Watch first touch singapore drama3/14/2024 The wife of army officer Clifford Jefferson, Marion’s life before the war was one of lunching with friends at the upmarket Raffles Hotel in Singapore, shopping and dinner dances. (Image credit: BBC) Tenko cast - Ann Bell as MARION JEFFERSON Yamauchi gets tough with Marion and Sister Ulrica in Tenko. All the cast bonded while filming Tenko and some remained lifelong friends. Some scenes were filmed in Singapore, but external shots of the camps were filmed on specially-built sets in Dorset in the UK, and internal scenes of the camp were shot in a west London studio. Other internees were also consulted when creating the programme, including Dr Margaret Thomson, a medic who was also imprisoned by the Japanese. Yes, British TV writer and producer Lavinia Warner had researched the life of nursing corps officer Margot Turner, who herself had been interned, for a British TV show This is Your Life, and saw the dramatic potential of the stories of the women prisoners. In the drama, when the women were called throughout the day to gather and be counted for a roll call, the Japanese guards would ring a bell or siren and cry "Tenko! Tenko!" To rouse them.
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