Testament of Youth

tv show

poster for Testament of Youth

5 total episodes

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1 seasons

A time when war overshadowed everything but hope

First Aired November 04, 1979

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.