<description>&lt;div&gt;October 2025&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Today GCHQ is an independent British intelligence organisation. However during World War 2, GC&amp;amp;CS, as it was then called, continued to be subordinate to the British Secret Intelligence Service, known as SIS or MI6. The Chief of SIS was also the Director of GC&amp;amp;CS.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; In this episode, we explore the relationship between the two organisations, the part that SIS played in supporting GC&amp;amp;CS, and the ongoing presence of SIS at Bletchley Park itself. Head of Content, Erica Munro, is joined by our Research Historian, Dr David Kenyon, and by a special guest - historian and expert on the wartime history of SIS, Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; To see the objects we discuss in this episode, visit &lt;a href="https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/our-story/e184-the-sis-at-bletchley-park/"&gt;https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/our-story/e184-the-sis-at-bletchley-park/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Claire’s book ‘Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence’ is available from all good bookshops.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2025&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Enigma, #MI6, #SIS, #SecretService,&lt;/div&gt; </description>

Bletchley Park

Bletchley Park

E184 - The SIS at BP

OCT 24, 202560 MIN
Bletchley Park

E184 - The SIS at BP

OCT 24, 202560 MIN

Description

<div>October 2025<br> <br> Today GCHQ is an independent British intelligence organisation. However during World War 2, GC&amp;CS, as it was then called, continued to be subordinate to the British Secret Intelligence Service, known as SIS or MI6. The Chief of SIS was also the Director of GC&amp;CS.<br> <br> In this episode, we explore the relationship between the two organisations, the part that SIS played in supporting GC&amp;CS, and the ongoing presence of SIS at Bletchley Park itself. Head of Content, Erica Munro, is joined by our Research Historian, Dr David Kenyon, and by a special guest - historian and expert on the wartime history of SIS, Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall.<br> <br> To see the objects we discuss in this episode, visit <a href="https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/our-story/e184-the-sis-at-bletchley-park/">https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/our-story/e184-the-sis-at-bletchley-park/</a> <br> <br> Claire’s book ‘Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence’ is available from all good bookshops.<br> <br> Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2025<br> <br> #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #Enigma, #MI6, #SIS, #SecretService,</div>