
Overview
Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Cast

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
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Keywords
christianityenglandbased on novel or book1970sfamily relationshipscoming of agelgbtlgbt teenwoman directorpentecostalismadopted daughter
Seasons
Specials1 episodes1989
Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/3/2026










