Is Breaking the Code on BBC iPlayer UK?

Name: Breaking the Code
Director: Herbert Wise
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Blake Ritson

Yes, Breaking the Code is currently available to stream on BBC iPlayer UK.

Film

Breaking the Code

Drama

75 min

Last verified: 12/04/2026

7.1/10IMDb

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Synopsis

A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats i...

Director

Herbert Wise

Cast

Derek Jacobi
Alun Armstrong
Blake Ritson