A Woman in Love and War: Vera Brittain was a television docudrama on the life of Vera Brittain and her experiences in the First World War. It was first broadcast on Remembrance Sunday 2008 on BBC One. It was presented by Jo Brand. The programme included interviews with Brittain's daughter Shirley Williams, Brittain's biographer Mark Bostridge, and Roland Leighton's nephew David Leighton.
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“Meek wifehood is no part of my profession;
I am your friend, but never your possession.”
—Vera Brittain (1896–1970)
“A woman can look both moral and exciting—if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.”
—Edna Ferber (1887–1968)
“Hereafter, in a better world than this,
I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Life’s like a ball game. You gotta take a swing at whatever comes along before you wake up and find out it’s the ninth inning.”
—Martin Goldsmith, and Edgar G. Ulmer. Vera (Ann Savage)
“Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.”
—Vera Brittain (1896–1970)