Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

★ 6.6/10 TMDB Premiered 1990-01-10 1 season 3 eps

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

Last Episode Aired 1990-01-24
S1E3 — 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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Billed Cast
Charlotte Coleman
Charlotte Coleman
Jess
Geraldine McEwan
Geraldine McEwan
Mother
Emily Aston
Emily Aston
Small Jess
Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham
Pastor Finch
Elizabeth Spriggs
Elizabeth Spriggs
May
Cathryn Bradshaw
Cathryn Bradshaw
Melanie
Celia Imrie
Celia Imrie
Miss Jewsbury
Freda Dowie
Freda Dowie
Mrs Green
Barbara Hicks
Barbara Hicks
Cissy
David Thewlis
David Thewlis
Doctor
Pam Ferris
Pam Ferris
Mrs Arkwright
Margery Withers
Elsie
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