Testament of Youth
“A time when war overshadowed everything but hope”
1979•NR•1 Seasons•5 Episodes•7.8•Ended
DramaWar & Politics
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
Origin
GB
Cast
Cheryl Campbell
Vera Brittain
Emrys James
Mr. Brittain
Jane Wenham
Mrs Brittain
Peter Woodward
Roland Leighton
Rosalie Crutchley
Miss Penrose
Rupert Frazer
Edward Brittain
Michael Troughton
Victor Richardson
June Tobin
Geoffrey Burridge
Jane Booker
Tricia George
Hazel Douglas
Victor Lucas
Joanna McCallum
Susan Bovell
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