Codebreakers
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Synopsis
Codes have challenged and changed the course of history, deciding the outcomes of battles, the fates of kings and queens, the future of nations.

Today, as we enter the Information Age, all of us rely on codes to protect everything from sensitive political information to credit card details. Presented by Simon Singh, Codebreakers is a new series which tells the compelling story of codes and ciphers from the times of the ancient Greeks right up to the present day. The style of the series combines scientific content – maths, physics, computers and linguistics – with powerful human interest stories which reveal amazing facts from the past. Like how the shape of World War One was changed by the timely cracking of a German code, and how the insistence of one man finally unlocked the secrets of the Ancient Egyptians.

Duration
5 x 25'
Definition
SD
Genre
Factual
Subgenre
Science
Producer
DIVERSE PRODUCTIONS