Overview
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.
Details
Status
Ended
Network
BBC One
Type
Scripted
Original Language
EN
Creators
Lavinia Warner
Production Countries
AU, GB
Spoken Languages
English
Top Cast
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Seasons
The first season, set in 1941-42, charts the drama from the women being captured and sent to live in squalor and deprivation in a Japanese POW camp.