Jam (2000)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Chris Morris
Various / Creator / Music / Sound Designer / Producer / Director / Sound Designer / Music
Kevin Eldon
Various / Writer
Mark Heap
Various / Writer
David Cann
Various
Julia Davis
Various
Amelia Bullmore
Various / Writer
Philippa Catt
Line Producer
John Whitehall
Utility Sound
Paul Barlow
Gaffer
Clive Sait
Electrician
Tim Youngman
Dressing Prop
James Grimes
Grip
Adrian Sutton
Sound Designer / Music / Sound Designer / Music
Ed Suter
Location Manager
Dick Lunn
Art Direction
Jess Kitley
Property Buyer
Kevin Jones
Dresser
James Feltham
Colorist
Georgina Warrington
Production Runner
Marvyn Young
Editor
Christine Cant
Makeup Designer / Hair Designer / Makeup Designer / Hair Designer
Rebecca Neale
Researcher
Juliette Tomes
Makeup Artist
Sean Clayton
Second Assistant Director
Kevin Hedges
Carpenter
Michael Plumley
Electrician
Christine Moses
Script Supervisor
Alex McLeod
Production Coordinator
Clayton Lonie Jr.
Online Editor
Jodi Moore
Location Assistant
Sally Debonnaire
Head of Production
Andy Hollis
Director of Photography
Paul de Csernatony
Property Master
Giles Gale
Dresser
Melanie Levack
Wardrobe Supervisor
Dennis De Groot
Production Design
Tristram Shapeero
First Assistant Director
Nigel Heath
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Laurie Griffiths
Carpenter
John A. Parry
Sound Recordist
Morag Webster
Unit Medic
Edward Sharpe
Third Assistant Director
Michala Jermy
Props
Nigel Pinhay
Props
Julian Slater
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Fincham
Executive Producer
Mathew Wood
Editor
Stuart Clayton
Focus Puller
John Crossland
Sound Engineer
Chris Cheshire
Director of Photography
Ian Biggs
Clapper Loader
Alf Tramontin
Steadicam Operator
Chris Hyde
Camera Operator
Casper Leaver
Clapper Loader
Jeff Hewitt-Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Terry Forrestal
Stunts
Ian Willis
Animal Wrangler
Tom Delmar
Stunt Coordinator
Julian Spencer
Stunts
Carol Jones
Animal Wrangler
Paul Herbert
Stunts
Trevor Smith
Animal Wrangler
Gary Powell
Stunts
Andy Little
Unit Medic
Jamie Edgell
Stunt Coordinator
Sue Broom
Animal Wrangler
David London
Animal Wrangler
Tony Lucken
Stunts
Billy Sneddon
Editor
Dirk Greene
Online Editor
Adrian Jacques
Sound Engineer
Michael Fentum
Sound Editor
Alex Marsden
Sound Recordist
David Quantick
Writer
Jane Bussmann
Writer
Graham Linehan
Writer
Arthur Mathews
Writer
Robert Kilroy-Silk
Self (archive footage)
Anna Carteret
Mother of Woman Who Can't Feel Her Cock
Lorelei King
American Porn Actress
Robert Katz
Maggot Mouth / Writer
Roz McCutcheon
Singing Woman
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Details.
This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Jam is a British experimental black comedy sketch show, created, co-written, produced and directed by Chris Morris. It was broadcast on Channel 4 between 23 March and 27 April 2000. It was based on the earlier BBC Radio 1 show, Blue Jam, and consists of an unconnected series of disturbing and surreal sketches, unfolding over an ambient soundtrack. Many of the sketches re-used the original radio soundtracks with the actors lip-synching their lines, an unusual technique which added to the programme's unsettling atmosphere, and featured unorthodox use of visual effects and sound manipulation.
The sketches themselves would often begin with a simple premise, e.g. two parents showing indifference to the whereabouts of their young child, and then escalate it with ever-more disturbing developments (the parents being phoned to come and identify the child's corpse, but asking if it can instead be taxied to their home, as they do not want to interrupt their evening). The cast, composed of actors Morris had worked with in his early satirical shows, such as The Day Today and Brass Eye, included Amelia Bullmore, David Cann, Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon and Mark Heap, as well as occasional appearances from Morris himself.
Morris introduced each episode in the style of a surreal compère, reading free-form poetry over a nightmarish montage, often depicting someone as their life spirals out of control (for instance, one montage sees an unkempt man drinking from a bottle in a bag as he walks down the street, before being kidnapped by "dung-breathed men" and forced to wrestle pigs in the Fens).
Jam was co-written by Peter Baynham, with additional material contributed by Jane Bussmann, David Quantick, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews and the cast themselves. The show perplexed audiences and critics on its initial broadcast. Some hailed it as breakthrough, daringly original television, while others dismissed it as merely sickening and juvenile.