Clatterford

Episode 1
It is the anniversary of her husband's death and Sal feels that her children are not being sensitive enough. Tash is working in tele-sales - though not too successfully. Sal does manage to teach James to be nicer to his patients however. Plans for the Guild to create a website in collusion with another group are hampered by arguments as to who should build it and put the photographs on it. Delilah Stagg comes off her bicycle and ends up in hospital.

Episode 2
Tash and Spike set off for the Glastonbury festival, which Tash hopes to get into for nothing by posing as a security guard. Sal is looking forward to a quiet weekend alone but is interrupted by Susie, who believes she is pregnant after a one-night stand. Sal's efforts to get her a pregnancy test without anyone else knowing leads Eileen to suspect that they are plotting to replace her as president but Tip reveals that the man in question had had a vasectomy so Susie cannot be pregnant. Sal's quiet weekend is rudely brought to an end when Tash returns, having failed to get into Glastonbury.

Episode 3
Whilst Tash is out protesting with the druids against the Army taking over land Sal realizes that Spike the shambling hippy is ideally suited for her daughter rather than her admirer Marcus, and persuades Spike to ask Tash out, which he does - eventually. Sal organizes a ramble for the Guild. Eileen feels that it should have a theme but Sal sees it as a bonding exercise. In the course of the ramble they see the vicar entertaining a strange woman and he reacts awkwardly. The ramble is cut short when a fog comes down.

Episode 4
The annual reenactment of the famous Clatterford skirmish of 1646 is cancelled by the council on health and safety grounds so the Guild decide to stage their own battle with James as King Charles I. A real drama is enacted when Rosie is caught shop-lifting from the local Spar and her alter ego, the aggressive Margaret, comes to the fore. James is all for increasing Rosie's medication but Sal talks him out of it and, not for the first time, persuades Margaret to leave Rosie alone.

Episode 5
The ladies of Clatterford Guild are to compete against a rival village, Hole, at netball, which Yasmeen has been teaching them, and bowls. They lose the netball game and almost win the bowls but Rosie gets them disqualified for indecent exposure. Tash has to choose between Marcus and Spike. She almost chooses Marcus but Spike's love poem wins her over and she agrees to marry him.

Episode 6
After several setbacks and second thoughts Tash finally marries Spike in an open air ceremony in a field by the river. The wedding is organized by the Guild and Tash and some of the other guests are dressed as fairies. After the ceremony the couple, and Tash's son, go off in a mobile library van which they have begun to convert into a camper home. Sal breathes a sigh of relief.

Packaging:Single disc
Run Time:181 minutes
Format:Widescreen
Number of discs:1
Language:English
Subtitles:No
Color or B&W:Color
CC:No
SDH:No
Region Code:1
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
Rating:NR
Other:The original title of this show is “Jam & Jerusalem”

"An ‘Ab-Fab’ pedigree and a sense of humor"—Los Angeles Times

"If there was such a thing as a tea cozy for the soul, it would look a lot like Clatterford."—DVD Verdict

"Clatterforddelivers an affectionately comic glimpse at small-town life"—Common Sense Media

Episode 1
Sal Vine is married to the local doctor in the Devon village of Clatterford and works as his practice nurse. When her husband suddenly drops dead her son comes in to replace him and, to Sal's disappointment, wants his dumb wife to take her job, even though she is clearly too faint-hearted to stomach injuries. Sal finds herself being asked to help out unofficially so much that, backed by Tip, the receptionist, she 'persuades' him to employ her officially. A further problem is caused by her daughter Tasha, a divorced,ageing hippie with a little boy, who lives with Sal and makes demands on her. With such a family can the local Women's Institute offer an escape for Sal?

Episode 2
The 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.

Episode 3
The village celebrates "Beating the Bounds." The ladies guild steps in to make the refreshments because Rosie neglected to order them. The Vicar overdresses for the occasion.

Episode 4
Things are a mess at the clinic; Tip’s been banned from selling meat to the patients, and the new nurse can’t say ‘smear,’ let alone take one. Tip has a plan to win Sal’s job back, if Sal can only stop fighting with her daughter for five minutes.

Episode 5
It’s time for the Harvest Festival and while the ladies are building their harvest frog, Rosie finds a sign from God on a potato and the Vicar’s reaction causes her alter-ego, Margaret, to surface.

Episode 6
The Guild is notified that an inspector is coming from the Main Wheel, and if they don’t measure up they might be shut down. Could this be the end of the Clatterford Ladies’ Guild?

Episode 7
Christmas Special
Clatterford is having its first Christmas since the death of Doctor Vine and because the annual pantomime was his favorite part of the holidays, Sal is determined to get her whole family involved. But with Susie playing Prince Charming, the Vicar knowing a little too much about cross-dressing, and 30-something Tash determined to take the lead role from her teenaged competitors, it’s going to take more than a Fairy Godmother to keep things running smoothly.

Packaging:Boxed set
Run Time:180 minutes
Format:Widescreen
Number of discs:2
Language:English
Subtitles:English
Color or B&W:Color
CC:Yes
SDH:No
Region Code:1
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
Rating:NR
Other:The original title of this show is "Jam & Jerusalem"

"An ‘Ab-Fab’ pedigree and a sense of humor"—Los Angeles Times

"If there was such a thing as a tea cozy for the soul, it would look a lot like Clatterford."—DVD Verdict

"Clatterforddelivers an affectionately comic glimpse at small-town life"—Common Sense Media

Astra Award Nomination for Favourite International Personality or Actor (Dawn French, 2009)