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.

Seasons

Miniseries

5 episodes

Cast

Cheryl Campbell

Vera Brittain

Emrys James

Mr. Brittain

Jane Wenham

Mrs Brittain

Peter Woodward

Roland Leighton

Rosalie Crutchley

Miss Penrose

Rupert Frazer

Edward Brittain

Michael Troughton

Victor Richardson

June Tobin

Geoffrey Burridge

Jane Booker