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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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

Jan 10, 19901 seasons3 episodesEndedEN

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Charlotte Coleman

Jess

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Geraldine McEwan

Mother

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Emily Aston

Small Jess

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Kenneth Cranham

Pastor Finch

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Elizabeth Spriggs

May

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Cathryn Bradshaw

Melanie

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Celia Imrie

Miss Jewsbury

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Freda Dowie

Mrs Green

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Barbara Hicks

Cissy

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David Thewlis

Doctor

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Pam Ferris

Mrs Arkwright

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Seasons

Miniseries

3 episodes

Premiered Jan 10, 1990

Episodes

1–3 of 3

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Ep 1

Episode 1

Jan 10, 1990

55m

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

Jan 17, 1990

55m

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

Jan 24, 1990

55m

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.