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''Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'' is a 1990
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, directed by
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wrote the screenplay, adapting her semi-autobiographical first novel of the same name (published 1985). The
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produced and screened three episodes, running to a total of 2 hours and 45 minutes. The series was released on DVD in 2005. The series won the BAFTA award for Best Drama.


Storyline

Charlotte Coleman Charlotte Ninon Coleman (3 April 1968 – 14 November 2001) was an English actress best known for playing Scarlett in the film ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'', Jess in the television drama '' Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'', and her childhood ...
starred as Jess, a girl growing up in a
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household in Accrington,
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, England in the 1970s, who comes to understand that she is a lesbian. The allegorical fairytales that are woven into the novel do not appear on the screen. Miss Jewsbury's love-making with the underage Jess, which appears in the novel, was also excluded. Even with these cuts, the series caused controversy when shown due to the remaining lesbian sex scenes and its portrayal of the Elim Pentecostal faith.


Cast

* Jess -
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* Small Jess - Emily Aston * Jess's mother -
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* Pastor Finch -
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* William - Peter Gordon * Cissy - Barbara Hicks * Elsie - Margery Withers * May -
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* Mrs Green - Freda Dowie * Miss Jewsbury -
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* Jess's real mum - Sophie Thursfield * Mrs Arkwright - Pam Ferris * Mrs Virtue -
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* Mrs Vole - Sharon Bower * Doctor -
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* Gypsy - Kay Clayton * Church Pianist - Tamar Swade * Melanie - Cathryn Bradshaw * Graham -
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* Katy - Tania Rodrigues * Nurse - Suzanne Hall


Awards

The series won the BAFTA award for Best Drama. In 1991, via the PBS network, the series won the
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. In 2010, ''
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'' ranked the serial at number 8 in their list of "The Top 50 TV Dramas of All Time".


Further reading

* Hallam, J. & Marshment, M. "Framing Experience: Case Studies in the Reception of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" ''Screen'' No. 36, 1995: pp. 1–15 * Hinds, H. (
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1996) "''Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit'': reaching audiences other lesbian texts cannot reach" In: J. Corner & S. Harvey (eds) ''Television Times: A Reader'' London: Arnold, pp. 98–110;


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