Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a 1990 British television drama adaptation of Jeanette Winterson’s semi-autobiographical novel about a young lesbian woman raised in a strict Pentecostal community.

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instanceOf television drama
adaptationOf Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (novel)
authorOfSourceWork Jeanette Winterson
awarded BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series
basedOn Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (novel)
broadcastBy BBC
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Beeban Kidron
distributionFormat television broadcast
firstBroadcastYear 1990
format miniseries
genre LGBT-related television series
coming-of-age television series
drama
hasLGBTTheme true
leadCharacter Jeanette
medium television
numberOfEpisodes 3
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork BBC Two
productionCompany BBC
protagonistGender female
protagonistSexualOrientation lesbian
releaseYear 1990
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 50 minutes
screenwriter Jeanette Winterson
setting Northern England
starredActor Cathy Tyson
Charlotte Coleman
Elizabeth Spriggs
Emily Aston
Geraldine McEwan
Kenneth Cranham
subjectMatter Pentecostal Christianity
linked to: Pentecostalism

coming of age
lesbian identity
religious fundamentalism
targetAudience adult
theme conflict between sexuality and religion
family and community pressure
self-discovery
timePeriod 1970s

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Beeban Kidron notableWork Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Charlotte Coleman notableWork Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Geraldine McEwan notableWork Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson notableWork Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit basedOn Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (novel)
linked to: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit adaptationOf Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (novel)
linked to: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit