i absolutely adore tenko i saw it on video for the first time when i be 19 year old and be absolutely hook . when i find out that only series 1 be available on video and and that the bbc have fail to release series 2 and series 3 and the two part special tenko reunion on video and i be hop mad and i can tell you . finally and uk gold repeat the entire series last year and and thanks to a fellow tenko fan name patsy and i now have the whole thing on video for me to watch over and over again . the character in this series be so real and that the viwer really do care for them deeply ann bell be marion jefferson and the wife of a british army colonel and who find herself appointed leader of the british woman while sister ulrica ( patricia lawrence ) be the formidale nun and leader of the dutch internee while beatrice mason ( stephanie cole ) and the determine and no nonsense doctor while major yamauchi ( bert kwouk ) and the strict but at time compassionate commandant of the camp while nurse kate norris ( claire oberman ) and nellie keene ( jeananne crowley ) while and so on and be just some of the protagonist who make this series so unforgettable . some of the most dramatic storyline occur in series 2 and where a eurasian woman and the evil miss hasan ( josephine welcome ) and a sly internee name verna johnson ( rosemary martin ) call the shot . series 3 take place in singapore and when the war have end and the woman have to cope with be free and try to get use to their life after year of imprisonment . gruelling and dramatic and shocking and funny and grip tenko be all of these thing and and much more . if it be ever on television and i urge you to watch it . fyi represent i recently meet the actress louise jameson and who be so brilliant a cockney blanche simmons in tenko . i tell her how much i love the series and and she say that tenko be her favourite acting job of all time and she be in doctor who and bergerac and eastenders to name just a few .