Testament of Youth

Overview

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.

Created by Jonathan Powell

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Cheryl Campbell

  Vera Brittain

  5 eps

• 

  Emrys James

  Mr. Brittain

  5 eps

• 

  Jane Wenham

  Mrs Brittain

  5 eps

• 

  Peter Woodward

  Roland Leighton

  5 eps

Themes

• world war i
• miniseries
• based on memoir or autobiography
• 1910s

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