British Comedy Guide
Jam & Jerusalem. Image shows from L to R: Rosie Bales (Dawn French), Sal Vine (Sue Johnston). Copyright: BBC
Jam & Jerusalem

Jam & Jerusalem

  • TV comedy drama / sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 2006 - 2009
  • 16 episodes (3 series)

A comedy drama about the members of a Women's Guild in a small West Country village called Clatterford. Stars Sue Johnston, Pauline McLynn, Maggie Steed, Sally Phillips, David Mitchell and more.

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Jam & Jerusalem. Image shows from L to R: Queenie (Doreen Mantle), Hillary (Patrick Barlow), Eileen Pike (Maggie Steed), Sal Vine (Sue Johnston), Tip Haddam (Pauline McLynn), Caroline Martin (Jennifer Saunders), Rosie Bales (Dawn French). Copyright: BBC

Key details

Genres
Comedy Drama, Sitcom
Broadcast
2006 - 2009
Channel
BBC One
Episodes
16 (3 series)
Stars
Sue Johnston, Pauline McLynn, Maggie Steed, Sally Phillips, David Mitchell, Salima Saxton, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and more
Writers
Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson
Director
Mandie Fletcher
Producers
Jo Sargent, Pete Thornton, Francis Gilson, Jon Plowman and Nerys Evans
Company

Set in a small West Country village, Jam & Jerusalem follows the lives of the members of the local Women's Guild.

When her husband dies suddenly of a heart attack, Sal finds herself surrounded by the community - all offering tea and sympathy. But when her son James announces at the funeral that, as he is taking over the practice, his wife will be the village nurse, Sal finds herself not only widowed but out of a job.

As the community sympathy falls off, Sal feels neglected and alone and in a bid to stop rattling around her empty house and avoid the local Grieving Group counsellor, she decides it's time to take her own advice - stop sleeping in the dog basket, get a hair cut and a new top, take stock of her new life - and the Women's Guild is a good place to start.

Additional details

Also known as
  • Clatterford (Foreign title)
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Music by The Kinks. The theme tune is The Village Green Preservation Society by Kate Rusby.

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 24th November 2006 at 9:30pm on BBC One
Most recent repeats

Recording details

  • Pinewood Studios - Interiors.
  • North Tawton and Dartmoor - Locations.

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