The Bletchley Circle 2012
What is The Bletchley Circle?
Topic: Television series "The Bletchley Circle" (2012). Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2012
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 7
- Runtime
- 45 minutes
- First aired
- Sep 6, 2012
- Last aired
- Jan 27, 2014
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- ITV1
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Crime
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 7.6/10 from 149 votes
- Format
- 2 seasons · 7 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~45 minutes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- ITV1
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Topic: Television series "The Bletchley Circle" (2012).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
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Title: The Bletchley Circle.
Year: 2012.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, and Crime (Source 1); television mystery drama series (Source 5).
Setting: 1952–53 (Source 5); 1952 (Source 3).
Premise: Follows four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II (Source 1/3). They worked as codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the principal centre of British code-breaking during the Second World War (Source 5).
Characters: Susan, Millie, Lucy, and Jean (Source 1/3).
Plot details: They have returned to normal lives, having modestly set aside their roles in producing crucial intelligence that helped the Allies to victory and shortened the war (Source 1/3).
Should you watch it?
“Four former codebreakers use their extraordinary skills to solve an unsolved murder in 1952.”
- Features a central group of four women with extraordinary skills
- Explores the intelligence work used to help the Allies during World War II
- Combines elements of drama, mystery, and crime
- The police meet the protagonists with skepticism
Watch it if you enjoy mystery dramas centered on women using intelligence and codebreaking to solve crimes.
This TV-14 drama series features mystery and crime elements set in the early 1950s.
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Season 1 · 3 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Cracking a Killer's Code (1) Mytharc Sep 6, 2012
- E2 Cracking a Killer's Code (2) Core Sep 13, 2012
- E3 Cracking a Killer's Code (3) Mytharc Sep 20, 2012
Season 2 · 4 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Blood on Their Hands (1) Mytharc Jan 6, 2014
- E2 Blood on Their Hands (2) Mytharc Jan 13, 2014
- E3 Uncustomed Goods (1) Core Jan 20, 2014
- E4 Uncustomed Goods (2) Mytharc Jan 27, 2014
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Is The Bletchley Circle worth watching?
The series is a mystery drama featuring women with extraordinary intelligence skills.
How long is the series?
The series ran from 2012 to 2014.
Are there any essential episodes to know about?
The series follows the journey of four former codebreakers as they attempt to bring a culprit to justice.
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