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.
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Stars: Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson, Ann Bell, Emily Bolton, Claire Oberman, Elizabeth Chambers
Crew: James Harpham
Country: GB
Studio: BBC One
Runtime: 60:50 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Oct 22, 1981
Last air date: Dec 10, 1984
Episode: 30 Episode
Season: 3 Season
IMDb: 3.05
Keywords:prison, world war ii, prisoner of war, singapore, jungle, soldier, period drama, historical, historical drama, 1940s, war, modern history