Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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EP1 Episode 1 Jan 10, 1990

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

EP2 Episode 2 Jan 17, 1990

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.

EP3 Episode 3 Jan 24, 1990

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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Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.

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  • Top Credited Cast
Emily Aston as Small Jess
Kenneth Cranham as Pastor Finch
Cathryn Bradshaw as Melanie
Celia Imrie as Miss Jewsbury
Barbara Hicks as Cissy
David Thewlis as Doctor
Pam Ferris as Mrs Arkwright