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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.
First Aired
Oct 22, 1981
Last Aired
Dec 10, 1984
Seasons
3
Episodes
30
Network
BBC One
Cast
Full credits →S
Stephanie Beacham
Rose Millar
S
Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason
J
Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
A
Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson
P
Patricia Lawrence
Sister Ulrica
E
Emily Bolton
Christina Campbell
C
Claire Oberman
Kate Norris
V
Veronica Roberts
Dorothy Bennett
J
Jeananne Crowley
Nellie Keene
T
Takashi Kawahara
Shinya
E
Elizabeth Chambers
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
A
Annet Peters
Female Prisoner of War
