Tenko 1981
★ 8.3/10 NR DramaWar & Politics 3 seasons · 30 eps Ended
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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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Cast
Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason
Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson
Claire Oberman
Kate Norris
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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
Takashi Kawahara
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Season 1 · 10 episodes
- E1 Shattered Dreams Oct 22, 1981
- E2 All Aboard Oct 29, 1981
- E3 Internment Nov 5, 1981
- E4 What Would You Do For... Nov 12, 1981
- E5 Malaria Nov 19, 1981
- E6 Rape Nov 26, 1981
- E7 Unnatural Friendship Dec 3, 1981
- E8 Escape Dec 10, 1981
- E9 Five Hundred Hats Dec 17, 1981
- E10 Christmas Dec 24, 1981
Season 2 · 10 episodes
- E1 The March Oct 21, 1982
- E2 The Price Oct 28, 1982
- E3 Suicide Nov 4, 1982
- E4 Penance Nov 11, 1982
- E5 Breaking Vows Nov 18, 1982
- E6 New Arrivals Nov 25, 1982
- E7 Rendezvous Dec 2, 1982
- E8 ...for Food Dec 9, 1982
- E9 Peacefully in the Night Dec 16, 1982
- E10 Comeuppance Dec 23, 1982
Season 3 · 10 episodes
- E1 Go Down Fighting Oct 7, 1984
- E2 Wealth of Stores Oct 14, 1984
- E3 Acclimatization Oct 21, 1984
- E4 Marion is Wanted Oct 28, 1984
- E5 Scars Nov 5, 1984
- E6 Diary Nov 12, 1984
- E7 Evidence Nov 19, 1984
- E8 The Visit Nov 26, 1984
- E9 On the Rocks Dec 3, 1984
- E10 Sayonara Dec 10, 1984