E183 - 'Ladies & gentlemen, go your ways!'
September 2025 In 1945, Britain celebrated VE Day in May and VJ Day in August, as the war - first in Europe and then the Far East - came to an end. For the staff of GC&CS and its larger worldwide net...
25 Sep 20251h 1min
E182 - "… and Peace at Last"
August 2025 On 15 August 2025 the UK commemorated the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, the day on which the surrender of Japan and the end of World War Two was announced. This was a significant moment at...
22 Aug 20251h 2min
E181 - Blitzkrieg in Burma
July 2025 By late 1944, the tide had turned against the Japanese in south-east Asia, with the repulse of their attempted invasion of India. However, the multi-national Allied forces in Burma still fa...
23 Jul 202554min
E180 - Dire Straits
June 2025 In May 1945 the Royal Navy fought its last surface action against the Japanese fleet, sinking the cruiser Haguro in the Mallaca Strait, off the coast of Malaya. The successful location of ...
29 Jun 20251h
E179 - Dollis Hill Days
May 2025 During World War Two, Bletchley Park collaborated with several external engineering institutions in developing the famous codebreaking machines, such as the Bombes and Colossus. One such in...
30 Mai 202559min
E178 - VE Day 80: Objects and Memories
April 2025 To mark 80 years since the end of the war in Europe, this episode takes a closer look at four intriguing items from Bletchley Park’s collections. The team digs deeper into the stories that...
30 Apr 202558min
E177 - Vengeance from the Skies
March 2025 In 1943 there seemed to be few mysteries left unsolved for Bletchley Park. But by the middle of that year, whispers would be heard of new threats: the V-1 ‘flying bomb’ and V-2 rocket. Wh...
21 Mar 20251h
E176 - The Age of AI
February 2025 Here at Bletchley Park - one of the birthplaces of modern computing – our latest temporary exhibition ‘The Age of AI’ has just opened. This new gallery explores the power and potential ...
21 Feb 202556min
