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