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Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is the home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict. The site is now a museum and heritage attraction, ope...
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E189 - Dilly and his Girls
March 2026
The 28th of March 2026 will be the 85th anniversary of the naval Battle of Cape Matapan, fought by the Royal Navy against the Italia...
E188 - Focus On: Emily Anderson
February 2026
Even amongst the distinguished ranks of WW2 codebreakers, Emily Anderson stood out. Recruited into military intelligence during WW...
E187 - Codebooks, Diplomats and Diamonds
January 2026
Rome: the 1930s, and the Italian secret services were having extraordinary success in reading the messages sent by rival countries’...
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 - religi...
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 ag...
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 t...
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...
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 a...
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 in...
E180 - Dire Straits
June 2025
In May 1945 the Royal Navy fought its last surface action against the Japanese fleet, sinking the cruiser Haguro...
E179 - Dollis Hill Days
May 2025
During World War Two, Bletchley Park collaborated with several external engineering institutions in developing the...
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...
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, whisp...
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 j...
E175 - Decoding the Holocaust
January 2025
The 27th of January 2025 is the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau - an...
E174 - Top Secret Misinformation Part 4
December 2024
For this year’s festive episode, we once again put the word out to our listeners: what baffles you about Blet...
E173 - Hunting the Beast Part 2
December 2024
On the 12th of November 1944 Germany’s largest battleship – Tirpitz – was sunk by British RAF Lancaster bombe...
E172 - Hunting the Beast Part 1
November 2024
On the 12th of November 1944 Germany’s largest battleship – Tirpitz – was sunk by British RAF Lancaster bombe...
E171 - Bletchley Park & Bomber Command Part 2
November 2024
The crews of RAF Bomber Command had one of the most hazardous jobs of the war. Flying by night to their targets in occupied...
E170 – Bletchley Park & Bomber Command Part 1
October 2024
The crews of RAF Bomber Command had one of the most hazardous jobs of the war. Flying by night to their target...
E169 - Learning the Ropes
September 2024
The Government Code and Cypher School employed thousands of people during the war. These varied from Cambrid...
E168 - Inside Hut 6
August 2024
Hut 6 was the section at Bletchley Park which broke the German army and air force Enigma ciphers. Historical ac...
E167 - The Forgotten Army
July 2024
In early 1942 one of the most disastrous defeats of the war saw British forces pushed out of Burma, now known as Myanmar. Two...
E166 - D-Day80 Part 3 Block D to Bocage
June 2024
To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we are releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day....
E165 - D-Day80 Part 2 Overlord
June 2024
To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we will be releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of...
E164 - D-Day80 Part 1 Tide of Victory
May 2024
Over the next 6 weeks, to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we will be releasing 3 special episodes to...
E163 - The Women of Newnham College
April 2024
Women were the backbone of Bletchley Park during World War Two. At its peak in January 1945, the workforce was 75% female, but...
E162 - Before the Codebreakers
March 2024
Bletchley Park is famous as the home of World War 2 codebreaking. But what was there before the Government Code and Cypher Sch...
E161 - Learning: Past, Present and Future
February 2024
In 2023, Bletchley Park Trust completed its biggest refurbishment project to date – a £13 million, three-phase project, to...
E160 - Colossus in Context Part 2
January 2024
Eighty years ago, in January 1944, the first Colossus computer was delivered to Bletchley Park. This machine and the nine th...
E159 - Colossus in Context Part 1
January 2024
Eighty years ago, in January 1944, the first Colossus computer was delivered to Bletchley Park. This machine...
E158 - We Shall Fight to the Last Shell
December 2023
Eighty years ago this month Britain was marking its fifth Christmas of the war with still no end in sight. D-Day still lay...
E157 - Security & Insecurity Part 2
November 2023
For our tenth anniversary episode, E141 “Security & Insecurity”, we discussed one of the most important factors in wartime...
E156 - Italian Tiebreaker
October 2023
The fight up the Italian peninsula involved some of the most arduous battles of the war for Allied soldiers, but they were b...
E155 - Veterans’ Reunion 2023
September 2023
The annual Bletchley Park Veterans’ Reunion is one of the highlights of our year. A chance to welcome back those who worke...
E154 - The Diplomatic Section
August 2023
This month we examine the often-overlooked story of GC&CS’s work on diplomatic codes and ciphers.
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E153 - Sicilian Deception
July 2023
In 1943, when the guns fell silent in Tunisia, a lull fell over the war in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, the work of the intell...
E152 - Sinclair in Focus
June 2023
Who chose Bletchley Park – a vacant estate in Buckinghamshire – as the wartime home of the Codebreakers? That dec...
E151 - Stored Secrets
May 2023
Like many heritage organisations, Bletchley Park Trust holds a collection within its storerooms. And we are always seeking to im...
E150 - Communication is Key
April 2023
80 years ago, Bletchley Park’s communications centre opened in Block E. Employing hundreds of staff, mainly you...