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Testament of Youth : Season 1
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Air date: 04 Nov '79 - 5 episodesA 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.
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List of Episodes (5)
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Testament of Youth (1979)
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1. Buxton 1913
04 Nov '79In Part 1, war is a remote prospect as 18-year-old Vera dreams of escaping the stuffiness of her parents' house and attending Oxford.
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Testament of Youth (1979)
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2. Buxton 1914
11 Nov '79Vera decides to become a nurse and Roland is sent to the front.
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3. 1915
18 Nov '79Vera is anxiously awaiting Roland's Christmas visit.
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Testament of Youth (1979)
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4. 1917
25 Nov '79Vera requests to be sent to a hospital at the French front.
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Testament of Youth (1979)
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5. 1918
02 Dec '79The war is over and a shattered Vera returns to Oxford.
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