Testament of Youth

“A time when war overshadowed everything but hope”

• 1979
• •
• Ended

• Drama
• War & Politics

★ 7.8 TMDB Rating · 4 votes

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.

Created by

Jonathan Powell

Seasons

1

Episodes

5

Episode length

~48m

First aired

Nov 4, 1979

Networks

BBC One

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom