Whitemore's best known work taking the form of a staged biography was Breaking the Code (1986) which was centered on Alan Turing, who was responsible for cracking the German Enigma code during World War II and resisted an adherence to the English code of sexual discretion with his homosexuality, for which he was charged with gross indecency. A television adaptation was broadcast in the UK in 1996.
Whitemore's prominent biographical piece was Breaking the Code (1986), which centered on Alan Turing, who broke the German Enigma code during World War II and defied English sexual norms by being gay. This resulted in a gross indecency charge. A television adaptation of this work aired in the UK in 1996.