Shakespeare called it 'the green-eyed monster'.
It's an emotion which makes thousands of lives hell.
Christine eventually came to terms with her sexual jealousy by smashing up her ex-lover's bedroom, ripping his duvet to pieces.
Jim became jealous when he saw his fiancee walking hand in hand with another man. He ended up being chased in the night by police.
Odette's torment began when she got married for the second time. As she couldn't get rid of her jealousy, she decided to get rid of her husband.
She dreamt up 'the perfect crime' on Beachy Head ... The tales, comic and dramatic, are linked by the Jealousy tango - a tune composed by a jealous Dane in a thunderstorm 64 years ago, which became one of the century's greatest hits. Dancers DEREK HARTLEY, SOPHIA FLORIMO
Photography JOHN RECORD, JOHN GOODYER
Film editor RICHARD BRUNSHLL
Producer ROBYN WALLIS
40 Minutes editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF