E135 - Two Way Traffic
March 2022 Bletchley Park is synonymous with World War Two codebreaking, but the story is much bigger than just a country house in Buckinghamshire. Making, as well as breaking codes, was within the r...
25 Mar 20221h 54min
E134 - Jumbo Takes Charge
February 2022 In every theatre of war, early 1942 was a dark time for the Allies. Japan seemed unstoppable in the Pacific. The Germans were at the gates of Moscow, threatening Egypt and prowling the...
21 Feb 20221h 14min
E133 - Honouring Our Veterans
January 2022 The Podcast Team wish all our listeners a Very Happy New Year and how better to start it than with some great news. With over 13,500 names so far, The Bletchley Park Roll of Honour ai...
21 Jan 20221h 3min
E132 - Easterly Wind, Rain
December 2021 On the 7th of December 1941, Japanese invasion forces landed in Malaya. An hour and a half later Japanese aircraft attacked the US fleet, at anchor in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Simultaneou...
7 Des 20211h 34min
E131 - Secrets of the Supermarina
November 2021 Many visitors to Bletchley Park are familiar with the story of breaking Enigma and reading German and even Japanese codes. But equally important work was done on Italian ciphers. Not ...
15 Nov 20211h 30min
E130 – Action This Day
October 2021 On the 21st of October 1941, four of Bletchley Park’s Codebreakers sent a plea for more staff and resources in a now notorious letter to the Prime Minister. Demand for Bletchley Park’s ...
21 Okt 20211h 26min
E129 - Target England
September 2021 After Britain’s failure at Dunkirk and the Fall of France, the Germans seemed unstoppable. An invasion of Britain by Germany seemed the next logical step. In 1940, Britain and Bletch...
27 Sep 20211h 26min
E128 - Whitehall 7947 - The Early Days Exhibition
August 2021 Hindsight and the lifting of decades of secrecy, allows us to know that by 1945 Bletchley Park had become a ‘codebreaking factory’ supplying war winning intelligence to the Allies ultima...
31 Aug 20211h 14min
