Alan Turing: life of the week
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 1:03.0 | Alan Turing is one of the most celebrated of all British scientists. His work in cracking Nazi codes at Bletchley Park and his role in the evolution |
| 1:13.3 | of the computer has earned him worldwide acclaim. Yet he died at the age of just 41, two years |
| 1:21.4 | after being prosecuted for homosexual acts. In this episode of the History Extra podcast, David Kenyon, research historian at |
| 1:30.5 | Bletchley Park, tells Spencer Mizan about a brilliant life marred by tragedy. David, it's a real |
| 1:37.1 | pleasure to welcome you to the History Extra podcast today to talk about the life and legacy of Alan Turing. |
| 1:46.5 | As a research historian at Letchley Park, you're clearly very familiar with Turing's life and work. |
| 1:53.6 | You've done plenty of research into him and written about him. |
| 1:57.7 | With this in mind, I wonder if you could give our listeners a quick introduction to |
| 2:03.6 | Turing. How significant, in your opinion, was his contribution to modern British history? |
| 2:11.7 | Well, Alan Turing's contribution to British history to where we are today is very, very important |
| 2:17.4 | on a number of levels. The obvious |
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