The Codebreaker / 2021

Discover the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst who helped bring down gangsters and break up a Nazi spy ring in South America. Her work helped lay the foundation for modern codebreaking today.

The Codebreakers / 2006

Code Breakers is a two-part (2x22') BBC World Documentary on FOSS and Development that started on BBC World TV on 10 May 2006. Code Breakers investigates how poor countries are using FOSS applications for development, and includes stories and interviews from around the world. As the digital divide is getting wider, The Codebreakers examines whether free/open source software (FOSS) might be the bridge. A 40-minute version of The Codebreakers is now available for free download online.

The Rugby Codebreakers / 2018

Broadcaster and journalist Carolyn Hitt investigates why so many men gave up their dreams of playing rugby union for Wales, seeking fame and fortune among the mills of Lancashire and Yorkshire by committing an act that was considered tantamount to treason - switching codes to play rugby league. Her journey explores the impact of class, race and economic change on the game at the heart of Welsh identity.

CØDE:BREAKER / 2012

Guardando fuori dal finestrino di un pullman in movimento, Sakurakouji Sakura nota un gruppo di persone bruciare vive da una fiamma di colore blu, e accanto a loro un ragazzo illeso della sua stessa età. Il giorno dopo torna sul luogo dello strano avvenimento, ma non vi è traccia nè di cadaveri nè di qualsiasi tipo di prova dell'omicidio. Una volta...

Britain's Greatest Codebreaker / 20127.01 voti

Alan Turing is the genius British mathematician who was instrumental in breaking the German naval Enigma Code during World War II, arguably saving millions of lives. Turing's achievements went unrecognised during his lifetime. Instead he ended up being treated as a common criminal, for being homosexual at a time when homosexual acts were a crime. In 1952, he was convicted of 'gross indecency' with another man and was forced to undergo so-called 'organo-therapy' - chemical castration. Two years later, he killed himself with cyanide, aged just 41. Alan Turing was driven to a terrible despair and early death by the nation he'd done so much to save.

Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes / 2011

This is a documentary about unsung heroes of World War II. In 1943, a 24-year-old maths student and a GPO engineer combined to hack into Hitler's personal super-code machine - not Enigma but an even tougher system, which he called his 'secrets writer'. Their break turned the Battle of Kursk, powered the D-day landings and orchestrated the end of the conflict in Europe. But it was also to be used during the Cold War - which meant both men's achievements were hushed up and never officially recognized.

Elizebeth Friedman contre la mafia et les nazis / 2021

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius / 2015

Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park.