If you love excellent period piece BBC crime drama, then you are in for a treat when you discover The Bletchley Circle. It would have given the story an extra kick to the suspense, which it needed, because a lot of the suspense was how husbands and other chaps would react to such aggressive role-breaking. The villain is good and evil, and I would have liked to have seen more of that, which is where my extra point disappeared. The social commentary was brilliant, though some may find it a little too extracurricular to the suspense of the main plot. The background is authentic 1950s and worth a look just for that. The science behind their quest was also extraordinary, and believe me, never suffers from the antiquated or mundane in terms of mind boggling genius in terms of their analytics. What a pleasant surprise to find these extraordinary women on the hunt for a serial killer. ![]() ![]() I really wondered how they were going to tie in code-breakers to a post-war world, and assumed it would be something to do with Russia. ![]() This show was much better than I expected. In 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer. Often they choose strangely identifiable characters, which are played by highly competent actors. The Bletchley Circle: With Rachael Stirling, Julie Graham, Sophie Rundle, Anna Maxwell Martin.
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