Testament_of_Youth_(TV_series)

<i>Testament of Youth</i> (TV series)

Testament of Youth (TV series)

1979 British television drama series

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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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Testament of Youth: 1: Buxton 1913". 4 November 1979. p. 41 – via BBC Genome.
  2. [2]
    "Testament of Youth; Part 5: 1918 (1979)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021.
  3. [3]
    Scott, Will (20 January 2003). "Cheryl Campbell: interviewed January 2003". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. [4]
    Hitt, Carolyn (10 January 2019). "Hidden Heroines: Could Elaine Morgan win statue vote?". BBC News. Retrieved 26 November 2020.


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