Series synopsis
Jam and Jerusalem is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC One on November 24, 2006. It ended on August 23, 2009. It was created by Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French. It stars Salima Saxton, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French and Maggie Steed.
The Women's Guild is an organisation in the small town of Clatterford St. Mary that aims to promote truth, justice, tolerance and fellowship. Or maybe it's just an excuse for good, old-fashioned gossip. Regardless, meetings feature discussions and visiting speakers. The Guild is the center of life in Clatterford, which has a good cross-section of people, local shops and a late-night convenience store.
Premise
The Women's Guild is an organisation in the small town of Clatterford St. Mary that aims to promote truth, justice, tolerance and fellowship. Or maybe it's just an excuse for good, old-fashioned gossip. Regardless, meetings feature discussions and visiting speakers. The Guild is the center of life in Clatterford, which has a good cross-section of people, local shops and a late-night convenience store.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Salima Saxton as Yasmeen Vine
- Jennifer Saunders as Caroline Martin
- Dawn French as Rosie Bales
- Maggie Steed as Eileen Pike (née Brewer)
- Sue Johnston as Sal Vine
- Pauline McLynn as Tippi Haddem
- Rosie Cavaliero as Kate Bales
- David Mitchell as Dr. James Vine
Supporting cast
- Joanna Lumley as Delilah Stagg
- Sally Phillips as Natasha 'Tash' Vine
- Suzy Aitchison as Susie
- Simon Farnaby as Samuel 'Spike' Pike
- Doreen Mantle as Queenie
Guest cast
- Hywel Bennett as Dr. Mike Vine
- Menna Trussler as Megan Boyd
- Freya Edmondson as Freya Martin
- Thomas Assafuah as Raph
- Hazel John as Pauline
- Nigel Lindsay as Marcus
- Robbie Richardson as Colin Haddem
- Simon Saunders as Simon the Bartender
- Howard Coggins as Grocer
- George Lyon Smith as Eileen's Father
- Patrick Barlow as Vicar
- Wendy Hill as Old Woman
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 19 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 7 | November 24, 2006 | December 30, 2006 |
| Season 2 | 6 | January 1, 2008 | February 1, 2008 |
| Season 3 | 6 | August 9, 2009 | August 23, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sudden Death Sal's husband dies and at the funeral her son James announces he is firing her from the family owned clinic. Sal joins the local Women's Guild to pass her time, as does Kate the bereavement councillor. |
November 24, 2006 |
| 2 |
Tea Room When the Women's Guild decide they want a coffee room at the local church, they hold a 'bring and buy' sale to pay for the health and safety standards. |
December 1, 2006 |
| 3 |
Beating the Bounds When Sal and Tip discover that Eileen is adopted through the website "Genes Reunited", they give Eileen the phone number a blood relative. She is initially angry at the discovery, but this soon fades to happiness when she learns she has a brother. |
December 8, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Website As the first anniversary of Mike's death approaches, Sal tells James how much she misses him. Sal teaches James how to be compassionate with his patients and Tash gets a job in tele sales. Meanwhile, the Guild launch a website and hold a Victorian tea so they can put the some photos on the website. However, Kate and Eileen argue over who will make the website. Delilah flies off her bike and is rushed to hospital. |
January 1, 2008 |
| 2 |
Festival Eileen believes that Sal and Susie are trying to overthrow her as president of the guild when really Sal's just trying to get Susie a pregnancy testing kit without the rest of the village being aware of her plan. And Tash is horrified when Spike buys a ticket to Glastonbury instead of sneaking in with her like normal. |
January 4, 2008 |
| 3 |
Rambling Sal organises a ramble for the guild and tries to make Spike and Tash get together but Spike gets the wrong idea. After bumping into the reverend who's with a lady friend, the group get stuck under sudden fog and Sal gets confronted about mothering Tash too much. |
January 11, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Easter Sal discovers an old planning application to convert the barn in the field behind her house and, despite the fact that it is officially too late to object, she enlists the help of the Guild in an effort to stop the development. |
August 9, 2009 |
| 2 |
Working from Home Sal runs a surgery from her house for elderly patients who don't want to go to the doctor. Jock, who is in charge of the building works, gets the idea, thanks to Rosie, that Sal is a prostitute because so many men are visiting her. He tells James, who fears it will ruin his chance of running for M.P. He is no happier when he learns that his mother is dispensing medicine, though Yasmeen takes it well. All is cleared up apart from the matter of the vicar, who came to Sal for sleeping pills, nodded off overnight and is discovered minus his trousers. |
August 9, 2009 |
| 3 |
Dinner Party When Caroline is planning a dinner party for husband John and his friends from London, her attempts to enlist Rosie to help lead her to mistakenly think she is being invited, resulting in an extremely awkward evening when travel troubles result in Sal, the Vicar and Suzie being the only other guests at the party. Meanwhile, Jock's attempt to apologise for an unfortunate remark gives Sal yet another problem. |
August 16, 2009 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | BBC One |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 24, 2006 |
| Last aired | August 23, 2009 |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 20:00:00 |