Testament of Youth
“A time when war overshadowed everything but hope”
7.5/ 10 4 votes 1979 48m / ep 1 popularity
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.
Creator: Jonathan Powell
Network: BBC One
Seasons
1
Episodes
5
Status
Ended
Cheryl Campbell
Vera Brittain
Emrys James
Mr. Brittain
Jane Wenham
Mrs Brittain
Peter Woodward
Roland Leighton
Rosalie Crutchley
Miss Penrose
Rupert Frazer
Edward Brittain
