Tenko Gets a Modern Reboot as Chalet Girl Heads Towards TV
Two Brothers Pictures is developing a new version of Tenko, the BBC wartime drama, and a TV series based on the 2011 film Chalet Girl. Deadline reported both projects on 6 November 2026.
"Developing" means the project is still being written and shaped. It is not yet a finished show, and it may not reach a screen.
Tenko first aired in the early 1980s and built a loyal following. The original ran for three seasons between 1981 and 1984, and a special followed in 1985. It was made for the BBC in the UK and ABC in Australia. Set from 1942, it followed civilian women from the UK, Australia and the Netherlands held in a fictitious Japanese internment camp near Singapore.
Two Brothers Pictures approached Lavinia Warner, the show's original producer and creator, about making a version for today's television. Anna Symon is writing the new Tenko. Sarah Hammond is Chief Creative Officer at the company, which was founded by Jack and Harry Williams and is part of Banijay Entertainment, a large international production group.
The Chalet Girl project is another adaptation. The 2011 movie starred Felicity Jones and Ed Westwick, and it was a snowboarding-themed romantic comedy. Tessa Coates is writing the TV version, which is aimed at what the industry calls the "new adult" market, a term for viewers roughly in their late teens and twenties.
Both projects come from the same company, but they are very different. One returns to a drama with a long history. The other moves a teen-skewing film into a series format. Each still has a long road ahead before any episode is filmed.
For the writers involved, the work starts with a blank page. Many projects at this stage never reach viewers, so the coming months will show how far each one travels.
