Plot
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.
Cast
as Beatrice Mason
as Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
as Marion Jefferson
as Christina Campbell
as Kate Norris
as Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
Creator
Network
Status
Ended
First Aired Date
October 22, 1981
Last Aired Date
December 10, 1984
Production Companies
Type
Scripted
Number of Season
3
Number of Episodes
30
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Season 3
1984|10 Episodes
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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