Tenko(1981)
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.
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Top 6 Billed Cast
Beatrice Mason
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
Marion Jefferson
Christina Campbell
Kate Norris
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