Tenko

1981 - 1984 NR 50m 8.5

After the Japanese invasion of Singapore in February 1942, a group of British, Dutch and Australian women are held in a Japanese internment camp on a Japanese-occupied island between Singapore and Australia.

Three 10x55min series. The first series set in 1941, a group of English and Australian women from Singapore are shipwrecked while they try to escape the Japanese invasion. The survivors are captured and put in a prison camp. They and their Dutch companions must all make drastic adjustments to and discoveries about their lives. In the second series, the group is moved to a new camp with a completely new pecking order and a particularly vicious camp leader. At the beginning of the third series, the prisoners are liberated and must re-adjust themselves to live in Singapore, in the aftermath of the war.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Shattered Dreams

1. Shattered Dreams

Aired: Oct 22, 1981

Singapore, December 1941: Due to lack of information from the Army and media,...

Episode 2 All Aboard

2. All Aboard

Aired: Oct 29, 1981

Despite Bernard's warnings, few Europeans believe that Singapore will fall to...

Episode 3 Internment

3. Internment

Aired: Nov 5, 1981

Joined by others, including Beatrice, the women are taken to their internment...

Episode 5 Malaria

5. Malaria

Aired: Nov 19, 1981

Some time having passed, social structure in the camp is breaking down, and m...

Episode 6 Rape

6. Rape

Aired: Nov 26, 1981

Marion is questioned about British organization in Singapore prior to the fal...

Episode 7 Unnatural Friendship

7. Unnatural Friendship

Aired: Dec 3, 1981

Sally, pregnant before her capture, is coming into her seventh month of pregn...

Episode 8 Escape

8. Escape

Aired: Dec 10, 1981

Just before Judith Bowen dies, Marion promises her that she'll take care of D...

Episode 9 Five Hundred Hats

9. Five Hundred Hats

Aired: Dec 17, 1981

Punishment details are imposed on the camp in general and the escapees in par...

Episode 10 Christmas

10. Christmas

Aired: Dec 24, 1981

Christmas is approaching. The work party reports seeing a group of men in the...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Drama, War