Testament of Youth (TV series)

Testament of Youth
Genre Drama
Based on Testament of Youth
by Vera Brittain
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(s) English
No. of series 1
No. of episodes 5
Production
Producer(s) Jonathan Powell
Running time 275 minutes
Production company(s) London Film Productions
Release
Original network BBC
Original release 4 November (1979-11-04) – 2 December 1979 (1979-12-02)

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.

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.

The series won five British Academy Television Awards (BAFTA). As well as her BAFTA, Campbell received a Best Actress awards from the Broadcasting Press Guild.[1]

References

  1. Will Scott (20 January 2003). "Cheryl Campbell: interviewed January 2003". Dorset Echo. Retrieved May 1, 2016.


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