Station X
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Année : 1999
Nombre de saisons : 1
Durée moyenne d'un épisode : 50 minutes
Genre(s) : Documentaire
Series examining the work of the code-breakers at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, during World War 2. Uses interviews with staff and dramatic reconstructions of events. In four parts: 1) The Keys to the Reich: deciphering messages encrypted on Germany’s Enigma machine; 2) The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs: the role of Station X in the air and sea battles of 1941 and the part played by Alan Turing in cracking Germany’s naval messages; 3) The Ultra Secret: Turing’s development of the Bombe, a machine used to automate the code-breaking process and British forces time to counter the enemy’s immediate plans; 4) The War of the Machines: Enigma and Lorenz cipher machines; role of Station X in the Battle of the Atlantic and D-Day landings; the computer developed to help break codes; the lighter side of life at Bletchley Park; the future of those who left at the end of the war
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Épisode 1 - The Keys to the Reich
19 janvier 1999
This episode covers the early allied efforts at cracking the German Enigma system, the establishment of Station X at Bletchley Park and the gathering of the eclectic group of geniuses who were to break the "unbreakable" German Enigma encryption system. The programme gives insight into the inner-workings of the Enigma machine, and the manner in which Bletchley's brilliant boffins managed to outsmart it.
Épisode 2 - The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs
26 janvier 1999
This episode looks at Alan Turing's singular contribution to the codebreaking effort (and to computer science more broadly) and the events leading up to the breaking of the German Naval encryption system. It includes interviews of several individuals directly involved in effort.
Épisode 3 - The Ultra Secret
2 février 1999
This episode shows further progress in the cracking of the German codes, including the extensive use of 'cribs' and the algorithm solving Bombe machine devised by Alan Turing. A reunion of WRENS recalls their memories of working the Bombes, locating the rotor wheels onto the machines (and cleaning the wire contacts when they stuck), and plugging up the stecker-boards from the crib menus. They used the following phonetic alphabet : Apple, Butter, Charlie, Dan, Edward, Freddie, George, Henry, Ingrid, James, Kenneth, London, Monkey, Nuts, Oliver, Peter, Quagga, Robert, Sugar, Tommy, Unicorn, Vinegar, Willie, X-ray, Yellow, Zebra. The information obtained from all these sources was of course 'ultra top secret' and had to remain so otherwise the Germans might reconfigure the Enigma. Winston Churchill referred to this intelligence as his 'Ultra.'
Épisode 4 - The War of the Machines
9 février 1999
Looks at the breaking of Shark and other Fish codes using the Tunny machine and the development of Colossus, which became the world's first electronic programmable computer. All of these efforts resulted in a shortening of the war by several years. In order to keep the secret of 'Ultra' safe, all of the machines and paperwork were destroyed at the end of the war. However, that's not quite all of the story...
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