S01E01 Episode 1
Seven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
S01E03: 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.
Overview
Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
Jess, now 16, meets Melanie and falls in love. The pastor, the congregation and Jess's mother begin to suspect, culminating in a devastating denouement in front of a packed congregation. Pastor Finch demands that they...
S01E03 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...
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
Margery Withers
Elsie
