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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

★ 6.6/10•1990•55m•12•Drama
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Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.

Beeban Kidron · Director

Jeanette Winterson · Writer

StatusEnded
Runtime55m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 10, 1990

Episodes

E155m

Episode 1

Seven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.

Jan 10, 1990

E255m

Episode 2

Jess, now 16, meets Melanie and falls in love. The pastor, the congregation and Jess's mother begin to suspect, culminating in a devastating denouement in front of a packed congregation. Pastor Finch demands that they renounce their passion for each other and turn their backs on Satan.

Jan 17, 1990

E355m

Episode 3

Jess, one year older and seemingly rehabilitated, returns to grace, taking Pastor Finch's sermon at the Blackpool Beach Mission. She meets Katy who replaces Melanie in her affections when it becomes obvious that Melanie has put the past behind her. Her one true friend Elsie is ailing and Cissy Fields, the local undertaker, takes her in when Mother and flock disown her, finally deciding that she is lost. But Jess dreams of books and Oxford.

Jan 24, 1990

Actors

Charlotte Coleman

Charlotte Coleman

Jess

Geraldine McEwan

Geraldine McEwan

Mother

Emily Aston

Emily Aston

Small Jess

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Pastor Finch

Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

May

Cathryn Bradshaw

Cathryn Bradshaw

Melanie

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

Miss Jewsbury

Freda Dowie

Freda Dowie

Mrs Green

Barbara Hicks

Barbara Hicks

Cissy

David Thewlis

David Thewlis

Doctor

Pam Ferris

Pam Ferris

Mrs Arkwright

Margery Withers

Elsie

Peter Gordon

William

Tamar Swade

Church Pianist

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