Blue Jam

Blue Jam
Genre
Running time1 hour
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Home stationBBC Radio 1
StarringChris Morris
Kevin Eldon
Julia Davis
Mark Heap
David Cann
Amelia Bullmore
Created byChris Morris
Written byChris Morris
Graham Linehan
Arthur Mathews
Peter Baynham
David Quantick
Jane Bussmann
Robert Katz
Kevin Eldon
Julia Davis
Mark Heap
David Cann
Amelia Bullmore
Directed byChris Morris
Produced byChris Morris
Narrated byChris Morris
Original release14 November 1997 (1997-11-14) โ€“
25 February 1999 (1999-02-25)
No. of series3
No. of episodes18

Blue Jam is a sketch comedy radio programme created by Chris Morris. It was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in the early hours of the morning for three series from 1997 to 1999. It comprises sketches, parodies and monologues on taboo topics set to ambient music. It features performances by Morris, Kevin Eldon, Julia Davis, Mark Heap, David Cann and Amelia Bullmore, and was written by Morris, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Peter Baynham, David Quantick, Jane Bussmann, Robert Katz and the cast.

Warp Records released a compilation of Blue Jam sketches in 2000. Morris adapted Blue Jam into the television series Jam, broadcast on Channel 4 in 2000. He adapted a Blue Jam monologue into his 2002 short film My Wrongs #8245โ€“8249 & 117.