Genre: | Drama |
Screenplay: | Elaine Morgan |
Director: | Moira Armstrong |
Starring: | Cheryl Campbell Peter Woodward Joanna McCallum Emrys James Jane Wenham Rosalie Crutchley |
Theme Music Composer: | Geoffrey Burgon |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Num Series: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 5 |
Producer: | Jonathan Powell |
Runtime: | 275 minutes |
Network: | BBC |
Company: | BBC, London Film Productions |
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]
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]