E151 - Stored Secrets
May 2023 Like many heritage organisations, Bletchley Park Trust holds a collection within its storerooms. And we are always seeking to improve how it’s managed and taken care of. Now, due to the supp...
22 Mai 202346min
E150 - Communication is Key
April 2023 80 years ago, Bletchley Park’s communications centre opened in Block E. Employing hundreds of staff, mainly young women, this block was vital to BP’s smooth running. Most messages and re...
21 Apr 20231h 24min
E149 - Bletchley Park Poetry
March 2023 To celebrate World Poetry Day on the 21st of March, we have been looking into the poets and poetry of Bletchley Park. We have chosen nine poems to feature in this episode; they are read ...
21 Mar 20231h 31min
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 with Tommy Flowers from the GPO, however Flowers' wor...
28 Feb 20231h 40min
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 down with Oral History Officer Jonathan Byrne to catc...
22 Jan 20231h 13min
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 it’s because the secrecy surrounding Bletchley Par...
23 Des 20221h 33min
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 Africa. But many months of hard fighting, and the openi...
29 Nov 20221h 28min
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 new, more complex Enigma machine for use by its U-...
21 Okt 20221h 27min
