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The Documentary: The Secret History of GCHQ: How Scarborough saved the world

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04/12/2019 GMT

How Scarborough saved the world

The Secret History of GCHQ

BBC World Service - The Documentary, The Secret History of GCHQ, How Scarborough saved the world

GCHQ's Scarborough station and its role in WW2, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis

GCHQ's Scarborough station and its role in WW2, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The work of GCHQ started just after the end of World War One as telegraph became a vital means of military communications. We hear from people who worked at the listening station in the Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough during World War Two and the Cold War. BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera reveals how Government Communications Headquarters – GCHQ -  has been listening in for 100 years. And Gordon reveals the vital role played by the Scarborough station during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

(Photo: A general view of GCHQ Scarborough during a visit by Prince Charles in 2014. Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

The Documentary: The Secret History of GCHQ

Stories from the British intelligence agency’s hidden past.

Stories from the British intelligence agency’s hidden past, in some unlikely places. BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera reveals how Government Communications Headquarters – GCHQ -  has been listening in for 100 years.

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