

A time when war overshadowed everything but hope
November 4, 1979
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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.

Cheryl Campbell
Vera Brittain

Emrys James
Mr. Brittain

Jane Wenham
Mrs Brittain

Peter Woodward
Roland Leighton


Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell

Rosalie Crutchley
Miss Penrose

Rupert Frazer
Edward Brittain

Michael Troughton
Victor Richardson

June Tobin
Cast

Geoffrey Burridge
Cast

Jane Booker
Cast

Miniseries
5 episodes
November 4, 1979

BBC
GB