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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.

  1. Lavinia Warner

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Stephanie Cole

    Beatrice Mason

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    Jean Anderson

    Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook

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    Ann Bell

    Marion Jefferson

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    Emily Bolton

    Christina Campbell

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    Claire Oberman

    Kate Norris

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    Elizabeth Chambers

    Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer

Current Season

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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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Ended

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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