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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.
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- verified Status: Ended
- person By: Lavinia Warner
- calendar_month Release Date: 1981-10-22
- update Lastly Aired: 1984-12-10
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- list_alt Seasons & Episodes: 3 Seasons, 30 Episodes
- timer Episode Runtime: 60 Mins/Episode
- star Rating: 8 / 10
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Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason
Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson
Emily Bolton
Christina Campbell
Claire Oberman
Kate Norris
Elizabeth Chambers
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
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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, 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 ...
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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 norm ...
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