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Tenko

Premiered: Oct 22, 1981 | 3 seasons | 30 episodes

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Popularity: 6

Creator: Lavinia Warner
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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.
Full Credits

Name Character Episodes
Ann Bell Marion Jefferson 31
Claire Oberman Kate Norris 31
Stephanie Cole Beatrice Mason 30
Emily Bolton Christina Campbell 25
Veronica Roberts Dorothy Bennett 24
Patricia Lawrence Sister Ulrica 22
Jean Anderson Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook 20
Stephanie Beacham Rose Millar 19
Joanna Hole Sally Markham 11
Burt Kwouk Major Yamauchi 10
Jeananne Crowley Nellie Keene 10
Rosemary Martin Verna Johnson 9
Eiji Kusuhara Lt. Sato 9
Josephine Welcome Miss Hasan 9
Burt Kwouk Capt. Yamauchi 8
Damien Thomas Jake Haulter 8
Renée Asherson Sylvia Ashburton 8
Eiji Kusuhara Captain Sato 8
Elspet Gray Phyllis Bristow 8
Philippa Urquhart Lillian Cartland 7
Preston Lockwood Stephen Wentworth 7
Ann Queensberry Judith Bowen 6
Jonathan Newth Brigadier Clifford Jefferson 5
Michael Lees Colonel Jackson 3
Barbara Yu Ling May 3
Oliver Ford Davies Priest 2
Jonathan Newth Clifford Jefferson 2
Edna Doré Edna 2
Nigel Greaves Harry Alderston-Bennett 2
Edmund Pegge Bernard Webster 2
Paul Copley POW 1
Lim Kay Tong Soldier 1
Lim Kay Tong Bandit Leader 1
Peter Silverleaf Yukio 1
Ric Young Father Lim 1
Peter Benson Jim 1
Lim Kay Siu Bandit 1
Julia Verdin Jane 1
Stephanie Cole Dr. Beatrice Mason 1
Kenneth MacDonald Corporal 1
Albert Moses Dr. Singh 1
Mona Bruce Doctor 1
Nigel Harman Timmy 1
Daniel Hill Tom Redburn 1
Robert Lee Mr. Ling 1
Christian Rodska Duncan Fraser 1
James Walker Vicar 1
Bernard Gallagher Mr. Courtenay 1
Julia McCarthy Reverend Mother 1
Robert Lang Teddy Forster-Brown 1
John Rowe Policeman 1
Mellan Mitchell Bank Clerk 1