Testament of Youth (TV series)

Testament of Youth is a 1979 BBC television drama based on the First World War memoir of the same name written by Vera Brittain. It was transmitted on BBC2.^[1]

Testament of Youth
Genre	Drama
Based on	Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
Screenplay by	Elaine Morgan
Directed by	Moira Armstrong
Starring	Cheryl Campbell Peter Woodward Joanna McCallum Emrys James Jane Wenham Rosalie Crutchley
Theme music composer	Geoffrey Burgon
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producer	Jonathan Powell
Running time	275 minutes
Production companies	BBC, London Film Productions
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	4 November (1979-11-04) – 2 December 1979 (1979-12-02)

The series stars Cheryl Campbell as Vera Brittain, an independent young woman from Buxton, Derbyshire, who abandons her studies at Somerville College, Oxford University to become a volunteer nurse. It features Peter Woodward as Roland Leighton, Joanna McCallum as Winifred Holtby and Emrys James and Jane Wenham as Vera's parents.^[2]

The series won five British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA), including for Best Drama Series or Serial. As well as her BAFTA, Campbell received a Best Actress award from the Broadcasting Press Guild.^[3] Elaine Morgan was honoured with the Writer of the Year award from the Royal Television Society for her serialisation.^[4]

Cast

• Cheryl Campbell as Vera Brittain
• Emrys James as Mr. Brittain
• Jane Wenham as Mrs. Brittain
• Peter Woodward as Roland Leighton
• Rupert Frazer as Edward Brittain
• Rosalie Crutchley as Miss Penrose
• Michael Troughton as Victor Richardson
• Geoffrey Burridge as Geoffrey Thurlow
• Frances Tomelty as Sister Hope Milroy
• Jane Booker as Nurse Sally
• Tricia George as Betty
• Joanna Foster as Theresa
• June Tobin as Mrs. Leighton
• Victor Lucas as Mr. Leighton
• Joanna McCallum as Winifred Holtby

See also

• Testament of Youth (film)