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Blue Jam

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The dreamlike, dark mind of Chris Morris blends low-key comedy with music.

The dreamlike, dark mind of Chris Morris blends low-key comedy with music. With Julia Davis and Kevin Eldon.

Blue Jam: Series 2

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More darkly comedic emanations from the mind of Chris Morris.

More darkly comedic emanations from the mind of Chris Morris. Featuring Amelia Bullmore and Kevin Eldon. From April 1998.

The mind of Chris Morris leaks onto radio in this dreamlike combination of comedy and music. With Kevin Eldon, Amelia Bullmore, David Cann and Mark Heap.

Are you still lying curare-still, seeking relief in feigning dead? Then welcome, oo-tazz welcome. Chris Morris is here to help you wallow in the melancholy, for the second series of this subversive radio classic. 

Immediately prior to Blue Jam's initial burst on radio, Chris Morris had caused a furore with Channel 4's Brass Eye. Yet Blue Jam managed to be a total departure from his previous work. Originally airing in the early hours on BBC Radio 1, it's a blend of ambient music, deadpan ( sometimes brutal ) sketches and offbeat monologues. A whole audio landscape of the subconscious, the ad-hoc low-fi sheen of production lending it a kind of verisimilitude. 

In sharp contrast with the personality-led comedies of recent years, Blue Jam makes a virtue of anonymity. Borat scribe Pater Baynham is one of the writers, and Julia Davis and Amelia Bulmore are among the cast. Rightly winning a clutch of Sony Awards, it remains unique - nothing before or after was remotely like it. 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 1 in March 1998.

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