Series
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Drama
Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Episode 110 Jan 1990 · 55m · ★ 7.0Seven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
- 2Episode 217 Jan 1990 · 55m · ★ 8.0Jess, 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.
- 3Episode 324 Jan 1990 · 55m · ★ 5.0Jess, 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.
Details
- First aired
- 10 Jan 1990
- Last aired
- 24 Jan 1990
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Two
- Episodes
- 3
- Votes
- 27 on TMDB
Cast
Charlotte ColemanJess
Geraldine McEwanMother
Emily AstonSmall Jess
Kenneth CranhamPastor Finch
Elizabeth SpriggsMay
Cathryn BradshawMelanie
Celia ImrieMiss Jewsbury
Freda DowieMrs Green
Barbara HicksCissy
David ThewlisDoctor
Pam FerrisMrs Arkwright- MMargery WithersElsie
- PPeter GordonWilliam
- TTamar SwadeChurch Pianist
