Tenko(1981)
Synopsis
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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Seasons
Series 1
10 episodes · 1981
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.
Series 2
10 episodes · 1982
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.
Series 3
10 episodes · 1984
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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Tenko was first aired in 1981.
How many seasons of Tenko are there?+
Tenko has 3 seasons and 30 episodes in total.
Who created Tenko?+
Tenko was created by Lavinia Warner.
Who stars in Tenko?+
Tenko stars Stephanie Cole, Jean Anderson, Ann Bell, Emily Bolton and Claire Oberman.
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