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Testament of Youth
A time when war overshadowed everything but hope
A dramatization of Vera Brittain's 1933 autobiography Testament of Youth—a memorial to a generation devastated by WWI—chronicles her experiences as a nurse in London and Malta and at the front lines in France. It opens with 18-year-old Vera, the genteel daughter of a paper-mill owner, nurturing "hopes of escaping from provincial young ladyhood." Her plan is to attend Oxford.
Seasons
- Miniseries — 5 episodes (November 4, 1979)
Cast
- Cheryl Campbell as Vera Brittain
- Emrys James as Mr. Brittain
- Jane Wenham as Mrs Brittain
- Peter Woodward as Roland Leighton
- Rosalie Crutchley as Miss Penrose
- Rupert Frazer as Edward Brittain
- Michael Troughton as Victor Richardson
- June Tobin
- Geoffrey Burridge
- Jane Booker
- Tricia George
- Hazel Douglas
Details
- Created by
- Jonathan Powell
- First aired
- November 4, 1979
- Episodes
- 5
- Genres
- Drama, War & Politics
- Network
- BBC One
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 7.8 / 10 from 4 votes
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