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Tenko (1981)
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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Network: BBC One
Runtime: 1550 min.
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Released: Oct. 22, 1981
Last Air Date: Dec. 10, 1984, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
