Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
How typically ironic, in keeping with the man, that the long-winded sub-title betrays rather more than the title itself.
Even now, the name of Alastair Denniston remains sadly unsung. In a career that spanned two World Wars, three locations and endless upheavals en route, this perennially calm and reclusive man played a key role in fashioning and running Bletchley Park, from its beginnings in 1914, when he was first dragooned by The Admiralty, until 1942, when Bletchley came into its own and he moved on to ever greater things. Headed by Denniston (who deserved to be knighted, and wasn't), The Government Code and Cipher School, which metamorphosed into ENIGMA (and a memorable film, "The Imitation Game", starring the versatile Benedict Cumberbatch), effectively exposed every major move of the German war machine, to devastating effect.
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How typically ironic, in keeping with the man, that the long-winded sub-title betrays rather more than the title itself.
Even now, the name of Alastair Denniston remains sadly unsung. In a career that spanned two World Wars, three locations and endless upheavals en route, this perennially calm and reclusive man played a key role in fashioning and running Bletchley Park, from its beginnings in 1914, when he was first dragooned by The Admiralty, until 1942, when Bletchley came into its own and he moved on to ever greater things. Headed by Denniston (who deserved to be knighted, and wasn't), The Government Code and Cipher School, which metamorphosed into ENIGMA (and a memorable film, "The Imitation Game", starring the versatile Benedict Cumberbatch), effectively exposed every major move of the German war machine, to devastating effect.
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