Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
- User Rating
- 6
- Running Time
- 84
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- Genius. Hero. Outcast.
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- Britain's Greatest Codebreaker
- Release Date
- 2012-10-17 00:00:00
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Alan Turing is the genius British mathematician who was instrumental in breaking the German naval Enigma Code during World War II, arguably saving millions of lives. Turing's achievements went unrecognised during his lifetime. Instead he ended up being treated as a common criminal, for being homosexual at a time when homosexual acts were a crime. In 1952, he was convicted of 'gross indecency' with another man and was forced to undergo so-called 'organo-therapy' - chemical castration. Two years later, he killed himself with cyanide, aged just 41. Alan Turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation he'd done so much to save.
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Alan Turing
Ed Stoppard
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Franz Greenbaum
Henry Goodman
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Himself - Narrator (voice)
Paul McGann
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Himself - Codebreaker, Bletchley Park
Asa Briggs
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Herself - WRNS and Bombe Operator, Bletchley Park
Jean Valentine
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Himself - Alan Turing's Biographer
David Leavitt
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Himself - Codebreaker, Bletchley Park
Rolf Noskwith
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Himself - Alan Turing's Nephew
Dermot Turing
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Himself - Christopher Morcom's Nephew (as Christopher Morcom QC)
Christopher Morcom
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Himself - University of Warwick (as Professor Ian Stewart)
Ian Stewart
