Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Name: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Genre: Drama
Released: 1990-01-10
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Charlotte Coleman, Geraldine McEwan, Emily Aston, Kenneth Cranham, Elizabeth Spriggs

6.5(26 votes)

1 Season

3 Episodes

January 10, 1990

Drama

Overview

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

Status

Ended

Network

BBC Two

Seasons & Episodes

Miniseries

January 10, 1990

Episodes

Episode 1

January 10, 199055m7.0

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

Episode 2

January 17, 199055m8.0

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.

Episode 3

January 24, 199055m5.0

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.