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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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16/12/1985

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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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22/10/1981

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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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21/10/1982

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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.

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7/10/1984

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(Tenko)

Name: Tenko | Tenko 1981
Released: 1981-10-22
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson, Ann Bell, Emily Bolton, Claire Oberman

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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Drama,

War & Politics

Networks:

BBC One

Year:

1981

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