Ended
Tenko
Created by: Lavinia Warner
8.3 12
3 seasons
DramaWar & Politics
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.
Seasons
Cast

Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason

Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson

Claire Oberman
Kate Norris
E
Elizabeth Chambers
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer

Emily Bolton
Christina Campbell

Veronica Roberts
Dorothy Bennett
P
Patricia Lawrence
Sister Ulrica

Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
A
Annet Peters
Female Prisoner of War

Stephanie Beacham
Rose Millar

Burt Kwouk
Major Yamauchi, Capt. Yamauchi

Takashi Kawahara
Shinya

Eiji Kusuhara
Lt. Sato, Captain Sato
T
Takahiro Oba
Kasaki, Shigawo

Louise Jameson
Blanche Simmons
J
Joanna Hole
Sally Markham

Jeananne Crowley
Nellie Keene
K
Karin Foley
Debbie Bowen

Rosemary Martin
Verna Johnson
A
Anna Lindup
Daisy Robertson
J
Josephine Welcome
Miss Hasan
K
Kerry Tovey
Suzy
C
Cindy Shelley
Alice Courtenay

Renée Asherson
Sylvia Ashburton

Lizzie Mickery
Maggie Thorpe

Elspet Gray
Phyllis Bristow
S
Sabu Kimura
Lt. Nakamura, Tanaka

Philippa Urquhart
Lillian Cartland
J
Jonathan Newth
Brigadier Clifford Jefferson, Clifford Jefferson
N
Nicolas Corry
Bobby Cartland

Damien Thomas
Jake Haulter

Ann Queensberry
Judith Bowen
C
Carolle Rousseau
Natalie Trier, Dr. Natalie Trier
P
Preston Lockwood
Stephen Wentworth
M
Maya Woolfe
Gerda
S
Stephen Gordon
Colonel Smithers

Barbara Yu Ling
May

Michael Lees
Colonel Jackson

Edmund Pegge
Bernard Webster
R
Ronald Eng
Dolah
L
Lindsay Ingram
Cynthia James
A
Athene Fielding
Madge Pritchard

Shelagh Wilcocks
Betty
K
Kenji Ando
Sergeant

Oliver Ford Davies
Priest

Edna Doré
Edna
N
Nigel Greaves
Harry Alderston-Bennett

Wendy Williams
Vicky Armstrong
M
Maggie Ford
Joy Kettlewell

Nigel Harman
Timmy
I
Ivor Danvers
Jack Armstrong

Daniel Hill
Tom Redburn
J
Jeff Hardy
Simon Treves

Ric Young
Father Lim
G
Gregory de Polnay
Johnny Saunders

Andrew Sharp
Harry Milne

David Gooderson
Major Sims
C
Colin Dunn
Corporal Jackson
M
Michael Dyerball
Studio Manager
B
Betsan Jones
Nun
P
Pauline Peters
Minah

Chua Kah Joo
Jo
S
Susan Leong
Lia
P
Pamela Merrick
Polly Huntley
J
Jennifer Hill
Lily Jenkins
B
Beryl Cooke
Mrs. Vance

Kristopher Kum
General Shimojo
Y
Yutaka Ohira
Mito
J
Jimmy Fung
Native
D
Dawn Keeler
Joan

Peter Silverleaf
Yukio

Paul Copley
POW
J
John Williamson
Captain Brooks
S
Stephen Oxley
Lieutenant Curtis

Mona Bruce
Doctor
E
Eliza Buckingham
Mrs. Harris
M
Michael Loney
Journalist
M
Mellan Mitchell
Bank Clerk

Lim Kay Tong
Soldier
H
Helen Blatch
Mrs. Briggs

Albert Moses
Dr. Singh
J
John Graham
Hospital Administrator

Johanna Hargreaves
Cherry
J
Jane Hayward
Enid Trotter
J
Julia McCarthy
Reverend Mother
R
Ranjit Nakara
Bank Teller
K
Kenneth MacDonald
Corporal
J
John Rowe
Policeman

Peter Benson
Jim

James Walker
Vicar

Zienia Merton
Nun

Robert Lee
Mr. Ling
S
Sonia Woolley
Sister Pickering
J
John Woolley
Sailor
A
Alan Mock
Sailor

Julia Verdin
Jane
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