Tenko(1981)
DramaWar & Politics
First Air Date: 1981-10-22
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.3
Votes: 12
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 30
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.
Keywords
prisonworld war iiprisoner of warsingaporejunglesoldierperiod dramahistoricalhistorical drama1940swarmodern history
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Season 1
Episodes: 10E01
Shattered Dreams
Air Date: 1981-10-22
SINGAPORE, 5 DECEMBER 1941: Due to lack of information from the Army and the media, most of the inhabitants of Singap...
E02
All Aboard
Air Date: 1981-10-29
SINGAPORE, 10 DECEMBER 1941: The aftermath of the Japanese bombing of Singapore causes the evacuation of many of the ...
E03
Internment
Air Date: 1981-11-05
KAMPONG GETAH, FEBRUARY 1942: Joined by others, including Beatrice, the women are taken to their internment camp, whe...
E04
What Would You Do For...
Air Date: 1981-11-12
Ulrica is made leader of the Dutch internees. The older women worry when the younger women are unexpectedly removed f...
E05
Malaria
Air Date: 1981-11-19
Some time having passed, social structure in the camp is breaking down, and more women are becoming sick. Some groups...
E06
Rape
Air Date: 1981-11-26
Marion is questioned about British organization in Singapore prior to the fall of the city. The new sickbay is comple...
E07
Unnatural Friendship
Air Date: 1981-12-03
Sally, pregnant before her capture, is coming into her seventh month of pregnancy, and one of the nurses, Nellie, bec...
E08
Escape
Air Date: 1981-12-10
Just before Judith Bowen dies, Marion promises her that she'll take care of Debbie. Blanche becomes determined to esc...
E09
Five Hundred Hats
Air Date: 1981-12-17
Punishment details are imposed on the camp in general and the escapees in particular. The commandant yields to Marion...
E10
Christmas
Air Date: 1981-12-24
Christmas is approaching. The work party reports seeing a group of men in the distance. When Marion asks the commanda...
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