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==In popular culture== ===Literature=== * Bletchley featured heavily in [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]]' novel ''[[Enigma (novel)|Enigma]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/11/books/an-enigma-wrapped-in-a-mystery.html|title=An Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery|year=1995|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> * A fictionalised version of Bletchley Park is featured in [[Neal Stephenson]]'s novel ''[[Cryptonomicon]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.locusmag.com/1999/Issues/08/Stephenson.html |title=Neal Stephenson: Cryptomancer|magazine=[[Locus (magazine)|Locus]]|date=1 August 1999|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> * Bletchley Park plays a significant role in [[Connie Willis]]' novel ''[[All Clear]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/5711667/the-troubles-with-time-travel-in-connie-willis-all-clear|title=The troubles with time travel in Connie Willis' All Clear|date=10 December 2010|website=Gizmodo|access-date=13 October 2018|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172413/https://io9.gizmodo.com/5711667/the-troubles-with-time-travel-in-connie-willis-all-clear|url-status=dead}}</ref> * The Agatha Christie novel ''[[N or M?]]'', published in 1941, was about spies during the Second World War and featured a character called Major Bletchley. Christie was friends with one of the code-breakers at Bletchley Park, and MI5 thought that the character name might have been a joke indicating that she knew what was happening there. It turned out to be a coincidence.<ref>{{Citation|title=Agatha Christie was investigated by MI5 over Bletchley Park mystery|first=Richard|last=Norton-Taylor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/feb/04/agatha-christie-mi5-bletchley|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=4 February 2013|access-date=29 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/feb/04/agatha-christie-mi5-bletchley |title=Agatha Christie was investigated by MI5 over Bletchley Park mystery|newspaper=The Guardian|date=4 February 2013|access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> *Bletchley Park is the setting of [[Kate Quinn]]'s 2021 historical fiction novel, ''The Rose Code''. Quinn used the likenesses of true veterans of Bletchley Park as inspiration for her story of three women who worked in some of the different areas at Bletchley Park.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Quinn |first1=Kate |title=The Rose Code |url=http://www.katequinnauthor.com/books/the-rose-code/ |publisher=Harper Collins |year=2021 |isbn=978-0062943477}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Peter |title=Bletchley Park Code Breaker Novel 'The Rose Code' By Kate Quinn Being Adapted For TV By Black Bear Pictures |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/bletchley-park-code-breaker-novel-the-rose-code-by-kate-quinn-black-bear-television-1234725291/ |website=Deadline |access-date=5 November 2021 |date=31 March 2021}}</ref> ===Film=== [[File:BletcleyPark SubModel.JPG|thumb|German [[U-boat]] model used in the film ''[[Enigma (2001 film)|Enigma]]'' (2001)]] [[File:Sunbeam Talbot 2 litre Sports Tourer 1947.jpg|thumb|The Sunbeam-Talbot 2-litre used in the film ''[[Enigma (2001 film)|Enigma]]'' (2001)]] * The film ''[[Enigma (2001 film)|Enigma]]'' (2001), which was based upon Robert Harris's book and starred [[Kate Winslet]], [[Saffron Burrows]] and [[Dougray Scott]], is set in part in Bletchley Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157583/|title=Enigma|date=7 June 2002|publisher=IMDb|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> * The film ''[[The Imitation Game]]'' (2014), starring [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] as [[Alan Turing]], is set in Bletchley Park, and was partially filmed there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/|title=The Imitation Game|date=25 December 2014|publisher=IMDb|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> ===Radio=== * The radio show ''[[Hut 33]]'' is a [[situation comedy]] set in the fictional 33rd Hut of Bletchley Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007r8hg|title=Hut 33|publisher=BBC Radio 4|access-date=30 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119080457/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007r8hg|archive-date=19 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> * The [[Big Finish Productions]] ''[[Doctor Who]]'' audio ''Criss-Cross'', released in September 2015, features the [[Sixth Doctor]] working undercover in Bletchley Park to decode a series of strange alien signals that have hindered his [[TARDIS]], the audio also depicting his first meeting with his new companion Constance Clarke.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/criss-cross-876|title=Criss-Cross|publisher=Big Finish|access-date=13 October 2018|archive-date=13 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172404/https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/criss-cross-876|url-status=dead}}</ref> * The Bletchley Park Podcast began in August 2012, with new episodes being released approximately monthly. It features stories told by the codebreakers, staff and volunteers, audio from events and reports on the development of Bletchley Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://audioboom.com/channel/bletchley-park|title=Bletchley Park|publisher=Audioboom|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> ===Television=== * The 1979 ITV television serial ''[[Danger UXB]]'' features the character Steven Mount, a codebreaker at Bletchley who is driven to a [[nervous breakdown]] (and eventual suicide) by the stressful and repetitive nature of the work.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/188561/Review-Danger-UXB-The-Heroic-Story-of-the-WWII-Bomb-Disposal-Teams|title=Review: Danger UXB - The Heroic Story of the WWII Bomb Disposal Teams|date=23 July 2010|newspaper=Daily Express|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> * In the TV series ''[[Foyle's War]]'', Adam Wainwright ([[Foyle's War#Samantha Stewart|Samantha Stewart]]'s fiancΓ©, then husband) is a former Bletchley Park codebreaker.<ref>{{cite web |website=foyleswar.com |url=http://www.foyleswar.com/the-official-foyles-war-blog/honeysuckle-weeks-describes-life-the-foyle |title=Honeysuckle Weeks describes life on the Foyle's War set |date=13 August 2013 |access-date=11 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114070444/http://www.foyleswar.com/the-official-foyles-war-blog/honeysuckle-weeks-describes-life-the-foyle |archive-date=14 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=foyleswar.com |title=Bios: Adam Wainwright |url=http://www.foyleswar.com/foyles-war-characters/adam-wainwright |access-date=11 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107084438/http://www.foyleswar.com/foyles-war-characters/adam-wainwright |archive-date=7 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * The Second World War code-breaking sitcom pilot "Satsuma & Pumpkin" was recorded at Bletchley Park in 2003 and featured [[Bob Monkhouse]] in his last screen role. The BBC declined to produce the show and develop it further before creating effectively the same show on [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] several years later, featuring some of the same cast, entitled ''[[Hut 33]]''.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007r8hg |title=BBC Radio 4 β Comedy β Hut 33 |access-date=13 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701091143/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007r8hg |archive-date=1 July 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3549961.stm |work=BBC News |title=Bob Monkhouse's last laugh |date=19 March 2004 |first=Ian |last=Youngs}}</ref> * Bletchley came to wider public attention with the documentary series ''[[Station X (TV documentary)|Station X]]'' (1999).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/dvdfind/index.php/title/20346|title=Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013172334/http://bufvc.ac.uk/dvdfind/index.php/title/20346|archive-date=13 October 2018|publisher=British Universities Film and Video Council|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> * The 2012 ITV programme ''[[The Bletchley Circle]]'' is a set of murder mysteries set in 1952 and 1953. The protagonists are four female former Bletchley codebreakers, who use their skills to solve crimes. The pilot episode's opening scene was filmed on-site, and the set was asked to remain there for its close adaptation of the historic setting.<ref name="telegraph hollingshead 2012">{{cite news |last=Hollingshead |first=Iain |title=What happened to the women of Bletchley Park? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9520807/What-happened-to-the-women-of-Bletchley-Park.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |date=4 September 2012 |access-date=3 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809110730/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9520807/What-happened-to-the-women-of-Bletchley-Park.html |archive-date=9 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="itv shaw 2012">{{cite web |last=Shaw |first=Malcolm |title=Bletchley Park drama to air on television |date=6 September 2012 |url=http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-09-06/bletchley-park-drama-to-air-on-television/ |publisher=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |access-date=6 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911162104/http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-09-06/bletchley-park-drama-to-air-on-television/ |archive-date=11 September 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> *The 2018 programme ''[[The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco]]'' is a spin-off of ''[[The Bletchley Circle]]''. It takes place in San Francisco and features two characters from the original series.<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=2018-06-04|title='The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco': BritBox Offers First Glimpse Of Its First Original, Set To Launch In July|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/the-bletchley-circle-san-francisco-britbox-offers-first-glimpse-of-its-first-original-set-to-launch-in-july-1202402745/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Ian McEwan]]'s television play ''[[The Imitation Game (play)|The Imitation Game]]'' (1980) concludes at Bletchley Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvcream.co.uk/telly/play-for-today/the-imitation-game/|title=The Imitation Game|date=23 June 2009 |publisher=TV Cream|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> * Bletchley Park was featured in the sixth and final episode of the BBC TV documentary ''[[The Secret War (TV series)|The Secret War]]'' (1977), presented and narrated by William Woodard. This episode featured interviews with Gordon Welchman, [[Harry Golombek]], [[Peter Calvocoressi]], [[F. W. Winterbotham]], Max Newman, Jack Good, and Tommy Flowers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archivetvmusings.blog/2014/09/14/the-secret-war-1977-bbc-ww2-documentary-simply-media-dvd-review/|title=The Secret War (1977 BBC WW2 documentary)|work=Archive Television Musings|date=14 September 2014|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> * The ''[[Agent Carter (TV series)|Agent Carter]]'' season 2 episode [[Smoke & Mirrors (Agent Carter)|"Smoke & Mirrors"]] reveals that Agent Peggy Carter worked at Bletchley Park early in the war before joining the Strategic Scientific Reserve.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/70378/agent-carter-episode-4-peggy-and-whitney-frost-pasts/|title=Marvel's Agent Carter: Peggy's Past Is (Finally!) Revealed|date=3 February 2016 |publisher=TV Line|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> ===Theatre=== * The play ''[[Breaking the Code]]'' (1986) is set at Bletchley Park.<ref>{{citation|last=Henry |first=William A. III |title=Ingenuousness And Genius: Breaking The Code| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966030,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022230103/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966030,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=22 October 2010| magazine=Time | date= 23 November 1987 |access-date=10 May 2008}}</ref> ===Exhibitions=== * A 2012 London [[Science Museum (London)|Science Museum]] exhibit, "Code Breaker: Alan Turing's Life and Legacy", marking the [[centenary]] of his birth, included a short film of statements by half a dozen participants and historians of the World War II Bletchley Park [[Ultra (cryptography)|Ultra]] operations.<ref>{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2012/jun/20/codebreaker-alan-turing-science-museum-video|title='Codebreaker β Alan Turing's life and legacy' at the Science Museum β video|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>
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