Acorn Media UK bring us a two disc set of the first five episodes of Tenko, a BBC drama series set during World War II and hugely popular during its TV run in the early 1980's.

What's great about Tenko is that a covered a subject that hadn't really been covered before, opening in Singapore in 1941 it focuses on a group of women, from all walks of life, who find themselves rounded up by the invading Japanese when they invade. At first pushed from pillar to post they are forced to embark on a long trek accompanied by a trio of Japanese guards to a prison camp where they would sit out the war. 
The women were mostly strong characters and were led by the somewhat stuffy Marion Jefferson (played by Ann Bell), also prominent were forthright Dutch nun Sister Ulrica, Dr Beatrice Mason, one of her nurses, the Australian Kate Norris and outspoken Rose Millar (Stephanie Beacham). For more cast details and production credits visit our encyclopaedia entry for the show here. 
Initial location filming for the series took place in Singapore including scenes shot inside the famous Raffles hotel, the BBC then created a purpose built set amongst a gravel pit in Dorset.  Studio shot interiors were also given that authentic sheen of the monsoon climate simply by turning the heating up and the air conditioning off.