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Tenko

Ended NR Season 3: 10 episodes 1981–1984
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Drama, War & Politics
Starring Stephanie Beacham · Stephanie Cole · Jean Anderson
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Season 1 S1
1981 - 10 eps
Season 1
Season 2 S2
1982 - 10 eps
Season 2
Season 3 S3
1984 - 10 eps
Season 3

About

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
Keywords
prison world war ii prisoner of war singapore jungle soldier period drama historical historical drama 1940s war modern history

Cast

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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

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