TV series

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

1990 · 1 season

A tender, bittersweet coming-of-age story with a sharp eye for religious hypocrisy and a warm, lived-in sense of time and place.

Overview: Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and satirical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, identity, faith, family
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
faith
family
sexuality
Places: small town
home
school
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild