Drama
Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Top-rated
Wed,
17 Jan, 1990
S1.E2Episode 2
Jess, now 16, meets Melanie and falls in love. The pastor, the congregation and Jess's mother begin to suspect, culminating in a devastating denouement in front of a packed congregation. Pastor Finch demands that they renounce their passion for each other and turn their backs on Satan.
Top-rated
Wed,
10 Jan, 1990
S1.E1Episode 1
Seven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Geraldine McEwan
Mother
Emily Aston
Small Jess
Kenneth Cranham
Pastor Finch
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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