| Breaking the Code | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore |
| Directed by | Herbert Wise |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Robin Vidgeon |
| Editor | Laurence Méry-Clark |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC |
| Release | 2 February 1996 |
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Breaking the Code is a 1996 BBC television movie directed by Herbert Wise, based on the 1986 play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematician Alan Turing, the play thematically links Turing's cryptographic activities with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality.[1]