Last chance to see The Imitation Game, The Exhibition

Bletchley Park

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4.8 • 177 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2015

⏱️ 3 minutes

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October 2015

You’ve seen the Oscar winning film, now visit the set and get a rare insight into how the story of genius Codebreaker Alan Turing was brought to life. Benedict Cumberbatch said Filming at Bletchley Park was amazing. It was a very important part of the film.

In the Ballroom and Billiard Rooms of the Mansion, this atmospheric exhibition is all about the making of The Imitation Game, in the very room where the bar scenes were filmed.

Among the many behind the scenes gems are secret documents and intercepts Benedict Cumberbatch stuffs into his socks and trousers to sneak them off site and a copy of the famous crossword puzzle published in The Telegraph.

But it’s not here for much longer - The Imitation Game, The Exhibition is only open until 1st November. See it before it’s too late.

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0:00.0	What did you do during the war?
0:02.0	I worked in a radio factory.
0:04.0	What did you really do during the war?
0:07.0	Are you paying attention?
0:14.0	Filming at Bletchley Park was amazing.
0:17.0	It was a very important part of the film.
0:19.0	Not my words, but Benedict Cumberbatches.
0:21.9	The Oscar-nominated actor who played Alan Turing in the hugely popular biopic was emphatic
0:27.0	about how filming key scenes at Bletchley Park helped the cast feel their characters come alive.
0:32.2	It's nearly a year since the imitation game hit cinemas and sadly, all good things must come to an end.
0:38.5	This month is your last chance to see the exhibition featuring props, costumes and set dressing from the movie in the
0:44.0	very rooms where filming took place here at Bletchley Park. The imitation game the exhibition is open until
0:49.6	the 1st of November so here's one last chance to hear what Benedict and the rest of the cast really thought about walking in their character's footsteps.
0:57.0	It was incredible filming at Blackshy Park. I think it's such a rare thing to be able to go to the actual real buildings and see the real huts and everything else.
1:07.0	It was great just to be within those walls.
1:14.0	You almost feel that you can feel the presence of all those incredible minds when you walk into the main building in Bletchley Park.
1:16.4	And all of us felt that the hairs stand on end on our necks when we went in there.
1:21.5	You know, it also brought home the responsibility we felt in portraying these characters
1:25.3	and telling Alan Shurin's story and telling it to the very best of our ability and really bringing to life a story that people really don't know and really should know about this incredible man and the incredible work done at Plechtley Park.
1:37.3	I think it was very emotional for all the actors and for all the crew to be there and this is where it actually happened. This is where it took place.
1:46.0	And just the fact that all the enigmas in the film are the actual enigmas from the war.
1:50.0	I remember all the actors were shocked when we, on the rehearsal, when we brought an
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