BBC One presents

Testament of Youth

created by Jonathan Powell

“A time when war overshadowed everything but hope”

19791 seasonCompletedNRDrama

BBC One presents

Testament of Youth

created by Jonathan Powell

“A time when war overshadowed everything but hope”

19791 seasonCompletedNRDrama

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Drama · War & Politics

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.