Starring
Ann BellStephanie ColeClaire ObermanEmily BoltonElizabeth ChambersVeronica Roberts
Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
| E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.6 |
| S2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.1 |
| S3 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.6 |
About
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.
All Seasons
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Season 11981
8.542810
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.
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Season 21982
8.737610
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 first, but they find they have troubles settling into the strange regime of their new home.
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Season 31984
8.338010
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.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Ann Bell Marion Jefferson
Stephanie Cole Dr. Beatrice Mason
Claire Oberman Kate Norris
Emily Bolton Christina Campbell
Elizabeth Chambers Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer, Mrs. Van Meyer
Veronica Roberts Dorothy Bennett
Patricia Lawrence Sister Ulrica
Jean Anderson Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook, Jocelyn Holbrook, Lady Jocelyn "Joss" Holbrook
Stephanie Beacham Rose Millar
Burt Kwouk Major Yamauchi, Capt. Yamauchi
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