Tenko
tv show
30 total episodes
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3 seasons
First Aired October 22, 1981
Genres:
Overview
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.
Escape
Season 1 - Episode 8 - 0h 0m
Air Date
December 10, 1981
Overview
Just before Judith Bowen dies, Marion promises her that she'll take care of Debbie. Blanche becomes determined to escape from the camp. Debbie discovers Blanche's escape plans and barges her way into the escape attempt. Rose covers the escape until she realises that Debbie is also leaving; she tells Marion, who tells the commandant in hopes that he will be lenient with Debbie. Blanche and Debbie are re- captured.
Guest Stars
Emily Bolton
as
Christina Campbell
Veronica Roberts
as
Dorothy Bennett
Burt Kwouk
as
Capt. Yamauchi
Renée Asherson
as
Sylvia Ashburton
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Karin Foley
as
Debbie Bowen
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Joanna Hole
as
Sally Markham
Louise Jameson
as
Blanche Simmons
Takashi Kawahara
as
Shinya
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Elizabeth Chambers
as
Mrs. Domenica Van Meyer
Ann Queensberry
as
Judith Bowen
Eiji Kusuhara
as
Lt. Sato
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Maya Woolfe
as
Gerda