British Drama: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

BEST EPISODES:
Episode 2 (1990)

ORANGES ARE NOT
THE ONLY FRUIT

(1990)
3 episodes
Series Score: 20
Episode Average: 6.67
Perfect 10's: 0

EPISODE 1

Originally broadcast: 10 January 1990
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Written by: Jeanette Winterton

Jess's adoptive mother prepares her for life as a Pentecostal missionary,
the pair head to a guest house in Morecambe to do the Lord's work, and the threat of a court summons sees her start school at the age of seven.

HOLY GODIVA 3 - ONION JACK 2
TOTAL: 5

EPISODE 2

Originally broadcast: 17 January 1990
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Written by: Jeanette Winterton

Jess gets talking to a girl who work at a fishmonger's stall on the market, her mother talks to her about the dangers of letting boys touch her, and spending a night at Elsie's gives her enough space to explore her desires.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 4
TOTAL: 8

EPISODE 3

Originally broadcast: 24 January 1990
Directed by: Beeban Kidron
Written by: Jeanette Winterton

Jess goes out and has fun with a girl she meets at a crusade in Blackpool,
Melanie causes trouble after announcing that she's getting married, and Cissy comes to the rescue when talk turns to running away from home.

HOLY GODIVA 4 - ONION JACK 3
TOTAL: 7

JESS DEBDEN

Played by Charlotte Coleman

JESS DEBDEN

Played by Emily Aston

MRS. DEBDEN

Played by Geraldine McEwan

PASTOR FINCH

Played by Kenneth Cranham

MELANIE

Played by Cathryn Bradshaw

ELSIE NORRIS

Played by Margery Withers

CISSY

Played by Barbara Hicks

MISS JANE JEWSBURY

Played by Celia Imrie

MRS. GREEN

Played by Freda Dowie

MAY

Played by Elizabeth Spriggs

MRS. NETTY ARKWRIGHT

Played by Pam Ferris

WILLIAM DEBDEN

Played by Peter Gordon

GRAHAM

Played by Richard Henders

KATY

Played by Tania Rodrigues