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.
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
Denis Carey
Jill Cowles
Janet Davies
Joanna Foster
Guy Hassan
Episodes
Details
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC One
- First aired
- 1979-11-04
- Last aired
- 1979-12-02
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Age rating
- —
- Production
- BBC
