Series · Drama, War & Politics
Tenko (1981)
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.
- Creator
- Lavinia Warner
- Writers
- Anne Valery, Jill Hyem, Paul Wheeler
- Network
- BBC One
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 22, 1981
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Stephanie ColeBeatrice Mason- Ann BellMarion Jefferson
Claire ObermanKate Norris- Elizabeth ChambersMrs. Domenica Van Meyer
Emily BoltonChristina Campbell
Veronica RobertsDorothy Bennett- Patricia LawrenceSister Ulrica
Jean AndersonLady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook- Annet PetersFemale Prisoner of War
Stephanie BeachamRose Millar
Burt KwoukMajor Yamauchi
Takashi KawaharaShinya
Eiji KusuharaLt. Sato- Takahiro ObaKasaki
Louise JamesonBlanche Simmons- Joanna HoleSally Markham
Jeananne CrowleyNellie Keene- Karin FoleyDebbie Bowen
Rosemary MartinVerna Johnson- Anna LindupDaisy Robertson
Episodes
0/10 watched- Episode 1: Shattered Dreams52 min · Oct 22, 1981
- Episode 2: All Aboard53 min · Oct 29, 1981
- Episode 3: Internment52 min · Nov 5, 1981
- Episode 4: What Would You Do For...53 min · Nov 12, 1981
- Episode 5: Malaria52 min · Nov 19, 1981
- Episode 6: Rape52 min · Nov 26, 1981
- Episode 7: Unnatural Friendship51 min · Dec 3, 1981
- Episode 8: Escape46 min · Dec 10, 1981
- Episode 9: Five Hundred Hats52 min · Dec 17, 1981
- Episode 10: Christmas51 min · Dec 24, 1981
