Cracking the Code - Season 1 - Eps 6: The Cold War Code
The Uncrackable Spy Code tells the story of America’s cold war codebreakers charged with unravelling a seemingly uncrackable Soviet code. What they uncover is shocking: Soviet spies at the highest levels of the US Government and deep inside America’s top secret atomic weapons programme – the Manhattan Project.
About Cracking the Code
Title: Cracking the Code
First Air Date: 2022-08-15
Last Air Date: 2022-10-03
Status: Ended
Rating: 8/10 (from 1 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 8
Network: SBS Sky History PLANÈTE+
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Blink Films
Synopsis
From bizarre ancient markings to random numbers and letters, codes and ciphers have been used for millennia to send secret messages, hide identities and operate outside the law. Unravelling these codes can unlock military secrets, unmask deadly enemies and even decode lost civilizations. Now, Cracking the Code uncovers some of the world’s most famous – and infamous – encryptions. Revealing how they were decoded, the brilliant minds who cracked them and the mysterious secrets they were hiding…
