About
Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Cast
Charlotte Coleman
as Jess
Geraldine McEwan
as Mother
Emily Aston
as Small Jess
Kenneth Cranham
as Pastor Finch
Elizabeth Spriggs
as May
Cathryn Bradshaw
as Melanie
Celia Imrie
as Miss Jewsbury
Freda Dowie
as Mrs Green
Barbara Hicks
as Cissy
David Thewlis
as Doctor
Pam Ferris
as Mrs Arkwright
Margery Withers
as Elsie
Peter Gordon
as William
Tamar Swade
as Church Pianist
Seasons
Episodes
Miniseries
Episode 1
Seven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.
Episode 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.
Episode 3
Jess, one year older and seemingly rehabilitated, returns to grace, taking Pastor Finch's sermon at the Blackpool Beach Mission. She meets Katy who replaces Melanie in her affections when it becomes obvious that Melanie has put the past behind her. Her one true friend Elsie is ailing and Cissy Fields, the local undertaker, takes her in when Mother and flock disown her, finally deciding that she is lost. But Jess dreams of books and Oxford.
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