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.
TenkoSeries
Details
- First aired
- 22 Oct 1981
- Seasons
- 3
- Episodes
- 30
- TMDB 8.3
- Last aired
- 10 Dec 1984
- Genres
Drama War & Politics
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC One
- Episode runtime
- 1 h
- Countries
AU GB
- Original language
- en
- Original title
- Tenko
- Creators
- Cast
Stephanie Beachamas Rose Millar Stephanie Coleas Beatrice Mason Jean Andersonas Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook Ann Bellas Marion Jefferson Patricia Lawrenceas Sister Ulrica Emily Boltonas Christina Campbell Claire Obermanas Kate Norris Veronica Robertsas Dorothy Bennett Renée Ashersonas Sylvia Ashburton Jeananne Crowleyas Nellie Keene - Writers
Anne Valery Jill Hyem Paul Wheeler - Composer
James Harpham
