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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, open daily.

The Bletchley Park Podcast brings you fascinating stories from Veterans, staff and volunteers on the significance and continued relevance of this site today.

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  • E186 - Top Secret Misinformation - Part 5

    E186 - Top Secret Misinformation - Part 5
    Dec 19 2025
    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 of questions! Questions sent in by our listeners, gifted to us through the medium of social media.

    A selection of these holiday treats, where we bust myths and reveal hidden histories, has been made by Team Podcast who are all present and correct for this episode. Who are Team Podcast? Erica Munro (Head of Content), Dr David Kenyon (Research Historian), Dr Thomas Cheetham (Research Officer) and podcast producer Mark Cotton.

    We have six of our listeners' finest questions to share with you - we will do five of these as a usual Q&A, but look out for the sixth question - relating to pets - as we intersperse our interview with simian Siginters' sidekicks, and canine Codebreakers' companions.

    Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2025.
    Photograph of Corporal Dionne, a dog, on watch at Gorleston.

    #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Enigma, #Q&A,
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    52 Min.
  • E185 - Reaping the Whirlwind

    E185 - Reaping the Whirlwind
    Nov 21 2025
    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's ability and will to continue the war. It also represented a way for Britain and the USA to support the Soviet Union before the D-Day invasion. The whole campaign was guided by intelligence, to identify the right targets, determine how badly they were damaged, and assess the effects on the German war effort.

    This huge undertaking taxed Allied intelligence capabilities to their limits. It has since become one of the many contended issues in the debates around this costly and controversial campaign.

    In this 'It Happened Here' episode, we are joined by Research Officer Dr Thomas Cheetham to explain the ways Signals Intelligence from Bletchley Park did - and didn't - guide Allied bombing strategy.

    Our thanks go to Owen Moogan and Sarah Langston for voicing our historical documents.

    Image: © National Museum of the US Air Force (Public Domain)

    This episode is a follow up to episodes E170 & E171.

    #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Enigma, #BomberCommand, #USAAF,
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    1 Std.
  • E184 - The SIS at BP

    E184 - The SIS at BP
    Oct 24 2025
    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 Service, known as SIS or MI6. The Chief of SIS was also the Director of GC&CS.

    In this episode, we explore the relationship between the two organisations, the part that SIS played in supporting GC&CS, and the ongoing presence of SIS at Bletchley Park itself. Head of Content, Erica Munro, is joined by our Research Historian, Dr David Kenyon, and by a special guest - historian and expert on the wartime history of SIS, Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall.

    To see the objects we discuss in this episode, visit https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/our-story/e184-the-sis-at-bletchley-park/

    Claire’s book ‘Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence’ is available from all good bookshops.

    Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2025

    #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Enigma, #MI6, #SIS, #SecretService,
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    1 Std. und 1 Min.
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