colossus in Context Part 2
January 2024
Eighty years ago, in January 1944, the first Colossus computer was delivered to Bletchley Park. This machine and the nine that followed it have acquired legendary status within the stor…
Published on 1 year, 7 months ago
E159 - Colossus in Context Part 1
January 2024
Eighty years ago, in January 1944, the first Colossus computer was delivered to Bletchley Park. This machine and the nine that followed it have acquired legendary status within the sto…
Published on 1 year, 8 months ago
E158 - We Shall Fight to the Last Shell
December 2023
Eighty years ago this month Britain was marking its fifth Christmas of the war with still no end in sight. D-Day still lay in the future and the campaigns in Italy and on the Eastern F…
Published on 1 year, 9 months ago
E157 - Security & Insecurity Part 2
November 2023
For our tenth anniversary episode, E141 “Security & Insecurity”, we discussed one of the most important factors in wartime codebreaking – secrecy. We looked at its effects on operation…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
E156 - Italian Tiebreaker
October 2023
The fight up the Italian peninsula involved some of the most arduous battles of the war for Allied soldiers, but they were being supported at every stage by intelligence from Bletchley …
Published on 1 year, 11 months ago
E155 - Veterans’ Reunion 2023
September 2023
The annual Bletchley Park Veterans’ Reunion is one of the highlights of our year. A chance to welcome back those who worked for Bletchley Park during World War Two, and thank them for…
Published on 2 years ago
E154 - The Diplomatic Section
August 2023
This month we examine the often-overlooked story of GC&CS’s work on diplomatic codes and ciphers.
This vital work predated work on military codes, beginning when CG&CS was created in 1…
Published on 2 years ago