Jam
β 8.1 Β· 2000 Β· 24m Β· Comedy
Adapted from Blue Jam, a late night radio show, Jam consists of six shows featuring dark humour and unsettling sketches unfolding over an ambient soundtrack. From the mind of Chris Morris.
Episodes
1. Jam 1: chemotherapy wigRobert Kilroy Silk loses his mind, a man picks up his car from the garage only to find it is only four feet long, a suicidal man jumps off a first-floor balcony forty times rather than once off the top of the building, and an agency provides thick people for jobs that thick people are particularly good at.
2. Jam 2: astonishing sod apeA woman calls a plumber to fix her dead baby, porn stars are afflicted by a deadly disease called "the gush", a man is buried alive because he doesn't want to die in his old age, and Mr Ventham goes to a therapist to find out what he should do on Saturday evening.
3. Jam 3: oooohmhuhhhhA couple calls a repairman to deal with the lizards coming out of their television, a woman farts on her secretary's head rather than give one of her employees a pay raise, Mr Ventham can't find his wallet, and a man tries to hold up a shop with a gun in his stomach.
4. Jam 4: arrested for copying dogsA doctor takes up phone sex to raise money for a young girl with cancer, Mr. Ventham's chin is a bit hot, a six-year-old girl helps a man get rid of a dead body, and a couple whose baby was miscarried is given the gift of a small coffin by their neighbour.
5. Jam 5: fussfussfussfussfussfussfussA woman's unorthodox method of acupuncture tends to leave her patients dead, a man tries to hold up a shop but forgets the axe he was going to use, a doctor blinds himself to get out of explaining an unusual prescription, and a very uninterested couple deal with the disappearance of their son.
6. Jam 6: born dead through your own arseA woman tricks a man into "raping" her, two parents believe their daughter is really a 45-year-old man trapped in a little girl's body, a couple have an extremely bizarre sexual encounter, and a doctor insists there is nothing wrong with wetting yourself.More Like This
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