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.

Created by Lavinia Warner

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Cast

Stephanie Cole

Beatrice Mason

Jean Anderson

Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook

Ann Bell

Marion Jefferson

Emily Bolton

Christina Campbell

Claire Oberman

Kate Norris

Elizabeth Chambers

Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer

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