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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Episode 1

Duration: 54 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 10^th Jan 1990, 21:25 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Wed 29^th Jun 2022, 22:05 on BBC Four HD

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

Contributors

Small Jess:: Emily Aston
Mother:: Geraldine McEwan
William:: Peter Gordon
Cissy:: Barbara Hicks
Elsie:: Margery Withers
May:: Elizabeth Spriggs
Mrs Green:: Freda Dowie
Miss Jewsbury:: Celia Imrie
Jess' real mother:: Sophie Thursfield
Pastor Finch:: Kenneth Cranham
Mrs Arkwright:: Pam Ferris
Mrs Virtue:: Katy Murphy
Mrs Vole:: Sharon Bower
Doctor:: David Thewlis
Ice Cream Man:: Bill Rogers
Boy next door:: Darren Scott
Gypsy Woman:: Kay Clayton
Church Pianist:: Tamar Swade
Melanie:: Cathryn Bradshaw
Jess:: Charlotte Coleman
Writer:: Jeanette Winterson
Director:: Beeban Kidron
Producer:: Phillippa Giles

Genres

DramaRelationships & Romance

Series

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Source: BBC Online

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