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Testament of Youth (1979)

Ended ★ 7.8/10 1 Season 5 Episodes 48m Drama, War & Politics
Created By: Jonathan Powell
Network: BBC One
A time when war overshadowed everything but hope

Description

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.

Top 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
KEYWORDS: world war i miniseries based on memoir or autobiography 1910s

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