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.
First Aired
October 22, 1981
Last Aired
December 10, 1984
Original Language
en
Popularity
5
Type
Scripted
Seasons & Episodes
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.
Cast
Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason
Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson
Claire Oberman
Kate Norris
Elizabeth Chambers
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
Emily Bolton
Christina Campbell
Veronica Roberts
Dorothy Bennett
Patricia Lawrence
Sister Ulrica
Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
Annet Peters
Female Prisoner of War
Stephanie Beacham
Rose Millar
Burt Kwouk
Major Yamauchi, Capt. Yamauchi
Takashi Kawahara
Shinya
Similar TV Shows
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Legend of Yunze
2021
Cordoba's Spring
2003
I ve smrti sami
2004
Hornblower
1998
The Galloped Era
2019
The World at War
1973
New Worlds
2014
Locked Up
2015
Seaside Hotel
2013
