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E148 - A New Look at Newman
February 2023
The breaking of the German Lorenz cipher system was one of BP's most complex technical achievements. This work is often associated wi…
2 years, 11 months ago
E147 – Oral History 2023
January 2023
The Podcast Team wish all our listeners a Very Happy New Year.
To start the 2023 season of the podcast, producer Mark Cotton sits do…
3 years, 1 month ago
E146 - Top Secret Misinformation Part 3
December 2022
Since the first two Top Secret Misinformation podcasts in 2020 & 2021, our listeners have been asking us to record another one. Maybe…
3 years, 2 months ago
E145 - Torch to Tunis
November 2022
The Allied victory in the Second Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 proved to be the beginning of the end of the war in North Afri…
3 years, 2 months ago
E144 - Shark Attack
October 2022
In February 1942 the worst fears of the teams working on Enigma in Hut 8 and Naval Section were realised. The German navy introduced a…
3 years, 4 months ago
E143 - The Art of Data
September 2022
Earlier this year in April 2022, Bletchley Park opened a new temporary exhibition in a brand new gallery. The Art of Data explores h…
3 years, 4 months ago
E142 - Veterans’ Reunion 2022
September 2022
Each year, to mark the arrival of the first Codebreakers at GC&CS in 1939 we hold our Veterans’ Reunion. The Reunion is always a ver…
3 years, 5 months ago
E141 - Security & Insecurity
August 2022
This month instead of commemorating a World War 2 Anniversary, we have decided to do something a little different as we celebrate the 1…
3 years, 6 months ago
E140 - Intelligence in the Arctic
July 2022
Eighty years ago, in July 1942 the Allies suffered one of their most notorious losses of World War 2. The Merchant ship convoy PQ 17, car…
3 years, 7 months ago
E139 - The Pacific Turns
June 2022
In this ‘It Happened Here’ episode we return to South Asia and the Pacific, and the war against the Japanese.
After the disasters of Pea…
3 years, 8 months ago