Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990·Drama·3 episodes
7.9
★
Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Created by Beeban Kidron
christianity
england
based on novel or book
1970s
family relationships
coming of age
lgbt
lgbt teen
woman director
pentecostalism
adopted daughter
IMDB
N/A
Seasons
Cast
Charlotte Coleman
Jess
Geraldine McEwan
Mother
Emily Aston
Small Jess
Kenneth Cranham
Pastor Finch
Elizabeth Spriggs
May
Cathryn Bradshaw
Melanie
Celia Imrie
Miss Jewsbury
Freda Dowie
Mrs Green
Barbara Hicks
Cissy
David Thewlis
Doctor
Pam Ferris
Mrs Arkwright
Crew
Beeban Kidron
Director
Jeanette Winterson
Writer
John Strickland
Editor
Jeanette Winterson
Novel
Rachel Portman
Music
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
Emma
7.0★ · 01/03/26
Striving to be as dramatic as the way Jess runs
Striving to be as dramatic as the way Jess runs
violette
10.0★ · 07/11/25
it has to be 5 stars because it’s linked to jeanette winterson.
my aldi mixed fruit juice matched the exact shade of jess hair which i thought was very fitting.
i feel she would like aldi and fruit juice (no oranges included)
jess recruiting the girls she fancied into the church is a level of boldness 21st century 16 year old gays just can’t achieve.
in my opinion elsie should of been god and mrs winterson and pastor spratt should of been dubbed a demon far more evil than any mediocre victim of “unnatural passions”
URGH i must admit i thought mrs jewsbury was hot BUT under sufferance because she was a certified pedophile (thankfully not explicitly included in the series) and was an awful advocate for her own rights
(i did love her red and black dress though)
KATY WAS ENDGAME i have to say. her wardrobe is basically my dream.
my aldi mixed fruit juice matched the exact shade of jess hair which i thought was very fitting.
i feel she would like aldi and fruit juice (no oranges included)
jess recruiting the girls she fancied into the church is a level of boldness 21st century 16 year old gays just can’t achieve.
in my opinion elsie should of been god and mrs winterson and pastor spratt should of been dubbed a demon far more evil than any mediocre victim of “unnatural passions”
URGH i must admit i thought mrs jewsbury was hot BUT under sufferance because she was a certified pedophile (thankfully not explicitly included in the series) and was an awful advocate for her own rights
(i did love her red and black dress though)
KATY WAS ENDGAME i have to say. her wardrobe is basically my dream.
it has to be 5 stars because it’s linked to jeanette winterson.
my aldi mixed fruit juice matched the exact shade of jess hair which i thought was very fitting.
i feel she would like aldi and fruit juice (no oranges included)
jess recruiting the girls she fancied into the church is a level of boldness 21st century 16 year old gays just can’t achieve.
in my opinion elsie should of been god and mrs winterson and pastor spratt should of been dubbed a demon far more evil than any mediocre victim of “unnatural passions”
URGH i must admit i thought mrs jewsbury was hot BUT under sufferance because she was a certified pedophile (thankfully not explicitly included in the series) and was an awful advocate for her own rights
(i did love her red and black dress though)
KATY WAS ENDGAME i have to say. her wardrobe is basically my dream.
my aldi mixed fruit juice matched the exact shade of jess hair which i thought was very fitting.
i feel she would like aldi and fruit juice (no oranges included)
jess recruiting the girls she fancied into the church is a level of boldness 21st century 16 year old gays just can’t achieve.
in my opinion elsie should of been god and mrs winterson and pastor spratt should of been dubbed a demon far more evil than any mediocre victim of “unnatural passions”
URGH i must admit i thought mrs jewsbury was hot BUT under sufferance because she was a certified pedophile (thankfully not explicitly included in the series) and was an awful advocate for her own rights
(i did love her red and black dress though)
KATY WAS ENDGAME i have to say. her wardrobe is basically my dream.
Bianca
10.0★ · 02/17/26
lil
6.0★ · 12/01/25