Hut 33

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Three code-breakers hate each other and their draughty hut. James Cary's wartime sitcom.

Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden hut as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, they hate each other. James Cary's wartime sitcom.

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Hut 33: Series 2: Episode 2: Pigs n Spivs

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Episode 2: Pigs n Spivs

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Pigs n Spivs

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Hut 33, Series 2, Pigs n Spivs

The codebreakers run out of rations. Can special new recruit Willis save their bacon?

The codebreakers run out of rations. Can special new recruit Willis save their bacon? Stars Robert Bathurst. From May 2008.

It's 1941 and supplies are running short in Bletchley Park, centre of the Allies' codebreaking effort. 

Archie reluctantly uses the services of Mrs Best's shady contact to get some extra food and Gordon is seduced by the promise of a Superman comic.

James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers.

Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Joshua … Alex McQueen
Spiv    ......    Stephen Critchlow

Producer: Adam Bromley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.

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Sitcom by James Cary, set in Bletchley Park in 1941

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