Testament of Youth
"A time when war overshadowed everything but hope"
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.
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Details
| Status: | Ended |
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| First Air Date: | 1979-11-04 |
| Last Air Date: | 1979-12-02 |
| Created By: | Jonathan Powell |
| Networks: | BBC One |
| Production: | BBC |
