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Tenko

Tenko

8,3 /10 (12 Votes)
1981 EN 3 Seasons

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.

First air date

22/10/1981

Votes

12

Popularity

5.5

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Lavinia Warner

Networks

BBC One

Language

EN

Last air date

1984-12-10

Episodes

30

Episode runtime

60 min

Specials

Specials

1 episodes • 1985

Season 1

Season 1

10 episodes • 1981

The first season, set in 1941-42, charts the drama from the women being captured and sent to live in squalor and depriva…

Season 2

Season 2

10 episodes • 1982

Season 2, set in 1942-43, began with the women on a long march to a new camp, where things seem much more luxurious at f…

Season 3

Season 3

10 episodes • 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 the…

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