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The Secret Listeners
Discover the secret lives of WWII volunteers who intercepted enemy radio signals from their homes—unsung heroes of Bletchley’s success.
Harmony Garden and Orchard, St Mary's Road, Melrose, TD6 9LJ
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Above his shop in Selkirk's Market Square, at the dead of night, for hours on end, John Blair listened. Tuning his radio to the invisible traffic of the airwaves, he was listening for the faint dot-dash of the Morse code messages of Britain's enemies during World War Two. He was a Voluntary Interceptor, one of a highly secret group who monitored the coded radio traffic of German intelligence and sent what they heard to Bletchley Park, enabling the vital Ultra signals intelligence. Sworn to the Official Secrets Act, these silent warriors on the Home Front all over Britain were not allowed to tell their story. Until now. Alistair Moffat will talk to Bruce McCartney, who has uncovered many of these extraordinary accounts.
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