- During the war Alice Merren was one of Bletchley's brightest code-breakers. Now it is 1953. Lucy has a clerical job for Scotland Yard, Millie works as a German translator and Susan a housewife perturbed that her husband's promotion may take them overseas. Jean visits Alice in prison, awaiting trial for killing her old flame and Bletchley colleague John Richards. Jean is convinced of Alice's innocence and persuades her friends to investigate. They discover that John sent flowers to a young girl, Lizzie Lancaster and a search of her flat reveals she is in possession of a classified military file and a press cutting of an incident where military personnel were injured by a chemical experiment on Salisbury Plain. The women save Lizzie from a hit and run and Jean correctly assumes that she is Alice's daughter. The Bletchley circle believe both mother and daughter have been set up by John's killer who was also responsible for the Salisbury Plain incident.—don @ minifie-1
- It's 1953 and Jean is surprised to read in the newspaper that a former colleague from the years at Bletchley Park, Alice, has been charged with the murder of one of the Bletchley scientists John Richards. Jean recalls that John and Alice were lovers while working together. Strangely, Alice has refused to speak to anyone about what's happened. She will neither plead guilty or claim innocence. Jean contacts Lucy, Millie and Susan and they begin their own investigation. They learn that John had recently sent flowers to a young woman, Lizzie Lancaster and when they search her flat they find classified files and a set of newspaper clippings about a military accident. They conclude Alice is protecting someone with her silence but she is convicted and sentenced to hang.—garykmcd
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