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Best Episodes of Jam and Jerusalem
Skirmish
S2 Ep4
9.0
18th Jan 2008
Rosie takes a turn for the worst after there's some problems at the cheese factory and refuses to leave her house. Whilst the village's annual war re-enactment is at risk of being cancelled due to health and safety risks.
Wedding
S2 Ep6
8.8
1st Feb 2008
Tash struggles to organise her immanent wedding to Spike and seeks help from her mother. Sal enlists the Guild to help create a magical Fairy Wedding for them.
Tea Room
S1 Ep2
8.8
1st Dec 2006
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.
Dinner Party
S3 Ep3
8.7
16th Aug 2009
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.
Rambling
S2 Ep3
8.6
11th Jan 2008
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.
Worst Episodes of Jam and Jerusalem
Sudden Death
S1 Ep1
6.2
24th Nov 2006
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.
Problem Daughter
S1 Ep4
6.7
15th Dec 2006
While Delilah gets her car stuck, Sal and Tash argue over Tash doing a circus skills cours. They later make up and at the surgery Tip cleverly comes up with a plan to get Sal her old job back.
New Beginnings
S3 Ep5
7.0
23rd Aug 2009
Spike and Tash are finally ready to travel the world in their converted mobile library, but a confusion with the gears leads to a call-out for the emergency services, and Sal's house ends up looking like a war zone. Jock agrees to mend the damage, and the thawing of his previously frosty relationship with Sal continues, much to the amusement of Tip and the disgust of Tash.
Inspection
S1 Ep6
7.4
26th Dec 2006
Eileen fears the Guild will be closed when she reads aloud a letter indicating an impending visit from Guild Inspector Lady Anne Crump. Meanwhile Rosie embarks on a celebrity diet and the rest of the Guild help Elijah, an old man who recently lost his wife.
Holy Potato
S1 Ep5
8.0
22nd Dec 2006
Rosie, Eileen and Queenie help the Vicar prepare for the harvest festival, but all comes to a stand still when Rosie sees a potato with Jesus' face on it.
Jam and Jerusalem Episode Guide
Sudden Death
S1 Ep1
6.2
24th Nov 2006
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.
Tea Room
S1 Ep2
8.8
1st Dec 2006
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.
Beating the Bounds
S1 Ep3
8.2
8th Dec 2006
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.
Problem Daughter
S1 Ep4
6.7
15th Dec 2006
While Delilah gets her car stuck, Sal and Tash argue over Tash doing a circus skills cours. They later make up and at the surgery Tip cleverly comes up with a plan to get Sal her old job back.
Holy Potato
S1 Ep5
8.0
22nd Dec 2006
Rosie, Eileen and Queenie help the Vicar prepare for the harvest festival, but all comes to a stand still when Rosie sees a potato with Jesus' face on it.
Inspection
S1 Ep6
7.4
26th Dec 2006
Eileen fears the Guild will be closed when she reads aloud a letter indicating an impending visit from Guild Inspector Lady Anne Crump. Meanwhile Rosie embarks on a celebrity diet and the rest of the Guild help Elijah, an old man who recently lost his wife.
Christmas Panto
S1 Ep7
30th Dec 2006
It is panto time. The chosen panto this year is Cinderella. Sal's daughter Tash usually plays the lead, but Eileen thinks she is too old. Sal manages to persuade her that if Michael (her husband) had been alive there would have been no question, and Tash gets the role. Finally the performance night arrives, but some cast think the best place to be is the pub, which means a slight alteration in the story! Sal decides it is time to scatter Michael's ashes, and enlists an unlikely helper, with unexpected results.
Jam and Jerusalem is a British sit-com that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson, it starred Sue Johnston, Jennifer Saunders, Pauline McLynn, Dawn French, Maggie Steed, David Mitchell, and Sally Phillips. Earlier episodes also starred Joanna Lumley and Doreen Mantle. On BBC America the first series was aired as Clatterford.
The show centres on a Women's Guild in a fictional small West Country town called Clatterford St. Mary. It first aired on 24 November 2006. The second series began airing on 1 January 2008 with a 40-minute special and finished on 1 February 2008. The third series was filmed from April 2009. It consists of three one-hour specials, and began its broadcast on BBC One on 9 August 2009.
In November 2009, on her blog, Pauline McLynn announced that Jam & Jerusalem would not be returning for a fourth series. She later stated that it was the decision of the BBC and not Jennifer Saunders.
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The best rated episodes of Jam and Jerusalem are:
Skirmish S2E4 rated 9.0
Wedding S2E6 rated 8.8
Tea Room S1E2 rated 8.8
Dinner Party S3E3 rated 8.7
Rambling S2E3 rated 8.6
The lowest rated episodes of Jam and Jerusalem are:
Sudden Death S1E1 rated 6.2
Problem Daughter S1E4 rated 6.7
New Beginnings S3E5 rated 7.0
Inspection S1E6 rated 7.4
Holy Potato S1E5 rated 8.0
The first episode of Jam and Jerusalem aired on November 24, 2006.
The last episode of Jam and Jerusalem aired on August 23, 2009.
