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Tenko

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.

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Drama
War & Politics
Created By

Lavinia Warner

First Aired on

Oct 22, 1981

3 seaons till Dec 10, 1984

Popularity: 22.1562
11 votes
Networks
(GB)
Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Sayonara

Seasons & episodes

Total 3 seasons, 30 episodes

Specials

Aired

1 Episodes
  • Episode 1Tenko: The Reunion109 min

    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.

Crew & Team

James Harpham

Original Music Composer

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