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
Network: BBC One
Seasons
3
Episodes
30
Status
Ended
Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason
Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson
Claire Oberman
Kate Norris
Elizabeth Chambers
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
Emily Bolton
Christina Campbell
Veronica Roberts
Dorothy Bennett
Patricia Lawrence
Sister Ulrica
Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
1979