Life at Bletchley Park with Betty Webb

Dan Snow's History Hit

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Betty Webb was heavily involved with the work going on at Bletchley Park. While she was not part of the code-breaking team, her work was invaluable to the success of Bletchley, and Dan talks to her about her life and wartime experiences.

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0:00.0	Tom Hanks is Otto. He's seen it all.
0:02.5	Otto?
0:03.3	Otto?
0:04.0	O-T-T-O.
0:05.2	You don't hear that name very often, I do.
0:07.3	He's a man who gets easily annoyed.
0:09.3	What are you doing?
0:10.1	Parallel parking. Parallel the water.
0:11.9	And he has had enough.
0:13.5	Are you always his unfriendly?
0:15.3	I am not unfriendly.
0:16.6	OK, you're like a warm cuddle.
0:18.2	But he's finding his joy again in the most unlikely place.
0:21.6	I'm not sure about this.
0:23.5	He's going to be a good friend.
0:25.4	A man called Otto only in cinemas from January 6.
0:30.1	MUSIC
0:33.1	Hello, everybody. Welcome to Dan Snow's History Hit.
0:35.6	Some big anniversaries this weekend.
0:37.6	Today on the 8th of May 1945,
0:40.2	victory in Europe day was proclaimed
0:42.7	to the excited people of the world,
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