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July 17, 2007

"Hut 33"

Set in Bletchley Park, in 1941, this sitcom focuses on 3 code-breakers forced to share a draughty wooden hut as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately they hate one another.

Posted on July 17, 2007 at 2:30 PM • 11 Comments

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Mano • July 17, 2007 3:14 PM

hmm? Sounds strangely intriguing. I hope I can get it here in italy - maybe via podcasts? Does anyone knows?

Alex • July 17, 2007 3:31 PM

@Mano: try the 'listen to the latest edition' button on the website you just viewed ;-)

With friends like this who needs Enigmas... • July 17, 2007 4:20 PM

"Off duty, the code-breakers must stay alert to avoid the attentions of Mrs Best, their sex-obsessed landlady who claims to have bedded both Bomber Harris and Goering."

Well they could always tell her they're gay, but that didn't end up working out too well for Alan Turing...

Mr Furley • July 17, 2007 4:25 PM

I just hope they don't get caught by Mr. Furley

anonymous coward • July 17, 2007 8:17 PM

"oh, think about it logically? So far I have been using a chimp and a dartboard!"

British Humour in its excellence.

BBC Listener • July 18, 2007 1:25 AM

I've been listening since episode 1 but it's just a sitcom with naff all to do with code breaking. It might be funnier if they didn't target easy stereotypes all the time .

roenigk • July 18, 2007 9:19 AM

British "humor" is an acquired taste. As an American, I've never been able to acquire it.

TheQueensEnglish • July 19, 2007 7:18 AM

Re: roenigk

That's because we dont have humor. We have Humour.

Same goes the other way around, we're just more accustomed to it because of the cheap export TV that's force fed down our airwaves.

Americans just don't do irony.

Cassandra • July 20, 2007 2:31 AM

@TheQueensEnglish

AFAIK, they don't do coppery either.

Mornington Crescent! ...oh sorry, wrong show.

Cassie

Charlie • July 20, 2007 11:16 AM

In response to the Queen's English - I'm British but I can see that the idea that American's don't get irony is a tiresome myth propagated by people without a mind of their own. It's like saying that Germans don't have a sense of humour - completely misguided.

IanTnutz • June 26, 2008 12:32 PM

Please make ''Hut 33'' into a TV series and join the facebook petition Thanks.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?...

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