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]
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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 |
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Producer | Jonathan Powell |
Running time | 275 minutes |
Production companies | BBC, London Film Productions |
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Original network | BBC |
Original 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). 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]
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