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Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Seasons
Season 0 (1989)1
Season 1 (1990)3
Keywords
christianity
england
based on novel or book
1970s
family relationships
coming of age
lgbt
lgbt teen
woman director
pentecostalism
adopted daughter
Casts

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
Peter Gordon
William
Tamar Swade
Church Pianist
Crews

Jeanette Winterson
Novel

Beeban Kidron
Director

Jeanette Winterson
Writer
Phillippa Giles
Producer

Rachel Portman
Music