Testament of Youth

Name: Testament of Youth
Genre: Drama, War & Politics
Released: 1979-11-04
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Cheryl Campbell, Emrys James, Jane Wenham, Peter Woodward, Rosalie Crutchley

A time when war overshadowed everything but hope

NR19791 season48m / episodeBBC One

Drama War & Politics

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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.