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''Jam'' is a postmodern British sketch comedy TV series created, written and directed by Chris Morris, and was broadcast on Channel 4 during March and April 2000. It was based on the earlier BBC Radio 1 show ''Blue Jam'', and consists of a series of unsettling 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. The cast, which comprised people who Morris had worked with on his earlier TV work such as ''The Day Today'' and ''Brass Eye'', included Amelia Bullmore, David Cann, Julia Davis, the actor Kevin Eldon and Mark Heap, as well as occasional appearances from Morris himself. It was co-written by Peter Baynham, with additional material contributed by Jane Bussmann, David Quantick, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews and the cast. == Structure == The show is considered in some circles as much as a horror as it is a comedy, even coming in at number 26 on Channel 4's ''100 Greatest Scary Moments'', managing to beat other more famous horrors such as ''Carrie'' and ''The Silence of the Lambs''. There were no opening titles to the show. Instead, they would begin with a strange and often disturbing monologue by Morris along with appropriate images. They usually concerned someone finding their paranoid fears being made real or some other bizarre happenings, such as a man waking up to find his body is that of a living spinal column (with Morris's dispassionate dialogue reading "...and when you wake up, wondering where you are, only to find that the rest of you is wondering where you've gone") or a man visiting his bank's safe deposit vaults in order to feed a baby he apparently keeps in his lockbox ("when dreadful duty leads you to the place where you have stored it"). Morris would then declare "Then welcome", followed by a nonsensical sentence (e.g. "Ooh, astonishing sod ape") before finally announcing "Welcome... in Jam." The word "Jam" would never be said normally; it would either be heavily distorted, said in a strange fashion or just screamed at the viewer, usually repeatedly. The series consisted of six twenty-minute episodes, and, unusually for a TV show on a commercial channel, had no advert break in the middle. Some reports claim this was because no company would want their products associated with the show. However, Morris has said that he asked Channel 4 to broadcast it without a break in order not to spoil the atmosphere. Sketches often had a documentary feel to them, with the characters acting as if they were being interviewed about recent events. When the DVD of the series was released, the show's website www.jamcredits.co.uk changed and offered a link to a long sound file containing the thumping sound of heavy artillery, which it is suggested is played while watching the programme to simulate surround sound. The series had a late-night remix version during the ''4Later'' slot, entitled ''Jaaaaam''. Its audiovisual distortions of the original series introduced the musical remix concept to British television. Due to an apparent mix-up, the fifth ''Jaaaaam'' was substituted with episode six. The following week the original ''Jam'' version of episode five was screened in the ''Jaaaaam'' slot. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jam (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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