Tenko

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Tenko (1981)

NR Drama, War & Politics

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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

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Series Cast

Stephanie Cole

Beatrice Mason

30 Episodes
Ann Bell

Marion Jefferson

30 Episodes
Claire Oberman

Kate Norris

30 Episodes
Elizabeth Chambers

Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer

26 Episodes
Emily Bolton

Christina Campbell

24 Episodes
Veronica Roberts

Dorothy Bennett

23 Episodes
Patricia Lawrence

Sister Ulrica

21 Episodes
Jean Anderson

Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook

20 Episodes
Annet Peters

Female Prisoner of War

20 Episodes
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Last 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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(3x10, December 10, 1984) Season Finale

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