Station X (TV documentary)

Station X, was a 1999 UK Channel 4 documentary series detailing the story of how the Germany's Enigma code was broken.John Smithson was executive producer. It was accompanied by the "Channel 4 Books" publication Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park (1998), authored by Michael Smith which became a UK Number 1 bestseller. The first episode aired on Channel 4 on 19 January 1999 Tim Gardam, Channel 4's new director of programmes insisted that Station X, was broadcast at the peak viewing time.

The programme maker Peter Bate used full-scale reconstructions. Instead of a chronological narrative; Bate relied on short dramatised shots and anecdotes by various Bletchley veterans. Those featured included Peter Calvocoressi, Ralph Bennett, Mavis Batey, John Herivel, Lord Briggs, Donald Michie, Shaun Wylie, Leslie Yoxall and Alan Rogers. The story covered the contributions of various real life characters including Hans-Thilo Schmidt, Marian Rejewski, Henryk Zygalski, Jerzy Różycki, Geoffrey Tandy, Dilly Knox, Josh Cooper and Andrew Cunningham.

The series was split into four episodes 1.The keys to the Reich,2. The goose, that laid the golden eggs, 3. The Ultra Secret and 4. The war of the machines.

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