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Jelly Jamm East and Africa. Jelly Jamm Jelly Jamm is a Spanish-British 3D animated preschool television series created by Carlos L. Del Rey, Victor M. Lopez and David Cantolla. Jelly Jamm follows the adventures of seven characters: Bello, Goomo, Rita, Mina, Ongo, King and Queen; who live on a planet named 'Jammbo'. The planet has a music factory where all music in the universe originates from, and this music is produced continuously through bubbles. If this factory stopped, the characters would become suspended in a fixed position and be unable to move with no memory. The intention of Jelly Jamm is to