1981 - 1984

TENKO

Drama

War & Politics

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.

Director: data not available

Runtime: 60 minutes

Number of Episodes: 30

Number of Seasons: 3

Networks: BBC One

Vote Average: 80

Seasons

Specials

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1985, 1 Episode(s)

Season 1

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.

1981, 10 Episode(s)

Season 2

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.

1982, 10 Episode(s)

Season 3

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.

1984, 10 Episode(s)