![]() She’s forever asking awkward questions, often getting a clip around the ear for her trouble. Young Jess, played by Emily Aston, is adorable. The bold and blackly witty drama follows the early life of Jess, being raised by her Bible-bashing adoptive mother (Geraldine McEwan) in the Lancashire mill town of Accrington during the Sixties and Seventies. Clocking in at less than three hours, the three-part series is well worth revisiting – whether or not you were among the six million who tuned in at the time. As a tragicomic tale of forbidden love and religious rebellion, it has held up beautifully. ![]() This week marks the 30th anniversary of Jeanette Winterson’s triple Bafta-winning BBC adaptation of her semi-autobiographical debut novel. ![]() This week's blast from the past is Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (1990) ![]() Every Sunday, Michael Hogan picks the TV classics that you can now stream and rediscover. ![]()
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