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Tenko

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.

1981 |3 Seasons  | 60m |  Drama, War & Politics

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

Seasons List

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Specials

1985

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Season 1

1981

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Season 2

1982

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Season 3

1984

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Creator

Lavinia Warner

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC One