Tenko (1981 – 1984)

8.1 | Oct 22, 1981 (AU) | Drama, War & Politics

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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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Lavinia Warner

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