Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Limited Series 1990 · 3 eps · ★ 6.6 · Drama

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Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.

Directed by Beeban Kidron · Written by Jeanette Winterson

Network: BBC Two

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