TENKO

Tenko, which means 'roll-call' in Japanese, is a British TV series which focusses on British, Australian & Dutch women taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore in February 1942, and held in a Japanese interment camp. The series premiered on 22nd October 1981, and ran for three series of ten episodes each, with the final episode being aired on 12th November 1984.

 

The third series was followed by a one-off, feature-length episode 'Tenko Reunion', which was first screened on 26th December 1985.

 

My Tenko collection comprises 8x10s (mostly purchased) and custom 5x7s, which have been signed TTM or at UK conventions.