Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

All Episodes 1989 - 1990

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  • 1990-01-10T00:00:00Z
  • 55m
  • 2h 45m (3 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.

4 episodes

1989-12-27T00:00:00Z

Special 1 A Preview

Special 1 A Preview

  • 1989-12-27T00:00:00Z55m

Novelist Jeanette Winterson describes how the account of her unusual childhood has been turned into a three-part drama.

Series Premiere

1990-01-10T00:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 1990-01-10T00:00:00Z55m

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

1990-01-17T00:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 1990-01-17T00:00:00Z55m

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.

1990-01-24T00:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 1990-01-24T00:00:00Z55m

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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