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{{Infobox Radio Show
| show_name          = Jammin'
| other_names        = 
| format             = Comedy, music
| runtime            = 30 mins 
| country            = United Kingdom
| language           = English
| home_station       = [[BBC Radio 2]]
| syndicates         = 
| television         = 
| starring           = [[Rowland Rivron]]<br />[[Richard Vranch]]<br />[[Dave Catlin-Birch]]<br />[[Mitch Benn]]<br />[[Steve Brown (composer)|Steve Brown]]
| creator            = 
| writer             = 
| producer           = Will Saunders & Claire Bartlett
| executive_producer = 
| narrated           = 
| record_location    = 
| first_aired        = 28 July 2001
| last_aired         = 28 January 2008
| num_series         = 8
| num_episodes       = 
| audio_format       = 
| opentheme          = Various
| endtheme           = Various
}}
'''''Jammin'''''' was a musical comedy show on [[BBC Radio 2]] in the United Kingdom. It was presented by [[Rowland Rivron]], who also plays drums. In addition to Rowland, there were two regulars in the band, and two guests - usually one comedian and one musician. The two regulars were usually [[Dave Catlin-Birch]] and Steve Brown. When Dave Catlin-Birch is on tour, he was usually replaced by Honka James Roby. Brown replaced original regular [[Richard Vranch]] in 2003.

Thus the show usually followed the format:
*'''Introduction Song''' in which the regulars and guests are introduced.
*Short interview with the guests, usually playing a snippet from one of their hits or a performance of the first song they ever wrote. This usually turns into an innuendo, and the performance is stopped by Rivron just before it becomes too explicit.
*Feature from one of the regulars (ABBA/Beatles backwards / "Two Songs for the Price of One" / "Beatles per Minute").
*'''Bass Line''': the bassist plays a bass line, and the other member of the band (except Rivron) try to guess from which song it comes.
*'''Mixing Styles''': One guest suggests a musical style, and other a singer/band, and styles are combined, e.g. '[[Roll with It (Oasis song)|Roll with It]]' by [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] in the style of [[Jerry Lee Lewis]]. The roles are then reversed, with the other guest performing.
*'''Party Pieces''' Guests will perform their musical party piece, or they have to sing one of their well-known songs inserting words suggested by the rest of the band.
*'''Audience''': Members of the audience call out different words and the band have to try to think of songs that include the word, and play a sample of that song.
*Concluding jam drawn from the last of the songs played from the feature above, or in earlier series, "they song we enjoyed playing most today", which could any song performed during the show.
*The programme is punctuated by snippets from a song sung in varying styles (e.g. a cappella, Country and Western, Bob Dylan-esque) as announced at the end of the programme "Jammin' was brought to you in association with...." However, the Autumn 2006 series did not include this information.

== Regulars ==
*[[Rowland Rivron]] - host and drummer
*[[Richard Vranch]] - keyboards and guitars
*[[Dave Catlin-Birch]] - guitar
*[[Mitch Benn]] - bass and guitar
*[[Steve Brown (composer)|Steve Brown]] - piano and occasionally guitar
*[[Guy Pratt]] - bass guitar

== Guests ==
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*[[Ade Edmondson]]
*[[Edwyn Collins]]
*[[Hils Barker]]
*[[Kate Robbins]]
*[[Barbara Dickson]]
*Christian Reilly
*[[Kim Wilde]]
*[[Phil Nichol]] (of [[Corky and the Juice Pigs]])
*[[Miles Hunt]] (of [[The Wonder Stuff]])
*[[Mike Peters (musician)|Mike Peters]] (of [[The Alarm]])
*Mike Edwards (of [[Jesus Jones]])
*[[Kevin Eldon]]
*[[Justin Edwards (actor)|Justin Edwards]]
*[[Jim Diamond (singer)|Jim Diamond]]
*[[Jim Bob|James Robert Morrison]]
*[[Robert Newman (comedian)|Robert Newman]]
*[[Boothby Graffoe (comedian)|Boothby Graffoe]]
*[[Nick Heyward]] (of [[Haircut One Hundred]])
*[[Melanie C]]
*[[Mark King (musician)|Mark King]] (of [[Level 42]])
*[[Neil Innes]]
*[[Jools Holland]]
*[[Steve Punt]]
*[[Ronnie Golden]]
*[[Neil Hannon]]
*[[Phill Jupitus]]
*[[Chas & Dave]]
*Rainer Hirsch
*[[Mike Batt]]
*[[Rod Argent]]
*[[Hugh Laurie]]
*[[Fish (singer)|Fish]]
*[[Beverley Knight]]
*[[Tim Vine]]
*[[Tony Hawks]]
*[[Rob Deering]]
*[[Thomas Dolby]]
*[[Nik Kershaw]]
*[[Rich Hall]]
*[[Chris Difford]]
*[[Glenn Tilbrook]]
*[[Jackie Clune]]
*[[Leo Sayer]]
*[[Tim Minchin]]
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== Writers ==
* [[Robin Ince]]
* [[Kevin Day]]

==External links==
* {{BBC programme|b008vb3g}}

{{BBC Radio 2}}

[[Category:BBC Radio comedy programmes]]
[[Category:BBC Radio 2 programmes]]
[[Category:2001 radio programme debuts]]
[[Category:2008 radio programme endings]]