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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
Beatrice Mason Stephanie Cole
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook Jean Anderson
Marion Jefferson Ann Bell
Christina Campbell Emily Bolton
Kate Norris Claire Oberman
Season 3
1984
10 episodes
Season 3 of Tenko premiered on October 7, 1984
The final season took up two years after the previous one, as the war drew to a close and the women were returned to their normal lives. Well, as normal as they could be after their imprisonment.
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Keywords
- prison
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- singapore
- jungle
- soldier
- period drama
- historical
- historical drama
- 1940s
- war
- modern history