1 Season
5 Episode
Testament of Youth
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.
- Year: 1979
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: world war i, miniseries, based on memoir or autobiography, 1910s
- Director: Jonathan Powell
- Cast: Cheryl Campbell, Emrys James, Jane Wenham, Peter Woodward, Rosalie Crutchley, Rupert Frazer