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Gavin & Stacey. Gavin (Mathew Horne)
Mathew Horne

Mathew Horne

  • 46 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and director

Press clippings Page 21

Gavin's Gag Over Joke

James Corden and Mathew Horne revealed the BBC banned songs about Jesus on their new sketch show after the Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand prank row.

Jen Blackburn, The Sun, 17th December 2008

The series about how a nice boy from Essex and a sweet girl from Barry in south Wales fell in love and married has been an astounding success and won a stash of prestigious awards for writers James Corden and Ruth Jones, who also star in the show as Smithy and Nessa.

Following its BBC3 airing this year, BBC1 is giving fans and those who missed this comedy gem first time around the opportunity to view the second series in which newlyweds Gavin and Stacey (Mathew Horne and Joanna Page) return from honeymoon to a big welcome from both families and adjust to married life.

The Daily Express, 21st November 2008

Horne and Corden On-Set Interview

Radio 1 interview with the stars on the set of their new show.

BBC News, 14th October 2008

Review of warm-up tour

A review of one of Horne and Corden's live warm-up trials of material for this TV series.

Julian Hall, The Independent, 2nd May 2008

Mathew Horne Interview

The actor who plays Gavin in the show talks to The Mirror. Apparently in real life he would fancy Nessa more than Stacey.

Beth Neil, The Mirror, 23rd April 2008

Gavin and Stacey, back for its second series on BBC Three, continues to pose the question: who are the real stars of this thing? The pair were back from their honeymoon in Greece. It was "nice". But who wanted to hear about that when Stacey's friend Nessa still hadn't told Gavin's friend Smithy that she had his bun in her capacious oven? Mathew Horne and Joanna Page play the nominal leads with such Christ-like modesty that one feels vaguely aggrieved on their behalf that the best lines are written for Smithy and Nessa by the very actors who play them.

Mind you, James Corden and Ruth Jones came up with some crackers as they elaborated further on Nessa's extensive "Past". It turned out Nessa had driven the lorries for The Who's world tour. "Until I found out some things about Pete Townshend I didn't like. All I'll say - and I said it to his face - is where's the book?" This comedy is less mild than it looks and even funnier than I remembered.

Andrew Billen, The Times, 17th March 2008

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