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• Codebreaker | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £5.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (166.95%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Codebreaker: The remarkable and tragic story of one of the 20th century's most important people; Alan Turning. 100 years after his birth we rediscover the man and the mystery. Codebreaker re-counts the story of this maverick British genius who was crucial to founding three new fields of science as well as breaking the Nazis' naval Enigma code during World War II. Historians credit his codebreaking with helping to shorten the war by two years and saving millions of lives. As the founding father of computer science and artificial intelligence Alan Turing envisioned our digital world long before anyone else. Turing's visionary brilliance was overshadowed by his conviction for gross indecency with another man in 1952. He was forced to undergo so-called organo-therapy (chemical castration) to change his sexual orientation. In despair Turing committed suicide in 1954. He was only 41 years old. Codebreaker is an award-winning drama documentary that uses emotional and engaging reconstructions to bring Turing to life in intricate detail and high color. Documentary elements seamlessly interconnect with drama scenes in Codebreaker to offer a three dimensional picture of Turing his accomplishments his tragic end and his lasting legacy.

• Daphne | DVD | (30/06/2008) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The story is set just after the second world war and is based on personal letters and biographies of Daphne which highlight her obsession for a glamorous Heiress called Ellen. It shows her inner turmoil and struggle with her sexuality that influenced her writing.

• Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story | Blu Ray | (10/11/2014) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Documentary drama about British codebreaker and computer scientist Alan Turing. After serving as a codebreaker during World War II, Turing designed the Automatic Computing Engine and helped to develop the Manchester computers. In 1952 he was convicted of homosexual acts and to avoid going to prison he accepted a course of hormonal injections to reduce his sex drive. Two years later he was found dead and was reported to have committed suicide, though many believe it to have been accidental. The film features contributions from those who knew him and experts who explain how his work has proved significant to the development of technology, while Ed Stoppard portrays Turing in re-enactments of his conversations with psychiatrist Dr. Franz Greenbaum (Henry Goodman).