Tenko

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1981-10-22

Last Air Date: 1984-12-10

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 30

Created By: Lavinia Warner

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Stephanie Cole as Beatrice Mason
Ann Bell as Marion Jefferson
Claire Oberman as Kate Norris
Elizabeth Chambers as Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
Emily Bolton as Christina Campbell
Veronica Roberts as Dorothy Bennett
Patricia Lawrence as Sister Ulrica
Jean Anderson as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
Annet Peters as Female Prisoner of War
Stephanie Beacham as Rose Millar

Seasons

Specials (1985) - (1 Episodes)

Season 1 (1981) - (10 Episodes)

Season 2 (1982) - (10 Episodes)

Season 3 (1984) - (10 Episodes)

Specials (1985)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Tenko: The Reunion (1985-12-16)

Five years after the end of the war, a chance encounter between Marion and Dorothy prompts Marion to try and organise a reunion at Raffles for them and their fellow ex-internees. In Singapore, they are reunited with the rest of their group - Bea, Kate, Christina, Maggie, Alice and the remarried Mrs Van Meyer, now Mrs Forster-Brown. They reminisce about the past and look forward to the future.