Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

September 7, 2015
Directed by
John Smithson

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.

world war ii

code breaking

bletchley park

Last Updated: July 16, 2025

Cast

Steven Mackintosh as Himself - Narrator

Steven Mackintosh

Himself - Narrator

Brian Deacon as Gordon Welchman (voice)

Brian Deacon

Gordon Welchman (voice)

Rosamund Welchman

Herself - Gordon Welchman's Daughter

W. Gordon Welchman

Himself - Ex-Head of Hut 6, Bletchley Park (1939-1941) (archive footage)

Sinclair McKay

Himself - Author, 'The Secret Life of Bletchley Park'

Jimmy Thirsk

Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

Asa Briggs

Himself - Veteran, Hut 6

Jane Fawcett

Herself - Veteran, Hut 6

Tony Comer

Himself - GCHQ Historian and Former Analyst

John Naughton

Himself - Vice President, Wolfson College, Cambridge (as Prof John Naughton)

John Scarlett

Himself - Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust, and Former Chief, MI6 (as Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE)

Jennifer Welchman

Herself - Gordon Welchman's Granddaughter

Robert R. Everett

Himself - Former President, The MITRE Corporation

Eric Ellingson

Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague

Larry Hill

Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague

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