20 thoughts on “The Bletchley Circle Cracks the Code

  1. Yes, I have. It was marvelous. Gripping. I couldn’t stop watching it. Anna Maxwell Martin is marvelous in anything she’s in. She brings an unusual beauty borne through grace and wit and intelligence.

  2. We caught this on Netflix streaming a while back, and absolutely loved it, for all the reasons you cited.

    I just wish they could’ve done a few series more, with Netflix backing them.

  3. OOh- haven’t seen this but as a mathematician with a very keen interest in Bletchley Park and all things code related…I’ll have to seek it out. Ta greatly missus!

  4. This is the first time I’m hearing about this series but I’ll be adding it to my Netflix que – it sounds wonderful – I’m okay with fashions up to the 1950’s but after that I have to agree – modern fashions just aren’t that interesting…lol

      1. Millie certainly had a dash of glamour, though. But there were extensive post-show commentaries about the look of the show, including a concerted effort to create a muted, bland color palate, which was supposed to evoke the post-war dreariness in Britain.

  5. I loved this show! Most of the WWII vets are gone now, so only those of us who grew up during the war are left to remember all that these women and many other did to further the war effort, then were expected to go back to “homemaking.”

  6. I watched this on telly in the UK and have watched it countless times on DVD. You are quite right, they don’t sugar coat Lucy getting beaten up by her husband, almost getting raped by the man on the train, Millie playing the black market, Jean and Susan just chaffing against what they have to do and what they know they are capable of. I thought the clothes were lovely, especially Millie’s trousers, fitted blouses, red lips and shoulder bags………..her flat was pretty fab as well!

  7. Yes. It was marvelous. I really enjoyed the series. It was enlightening seeing the manner in which intelligent women were expected to go back and forget using their minds during the war. My favourite was Susan played impeccably by Anna Maxwell Martin. It was a joy watching her thought processes in catching the criminals. I also liked Millie.
    I definitely will watch both series again.

  8. I loved this show! When it aired on local PBS, it was followed by Call the Midwife, so it was a feminist one-two punch that was very powerful.

  9. I would watch an entire show built around either Millie, with her unconventional panache and linguistic skills, or supposedly dowdy, dour Jean, who was really such a riveting presence that I just kept watching her face when the other actresses were speaking.

    Fun fact – Julie Graham played the funky, naughty party girl roommate in one of my guiltiest of guilty pleasures, Bedrooms and Hallways, a 90’s romcom about a love affair between Kevin Mckidd and James Purefoy, with Tom Hollander and Hugo weaving thrown in for good measure. She looked great in her bra scene!

    IMHO – the second series was much less enjoyable because Susan’s role was very much diminished and the central mystery around new character Alice was,,,, boring.

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