E191 - Music at Bletchley Park
May 2026Against the backdrop of war and secrecy, the Codebreakers of Bletchley Park were often able to enjoy comfort in music. From choirs to orchestras, gramophone evenings to opera, music appears ag...
29 Mai 58min
E190 - Focus On: Josh Cooper
April 2026Thriving in the world of wartime codebreaking took more than just smarts and skill.Tact, diplomacy and organisational talent were needed to achieve results and navigate the fractious politic...
24 Apr 53min
E189 - Dilly and his Girls
March 2026The 28th of March 2026 will be the 85th anniversary of the naval Battle of Cape Matapan, fought by the Royal Navy against the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean. The battle was a significan...
27 Mar 59min
E188 - Focus On: Emily Anderson
February 2026Even amongst the distinguished ranks of WW2 codebreakers, Emily Anderson stood out. Recruited into military intelligence during WWI, her stellar career in diplomatic codebreaking lasted i...
27 Feb 1h 3min
E187 - Codebooks, Diplomats and Diamonds
January 2026Rome: the 1930s, and the Italian secret services were having extraordinary success in reading the messages sent by rival countries’ diplomats from their embassies in the ‘Eternal City’. Wi...
23 Jan 54min
E186 - Top Secret Misinformation - Part 5
December 2025 This is the fifth instalment of our annual episode where we celebrate the oncoming festivities of the snowy season - religious or secular - with a surfeit not of turkey and roasties but...
19 Des 202552min
E185 - Reaping the Whirlwind
November 2025 During the second half of World War 2, the Allied air forces launched a large-scale heavy bomber offensive against German cities and war industries. This was designed to damage Germany'...
21 Nov 202559min
E184 - The SIS at BP
October 2025 Today GCHQ is an independent British intelligence organisation. However during World War 2, GC&CS, as it was then called, continued to be subordinate to the British Secret Intelligence S...
24 Okt 20251h
