Oranges Are Not the Only FruitEpisode 1BBC Four Duration: 54 minutesFirst broadcast: Wed 10th Jan 1990, 21:25 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Wed 29th Jun 2022, 22:05 on BBC Four HDSeven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.ContributorsSmall Jess:Emily AstonMother:Geraldine McEwanWilliam:Peter GordonCissy:Barbara HicksElsie:Margery WithersMay:Elizabeth SpriggsMrs Green:Freda DowieMiss Jewsbury:Celia ImrieJess' real mother:Sophie ThursfieldPastor Finch:Kenneth CranhamMrs Arkwright:Pam FerrisMrs Virtue:Katy MurphyMrs Vole:Sharon BowerDoctor:David ThewlisIce Cream Man:Bill RogersBoy next door:Darren ScottGypsy Woman:Kay ClaytonChurch Pianist:Tamar SwadeMelanie:Cathryn BradshawJess:Charlotte ColemanWriter:Jeanette WintersonDirector:Beeban KidronProducer:Phillippa GilesGenresDramaRelationships & RomanceSeriesOranges Are Not the Only Fruit Source: BBC Online
