Testament of Youth (TV series)

*Testament of Youth*
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 –; 2 December 1979

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]

Cast

^ "Testament of Youth: 1: Buxton 1913". 4 November 1979. p. 41 – via BBC Genome.
^ "Testament of Youth; Part 5: 1918 (1979)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
^ Scott, Will (20 January 2003). "Cheryl Campbell: interviewed January 2003". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ Hitt, Carolyn (10 January 2019). "Hidden Heroines: Could Elaine Morgan win statue vote?". BBC News. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

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