Tenko

Tenko is a television drama, co-produced by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). A total of thirty one-hour episodes were produced between 1981 and 1984, followed by a telemovie, Tenko Reunion, in 1985.

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The series dealt with the experiences of British, Australian and Dutch women who were captured after the fall of Singapore in 1941, after the Japanese invasion, and interred in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.

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The major characters who featured in all three series and the reunion telemovie were Marion Jefferson (Ann Bell), the wife of an army colonel; the stentorian Dr Beatrice Mason (Stephanie Cole) and brash Australian nurse Kate Norris (Claire Oberman); the selfish and haughty Domenica Van Meyer (Elizabeth Chambers); Chinese-Scottish half-caste Christina Campbell (Emily Bolton); working class girl Dorothy Bennett (Veronica Roberts) and the formidable Sister Ulrica (Patricia Lawrence).

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Tenko: Tenko is a television drama, co-produced by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) and the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). A total of thirty one-hour episodes were produced between 1981 and 1984, followed by a telemovie, Tenko Reunion, in 1985....

BBC: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It produces programmes and information services: broadcasting on television, radio, and the Internet....

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