Oscar-winning British World War 2 thriller is on TV this Easter weekend | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

For virtually 30 years, the codebreakers at Bletchley Park stored their essential contribution to the Allied struggle effort secret till declassification.

Among the cryptographers who cracked Nazi Germany’s Enigma code throughout World War 2 was Alan Turing.

Appointed staff chief by Winston Churchill, he was supplied the £100,000 building price for a deciphering machine known as Christopher.

The British mathematician was performed by Benedict Cumberbatch within the 2014 biopic The Imitation Game, which is on TV this Easter weekend.

The biographical thriller boasts a powerful forged together with Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Rory Kinnear and Charles Dance.

Despite criticism for historic inaccuracies, the movie was critically acclaimed and grossed over $233 million on a $14 million finances. Nominated for eight Oscars, together with Best Picture, the fashionable traditional received Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Imitation Game is on BBC Two at 10pm this Easter Sunday and will probably be accessible to stream on BBC iPlayer for a restricted time afterwards.