Tenko( 1981)
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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.
Lavinia Warner
Creator
Series Cast
Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason
Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson
Emily Bolton
Christina Campbell
Claire Oberman
Kate Norris
Elizabeth Chambers
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
Current Season
Season 3
1984 | 10 Episodes
The final season took up two years after the previous one, as the war drew to a close and the women were returned to their normal lives. Well, as normal as they could be after their imprisonment.
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Facts
Status
Ended
Status
Type
Scripted
Original Language
English
Keywords
- prison
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- singapore
- jungle
- soldier
- period drama
- historical
- historical drama
- 1940s
- war
- modern history