oranges are not the only fruit (part 3) - 5

[exeuroweenie]

"Such a relief he were dead";lol.

[basiacomeout]

What a delightful film! thank you for posting this!

[bennith]

aha. i know at least 4 of the people in the 'salvation army band'

good old Stacksteads Band! :)

[damesterdam]

I want the tune at 09:00 as ringtone.

[alanthedrum]

I'd forgotten about this. The TV series was brilliant.

I'm off to see if I can get it on DVD.

[Lavendergaljackie2]

@alanthedrum

I got the DVD on Ebay a few years back, have a look there. Yes I agree it was a brilliant series.

[ococlaire]

OMG! She's so beautiful!

[travislegolas]

hehe war of the street bands! Salvation army get's my vote!

[travislegolas]

Jessica deserved to get a place at oxford!

[namatamago3000]

"Only the best for Elsie."

She was lucky, Jess was, to have Elsie and Cissy and the vermin-killer woman. And she was lucky to have Miss Jewsbury -- and vice versa.

[permissiontorock1]

Haha " He's quiet but he's deep" hahahah!

[imperfections88]

the book rocks! but why did they change it the name to jess? =(

xxx

[SomniaAlondra]

@imperfections88

I think it was because it was almost Jeanette Winterson's autobiography, and she didn't expect it to be so popular (she wrote it whilst she was at Oxford). When they made this, she probably realised she wanted a bit of distance (so people stopped assuming it was completely true and associating her with the main character) so when she wrote the screenplay she changed the name. Winterson seems to be a pretty private person, that's why I think this...

[fauxsham]

@SomniaAlondra have you read her autobiography? Its called "why be happy when you can be normal?" was just done on BBC R4 with Winterson reading it. Quite illuminating and very good. It sheds a bit of a light on this story.

[Nivaeli]

Nah, it's viewable. Try refreshing your screen or clearing your history.

[amapuella]

Is anybody else not able to view this vid?