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Jam (TV series), the Glossary

Jam is a British experimental black comedy sketch show, created, co-written, produced and directed by Chris Morris.^[1]

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2000s British black comedy television series
British horror comedy television series
Channel 4 sketch shows
Television series created by Chris Morris (satirist)

Adam and Joe

Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish are British comedy performers known together as Adam and Joe.

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Advertising

Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service.

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Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

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Ambient music

Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm.

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Amelia Bullmore

Amelia Mary Bullmore (born 31 January 1964) is an English actress, screenwriter and playwright.

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Arthur Mathews (writer)

Arthur Mathews is an Irish comedy writer and actor who, often with writing partners such as Graham Linehan, Paul Woodfull and Matt Berry, has either written or contributed to television comedies, such as Father Ted, Big Train, and Toast of London and Harry Enfield and Chums.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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Black comedy

Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, bleak comedy, morbid humor, gallows humor, black humor, or dark humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss.

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Blue Jam

Blue Jam was an ambient, surreal dark comedy and horror radio programme created and directed by Chris Morris.

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Brass Eye

Brass Eye (stylised as brassEYE) is a British satirical television series parodying current affairs news programming. Jam (TV series) and brass Eye are 2000s British black comedy television series, television controversies in the United Kingdom and television series created by Chris Morris (satirist).

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British Board of Film Classification

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.

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Chris Morris (satirist)

Christopher J. Morris (born 15 June 1962) is an English comedian, radio presenter, actor, and filmmaker.

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Cult following

A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium.

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Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds is a 1995 American drama film directed by John N. Smith, written by Ronald Bass, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer.

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David Quantick

David Quantick (born 14 May 1961) is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter.

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Deleted scene

A deleted scene is footage that has been removed from the final version of a film or television show.

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Documentary film

A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record".

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An Easter egg is a message, image, or feature hidden in software, a video game, a film, or another — usually electronic — medium.

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Fangoria

Fangoria is an internationally distributed American horror film fan magazine, in publication since 1979.

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Free verse

Free verse is an open form of poetry which does not use a prescribed or regular meter or rhyme and tends to follow the rhythm of natural or irregular speech.

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Graham Linehan

Graham George Linehan (born May 1968) is an Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist.

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Horror film

Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.

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Intellectual disability

Intellectual disability (ID), also known as general learning disability (in the United Kingdom) and formerly mental retardation (in the United States),Rosa's Law, Pub.

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Jane Bussmann

Jane Bussmann (born 1969 in Marylebone, London) is an English comedian and author, who has written for television and radio.

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Julia Davis

Julia Charlotte L. Davis (born 25 August 1966) is an English actress, comedian, director and writer.

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Kevin Eldon

Kevin Eldon (born 2 October 1959) is an English actor and comedian.

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Lava lamp

A lava lamp is a decorative lamp, invented in 1963 by British entrepreneur Edward Craven Walker, the founder of the lighting company Mathmos.

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Lip sync

Lip sync or lip synch (pronounced, the same as the word sink), short for lip synchronization, is a technical term for matching a speaking or singing person's lip movements with sung or spoken vocals.

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Mark Heap

Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957) is a British actor and comedian.

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Master of ceremonies

A master of ceremonies, abbreviated MC or emcee, is the official host of a ceremony, staged event, conference, convention, or similar performance.

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The term “media panic” was coined by Danish media scholar Kirsten Drotner.

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Miscarriage

Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion, is the death and expulsion of an embryo or fetus before it can survive independently.

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Monaural sound

Monaural sound or monophonic sound (often shortened to mono) is sound intended to be heard as if it were emanating from one position.

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My Wrongs 8245–8249 & 117

My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117 is a 2002 British short film written and directed by Chris Morris, starring Paddy Considine as a mentally disturbed man taking care of a friend's Doberman Pinscher (named Rothko, and voiced by Morris) while she is away.

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Paedogeddon

"Paedogeddon" is a 2001 special of the British satirical current affairs series Brass Eye. Jam (TV series) and Paedogeddon are television controversies in the United Kingdom.

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Pedophilia

Pedophilia (alternatively spelled paedophilia) is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children.

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Peter Baynham

Peter Baynham is a Welsh screenwriter and performer.

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Peter Fincham

Peter Arthur Fincham (born 26 July 1956) is a British television producer and executive.

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Plumber

A plumber is a tradesperson who specializes in installing and maintaining systems used for potable (drinking) water, hot-water production, sewage and drainage in plumbing systems.

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Pornographic film actor

A pornographic film actor or actress, pornographic performer, adult entertainer, or porn star is a person who performs sex acts on video that is usually characterized as a pornographic movie.

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Remix

A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item.

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Robert Kilroy-Silk

Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk (born Robert Michael Silk; 19 May 1942) is an English former politician and broadcaster.

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Short film

A short film is a film with a low running time.

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Sketch comedy

Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians.

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Sodomy

Sodomy, also called buggery in British English, generally refers to either anal sex (but occasionally also oral sex) between people, or any sexual activity between a human and another animal (bestiality).

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Stillbirth

Stillbirth is typically defined as fetal death at or after 20 or 28 weeks of pregnancy, depending on the source.

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Surreal humour

Surreal humour (also called surreal comedy, absurdist humour, or absurdist comedy) is a form of humour predicated on deliberate violations of causal reasoning, thus producing events and behaviors that are obviously illogical.

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Surround sound

Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround the listener (surround channels).

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Talkback (production company)

Talkback is a British television production company established in 1981 by comedy duo Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones.

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The Adam and Joe Show

The Adam and Joe Show is a British television sketch comedy show that originally ran from 6 December 1996 to 28 May 1999 on Channel 4 for the first three series and then moved to E4 from 13 March to 17 April 2001 for the fourth and final series. Jam (TV series) and the Adam and Joe Show are 2000s British television sketch shows and channel 4 sketch shows.

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The Day Today

The Day Today is a British comedy television show that parodies television news and current affairs programmes, broadcast from 19 January to 23 February 1994 on BBC2. Jam (TV series) and the Day Today are television series created by Chris Morris (satirist).

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The Fens

The Fens or Fenlands in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Visual effects

Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_(TV_series)

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, Talkback (production company), The Adam and Joe Show, The Day Today, The Fens, The Independent, Visual effects.

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See also

2000s British black comedy television series

British horror comedy television series

Channel 4 sketch shows

Television series created by Chris Morris (satirist)

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