Doreen Mantle

Stephen Mangan plays Dirk Gently in an adaptation of the novel for BBC.

Set in a small West Country village, Jam & Jerusalem is all about Sal who, along with best friend Tip, the surgery's receptionist with an intricate knowledge of everyone's ailments, lives a busy life at the center of their community.

Victor Meldrew, a man who, put simply, is annoyed by every one of life's 'challenges' and when forced to take early retirement, he suddenly has plenty of time on his hands to rage against the petty annoyances of life and the people in it.