This is the official story that has inspired the British film, The Imitation Gam
e, a nail-biting race against time following Alan Turing the pioneer of modern-d
ay computing and credited with cracking the German Enigma code and his brilliant
team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the d
arkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantl
y shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an un
enlightened British establishment, but his work and legacy live on. Prime minist
er Gordon Brown released a statement of apology in 2009 on behalf of the British
government for the "appalling" treatment of Turing.
