Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


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.
8.3
Score
12
Lavinia Warner
BBC One

Tenko | Saturday afternoons from 1pm

Veronica Roberts
Dorothy Bennett
Patricia Lawrence
Patricia Lawrence
Sister Ulrica

Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
Annet Peters
Annet Peters
Female Prisoner of War

Stephanie Beacham
Rose Millar

Burt Kwouk
Major Yamauchi

Takashi Kawahara
Shinya

Eiji Kusuhara
Lt. Sato
Takahiro Oba
Takahiro Oba
Kasaki

Louise Jameson
Blanche Simmons
Joanna Hole
Joanna Hole
Sally Markham

Jeananne Crowley
Nellie Keene
Karin Foley
Karin Foley
Debbie Bowen

Rosemary Martin
Verna Johnson
Anna Lindup
Anna Lindup
Daisy Robertson
8.0The Gallant Men
1962