Tenko
DramaWar & Politics
8.3
8.33 Seasons
30 Episodes
October 22, 1981
Overview
Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group of women, formerly comfortably well-off ex-pats living in Singapore, as they are captured by the Japanese during World War II.
Created by
Lavinia Warner
Network
BBC One
Cast
Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason
Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
A
Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson
Emily Bolton
Christina Campbell
Claire Oberman
Kate Norris
E
Elizabeth Chambers
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
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