Turing’s Test

Synopsis: A fictionalised account of the final moments in the life of Alan Turing, in the first collaboration of its kind between a national newspaper (The Independent) and an independent production company.

The radio drama features Samuel Barnett as the Bletchley Park code breaker on his death in 1954 after eating an apple laced with cyanide following his conviction for gross indecency. The play examines the scientist’s legacy in the field of artificial intelligence and the personal tragedy of his suicide through a deathbed dialogue with a "machine" played by actor Paul Kendrick.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2009
Year of production: 2009
Subjects: Social Studies; Drama; Information technology
Keywords: artificial intelligence; biographies; homosexuality; radio drama; suicide; Turing, Alan; code-breaking