Series · Drama, War & Politics

Tenko (1981)Specials

★ 8.3 · 12 votes3 seasons · 30 episodesDrama1981

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