Tenko

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Stephanie Cole

Beatrice Mason

Age : N/A | Popularity : 33%

Jean Anderson

Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook

Age : 93 | Popularity : 37%

Ann Bell

Marion Jefferson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Emily Bolton

Christina Campbell

Age : 73 | Popularity : 27%

Claire Oberman

Kate Norris

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Elizabeth Chambers

Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer

Age : N/A | Popularity : 19%

Seasons

Season 1

1981 | 10 episodes

The first season, set in 1941-42, charts the drama from the women being captured and sent to live in squalor and deprivation in a Japanese POW camp.

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Season 2

1982 | 10 episodes

Season 2, set in 1942-43, began with the women on a long march to a new camp, where things seem much more luxurious at first, but they find they have troubles settling into the strange regime of their new home.

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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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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Original Music Composer	James Harpham
Department	Role	Name

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