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MONEY
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3 seasons · 30 episodes total · ~10 per season.
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Tenko
1981 3 seasons · 30 eps English
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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.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Stephanie Cole
Beatrice Mason
Jean Anderson
Lady Jocelyn 'Joss' Holbrook
Ann Bell
Marion Jefferson
Emily Bolton
Christina Campbell
Claire Oberman
Kate Norris
Elizabeth Chambers
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
Created by
Lavinia Warner
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Roughly 30 hours end-to-end — 4 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Aired from 1981 to 1984 — a 3-year run.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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WORLD
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Show type: Scripted.
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AWARDS
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Created by Lavinia Warner.
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Airs on BBC One.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 3
- Total episodes
- 30
- Avg episode length
- 60 min
- Premiered
- 1981-10-22
- Last aired
- 1984-12-10
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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