Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1989)

Recommended

UK

Television Mini-Series

Director: Beeban Kidron

Writer: Jeanette Winterson

Cinematographer: Ian Punter

Composer: Rachel Portman

Cast: Charlotte Coleman, Emily Aston, Geraldine McEwan, Kenneth Cranham, Celia Imrie, Margery Withers, Cathryn Bradshaw, Tania Rodrigues, Freda Dowie, Elizabeth Spriggs

A young girl with a shock of red hair, brought up by her fanatical Pentecostal adoptive mother in a sleepy Lancashire town, struggles to find her own way in life – that of a young lesbian – against the repressive nature of her surroundings, in this gently humorous though occasionally harrowing BBC drama, which benefits greatly from some strong performances, though the editing sometimes jars. Iain.Stott