TV Series · 1981

Tenko

60 min · Drama, War & Politics · Ended

Composite

6.8

IMDb

8.5 / 10

992 votes

TMDB

8.3 / 10

12 votes

Local

— / 10

No votes

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.

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Cast

Stephanie Cole

Beatrice Mason

Jean Anderson

Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook

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Ann Bell

Marion Jefferson

Emily Bolton

Christina Campbell

Claire Oberman

Kate Norris

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Elizabeth Chambers

Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer

Crew

Sound

James Harpham Original Music Composer

Seasons & episodes

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Series 3 (1 ep)

10. Sayonara

Dec 10, 1984

The women all prepare to leave Singapore to go back home, agreeing to have a reunion at Raffles in 1950, exactly five years after they separate. Joss dies in hospital. Bea agrees to stay on in Singapore and help Stephen run the centre. Sister Ulrica goes to visit Yamauchi, who tells her he knows he will be hanged. Maggie agrees to go and stay with Dorothy in London. Everyone reminisces about absent friends: Joss, Rose, Blanche and all the others who died, and then say their goodbyes as they all go their separate ways. Marion realises the experience is finally over as she sails for home.