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Episode 1

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Seven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.

54 minutes

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Wed 29 Jun 202222:05
BBC Four

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    Ralley Paris Dakar

Credits

Small JessEmily Aston
MotherGeraldine McEwan
WilliamPeter Gordon
CissyBarbara Hicks
ElsieMargery Withers
MayElizabeth Spriggs
Mrs GreenFreda Dowie
Miss JewsburyCelia Imrie
Jess' real motherSophie Thursfield
Pastor FinchKenneth Cranham
Mrs ArkwrightPam Ferris
Mrs VirtueKaty Murphy
Mrs VoleSharon Bower
DoctorDavid Thewlis
Ice Cream ManBill Rogers
Boy next doorDarren Scott
Gypsy WomanKay Clayton
Church PianistTamar Swade
MelanieCathryn Bradshaw
JessCharlotte Coleman
WriterJeanette Winterson
DirectorBeeban Kidron
ProducerPhillippa Giles

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