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Jam is a British experimental black comedy sketch show created by Chris Morris, composed of surreal, disturbing, and often taboo-breaking vignettes that unfold over an ambient soundtrack. Its unusual lip-synced delivery, dreamlike visuals, and boundary-pushing subject matter made it a distinctive, polarising work. Praised for its originality and daring style, it earned a BAFTA nomination, drew both acclaim and criticism, and retains a cult reputation for its unsettling atmosphere and bold artistic vision.

***Jam*** is a British [experimental](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_film) [black comedy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy) [sketch show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketch_show), created, co-written, produced and directed by [Chris Morris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Morris_(satirist)). It was broadcast on [Channel 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4) between 23 March and 27 April 2000. It was based on the earlier [BBC Radio 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_1) show, [*Blue Jam*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Jam), and consists of an unconnected series of disturbing, often perverse and surreal sketches, unfolding over an [ambient](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_music) soundtrack. Many of the sketches re-used the original radio soundtracks with the actors [lip-synching](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip-synching) their lines, an unusual technique which added to the programme's unsettling atmosphere, and featured unorthodox use of [visual effects](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_effects) and [sound manipulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_signal_processing#Audio_effects).

Morris introduced each episode in the style of a surreal [compère](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compere_(host)), reciting [free-form poetry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_verse) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fens)). 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, largely composed of actors Morris had worked with in his early satirical shows, such as [*The Day Today*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_Today) and [*Brass Eye*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye), included [Amelia Bullmore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Bullmore), David Cann, [Julia Davis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Davis), [Kevin Eldon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Eldon) and [Mark Heap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Heap), as well as occasional appearances from Morris himself.

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.



JAM Starring: Chris Morris, Mark Heap, Kevin Eldon, Amelia Bullmore, David Cann and Julia Davis.