Testament of Youth (1979)

"A time when war overshadowed everything but hope"

7.8 November 4, 1979 ~48m / ep 1 Season 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.

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Cast

  • Cheryl Campbell

    Cheryl Campbell

    Vera Brittain

  • Emrys James

    Emrys James

    Mr. Brittain

  • Jane Wenham

    Jane Wenham

    Mrs Brittain

  • Peter Woodward

    Peter Woodward

    Roland Leighton

  • Rosalie Crutchley

    Rosalie Crutchley

    Miss Penrose

  • Rupert Frazer

    Rupert Frazer

    Edward Brittain

  • Michael Troughton

    Michael Troughton

    Victor Richardson

  • June Tobin

    June Tobin

  • Geoffrey Burridge

    Geoffrey Burridge

  • Jane Booker

    Jane Booker

  • Tricia George

    Tricia George

  • Hazel Douglas

    Hazel Douglas

  • Victor Lucas

    Victor Lucas

  • Joanna McCallum

    Joanna McCallum

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