Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990)
Synopsis
Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
First Air Date: 1990-01-10
Last Air Date: 1990-01-24
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 3
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Charlotte Coleman as Jess
- Geraldine McEwan as Mother
- Emily Aston as Small Jess
- Kenneth Cranham as Pastor Finch
- Elizabeth Spriggs as May
- Cathryn Bradshaw as Melanie
- Celia Imrie as Miss Jewsbury
- Freda Dowie as Mrs Green
- Barbara Hicks as Cissy
- David Thewlis as Doctor
Seasons
None (1990)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: 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.
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Ep. 2: 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.
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Ep. 3: 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.
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