Tenko
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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Top Cast
Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason · 30 eps
Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson · 30 eps
Claire Oberman
Kate Norris · 30 eps
Elizabeth Chambers
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer · 26 eps
Emily Bolton
Christina Campbell · 24 eps
Veronica Roberts
Dorothy Bennett · 23 eps
Patricia Lawrence
Sister Ulrica · 21 eps
Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook · 20 eps
Annet Peters
Female Prisoner of War · 20 eps
Stephanie Beacham
Rose Millar · 19 eps
Burt Kwouk
Major Yamauchi / Capt. Yamauchi · 18 eps
Takashi Kawahara
Shinya · 17 eps
Eiji Kusuhara
Lt. Sato / Captain Sato · 17 eps
Takahiro Oba
Kasaki / Shigawo · 16 eps
Louise Jameson
Blanche Simmons · 13 eps
Joanna Hole
Sally Markham · 11 eps
Jeananne Crowley
Nellie Keene · 10 eps
Karin Foley
Debbie Bowen · 9 eps
Rosemary Martin
Verna Johnson · 9 eps
Anna Lindup
Daisy Robertson · 9 eps
