Tenko was one of the BBC's hits of 1981, but what was it about the series that caught the publics imagination?
Anne Valery and Jill Hyem describe how they tackled the problems of telling a story that had not been told before, without glamorising it, while cameras eavesdrop on rehearsals for scenes about torture, aggression, sickness and courage in a Japanese prison camp for women.
Director LAURIE STANLEY
Producer RICHARD CALLANAN