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Tenko is a television drama series co-produced by the BBC and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which was broadcast between 1981 and 1985.
Sister Ulrica (Patricia Lawrence) The nun who as leader of the Dutch in the first camp comes across as brusque and unapproachable, especially to her British opposite, Marion Jefferson, but mellows during her time in the camps and comes to learn about herself as a women.
Tenko is a TV series that follows the lives of women from Singapore who are captured and interned by the Japanese during the war. The title comes from the Japanese word for roll-call, a daily ritual of humiliation and control.
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Jan 2, 2022 · Tenko was a hit TV drama in the 1980s, and focused on the experiences of British, Australian, and Dutch women who were captured after the fall of Singapore in 1942, after the invasion of Japanese troops, and held in a Japanese internment camp.
Dec 13, 2020 · In a career of extremes, Tenko was Kwouk’s big break into “serious” television drama, and served to seal his reputation as a great character actor. After Tenko, he made guest appearances in TV staples such as Howards Way, Boon, Silent Witness and many more.
Tenko Reunion. Five years after their release from the camp, the women return to Singapore for a reunion.
About. Between 1981 and 1985, 15 million viewers regularly tuned in to watch one of the most popular drama series of the ’80s, the gripping story of women prisoners of the Japanese: Tenko.
