Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

1990

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Season 1 episodes (3)

1 Episode 1

1/10/90

Adopted at birth, seven-year-old Jess has been brought up to preach the Gospel in her small town. Her domineering and fervently religious mother is raising her to become a missionary and is determined to keep her away from the Devil's influence.

2 Episode 2

1/17/90

Jess is now 16 and her life is about to change forever. She meets and falls in love with Melanie, who converts to the Pentecostal faith so that she can be with Jess. Mother begins to suspect that the Devil is within, and subjects Jess a terrifying ritual of exorcism.

3 Episode 3

1/24/90

Jess, now a year older, and a lot wiser, recovers from the loss of her lover by falling for Katy. Realising her old life has finally come to an end; to be free Jess must separate from the church, her hometown and her mother.

About this show

Adapted from Jeanette Winterson's acclaimed novel, this BAFTA-winning drama is the story of a young girl discovering her sexuality against a backdrop of religious fervour and small-town prejudice. Adopted at birth by a charismatic Evangelist, Jess grows up in 1960s northern England to find she is part of a larger plan. She has been ordained by Pastor Finch and her mother to spread God's word as a missionary. But forbidden passion in her teens brings Jess into conflict with all she's been taught to believe. Her mother begins to suspect that the Devil is within, and must be flushed out.

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