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0101Bridge Too Far2007062520110801 (BBC7)
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Three wartime code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut as they try to break German ciphers.

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Minka - Olivia Colman

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Mrs Best - Lill Roughley

Joshua - Alex MacQueen

Producer: Adam Bromley.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2007.

Three wartime code-breakers tackle Nazi ciphers, but hate each other. From June 2007.

Three wartime code-breakers tackle Nazi ciphers, but hate each other. Bletchley Park romp with Robert Bathurst. From June 2007.

0102Baghdad2007070220110808 (BBC7)
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Charles and Archie jump at the chance of going to Iraq, but the posting turns out not to be as cushy as it first seemed.

Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut, as they try to break German ciphers.

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Minka - Olivia Colman

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Mrs Best - Lill Roughley

Joshua - Alex MacQueen

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.

Two of the wartime code-breakers jump at the chance to escape Bletchley Park for Iraq.

Two of the wartime code-breakers jump at the chance to escape Bletchley Park for Iraq. Stars Robert Bathurst. From June 2007.

0103Careless Talk2007070920110815 (BBC7)
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A security breach at Bletchley Park puts the wartime code-breakers under suspicion.

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Minka - Olivia Colman

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Joshua - Alex MacQueen

With Miranda Raison.

Producer: Adam Bromley.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.

A security breach at Bletchley Park puts the wartime code-breakers under suspicion. Stars Robert Bathurst. From July 2007.

0104Don't Bet On It2007071620110822 (BBC7)
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20161005 (BBC7)
20180913 (BBC7)
20200330 (BBC7)
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20240120 (BBC7)
The Bletchley Park codebreakers must play football against Italian prisoners of war.

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Minka - Olivia Colman

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Mrs Best - Lill Roughley

Joshua - Alex MacQueen

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.

The Bletchley Park codebreakers must play football against Italian prisoners of war. Stars Robert Bathurst. From July 2007.

0105Food2007072320110829 (BBC7)
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20200406 (BBC7)
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20240127 (BBC7)
The code-breakers think of some new ways to improve wartime rations.

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Minka - Olivia Colman

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Joshua - Alex MacQueen

With Lill Roughley and Lewis MacLeod

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.

The Bletchley Park code-breakers think of some new ways to improve wartime rations.

The Bletchley Park code-breakers think of some new ways to improve wartime rations. Stars Robert Bathurst. From July 2007.

0106 LASTOh Brother, Where Art Thou?2007073020110905 (BBC7)
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The Bletchley Park codebreakers grapple with the complexities of religion.

The Bletchley Park codebreakers grapple with the complexities of religion. From July 2007.

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Minka - Olivia Colman

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Mrs Best - Lill Roughley

Joshua - Alex MacQueen.

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2007.

The Bletchley Park codebreakers grapple with the complexities of religion. Stars Robert Bathurst. From July 2007.

0201Royal Visit2008052120120329 (BBC7)
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It's panic stations at Hut 33!

A member of the royal family is paying a visit but the top brass suspect he might be a Nazi sympathiser.

The team has to delay him and make sure he doesn't see any of the codebreaking machines.

James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers,

Archie

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Joshua - Alex McQueen

Minka - Olivia Colman

Duke of Kent - Michael Fenton Stevens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.

The Bletchley Park codebreakers hit panic stations when a royal visitor arrives.

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Mrs Best - Lill Roughley

Producer: Adam Bromley

The Bletchley Park codebreakers hit panic stations when a royal visitor arrives. Stars Robert Bathurst. From May 2008.

0202Pigs N Spivs2008052820120405 (BBC7)
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It's 1941 and supplies are running short in Bletchley Park, centre of the Allies' codebreaking effort.

Archie reluctantly uses the services of Mrs Best's shady contact to get some extra food and Gordon is seduced by the promise of a Superman comic.

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Minka - Olivia Colman

Mrs Best - Lill Roughley

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Joshua - Alex McQueen

Spiv - Stephen Critchlow

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.

The codebreakers run out of rations. Can special new recruit Willis save their bacon?

The codebreakers run out of rations. Can special new recruit Willis save their bacon? Stars Robert Bathurst. From May 2008.

0203Yellow2008060420120412 (BBC7)
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The code breaking staff are ordered to be vaccinated against yellow fever, but Charles refuses to be injected by an Australian.

Archie is scared of needles and Gordon needs a note from his mum.

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Minka - Olivia Colman

Mrs Best - Lill Roughley

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Joshua - Alex McQueen

With Ben Crowe and Brendon Burns.

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

The codebreakers must get jabs, but they all rustle up excuses to avoid the needle.

The code breakers must get jabs - but they all rustle up excuses to avoid the needle. Stars Robert Bathurst. From June 2008.

The code-breaking staff are ordered to be vaccinated against yellow fever, but Charles refuses to be injected by an Australian.

0204Where Boffins Dare2010112820120419 (BBC7)
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The codebreakers are threatened with being sent to Burma after making yet another mistake with a message.

In an attempt to redeem themselves before their superiors, they set out to capture a German spy.

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Archie - Tom Goodman-Hill

Minka - Olivia Colman

Mrs Best - Lill Roughley

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Joshua - Alex McQueen

With Ben Willbond.

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

To avoid a war posting to Burma, the blundering codebreakers must catch a German spy.

To avoid a war posting to Burma, the blundering codebreakers must catch a German spy. Stars Robert Bathurst. From June 2008.

0205Getting Heavy2008061820120426 (BBC7)
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20161228 (BBC7)
20181213 (BBC7)
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~Hut 33 has come bottom in the ranking at Bletchley Park, and the code breakers must do something to prove themselves.

Charles

Charles - Robert Bathurst

Minka - Olivia Colman

Gordon - Fergus Craig

Joshua - Alex McQueen

With Lisa Sutherland, Arnab Chanda and Ben Crowe.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

Bottom of Bletchley Park's league, the codebreakers set out to prove themselves.

0206 LASTYankee Diddle2008062520120503 (BBC7)
20131006 (BBC7)
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20181220 (BBC7)
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The Bletchley Park cipher-busting team decide that a wealthy American visitor is a ripe target for fleecing...

Fergus Craig (Gordon)

3rd Lieutenant Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall - Alex MacQueen

Freddie G. Roosevelt - Arnab Chanda

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

The Bletchley Park codebreakers' attempt to fleece a wealthy American backfires.

0301Know Thyne Enemy2009101420120529 (BBC7)
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It's 1942 and the war is not going well - so the codebreakers of Bletchley Park are under even more pressure than usual.

Archie, Gordon and Charles try to think like Germans to predict the Enigma machine code...

Bletchley Park codebreaker Gordon gets carried away trying to think like a German.

0302Big Machine2009102120120605 (BBC7)
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1942: can Gordon's new computing invention help the Bletchley Park code-breakers?

Can Gordon's new computing invention help the Bletchley Park codebreakers?

0303Back To Your Post2009102820120612 (BBC7)
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Everything German's under suspicion in 1942, especially in Bletchley Park. When it's discovered Charles has German relatives, he's threatened with internment.

Will Archie help him, and can he avoid Minka's attention now she knows a true German is among them?

With everything German under suspicion, the codebreakers tackle censoring letters.

0304Spitfire Poker2009110420120619 (BBC7)
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The Bletchley Park code breakers try help raise money for the town's spitfire fund.

The Bletchley Park codebreakers try to help raise money for the town's spitfire fund.

0305Unlucky For Some2009111120120626 (BBC7)
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1942: It's unlucky for some of the code breakers at Bletchley when they're forced to move into spooky Hut 13.

Can the Bletchley codebreakers remain rational as they move into spooky Hut 13?

0306 LASTEntente Cordiale2009111820120703 (BBC7)
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1942: can the wartime code breakers improve Anglo-French relations with a little derring-do?

Can the wartime codebreakers improve Anglo-French relations with a little derring-do?