Testament of Youth (1979)
A time when war overshadowed everything but hope
| First Air Date: | 1979, November 4 |
| Last Air Date: | 1979, December 2 |
| Status: | Ended |
| Seasons: | 1 |
| Episodes: | 5 |
| Episode Runtime: | 48 min |
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.