Jam and Jerusalem

Series One

TV-14

After facing a personal tragedy, Devon nurse Sal Vine breaks out of her depression with newfound impulsiveness. She decides to embrace life fully, starting by finally joining the local Women's Institute she'd long avoided.

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7 Episodes

Sudden Death
E1
Sudden DeathSal'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
E2
Tea RoomThe women want to hold regular meetings in the church hall but the vicar is not enthusiastic as he believes that the hall is not covered for any accidents so Eileen organizes a Bring and Buy Sale in order to raise the funds to cover the Health and Safety regulations.
Beating the Bounds
E3
Beating the BoundsWhen 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
E4
Problem DaughterWhile 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
E5
Holy PotatoIt is Harvest Festival time and the Women's Guild attempt to help the vicar set up for the day. Rosie believes she has seen the face of Jesus upon a potato and the vicar's reaction causes her alter-ego, Margaret, to surface.
Inspection
E6
InspectionEileen 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
E7
Christmas PantoIt 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.