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Gavin & Stacey. Gavin (Mathew Horne)
Mathew Horne

Mathew Horne

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

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Gavin & Stacey stars reunite on BBC Radio Wales

Joanna Page and Mathew Horne will host a show on BBC Radio Wales on Christmas Day, featuring a number of their Gavin & Stacey co-stars as guests.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd December 2020

Lee Mack replaces Stephen Fry in The Understudy

Lee Mack is to take over from Stephen Fry in charity performances of the comic play The Understudy, as Fry has quit the show to make a trip to America.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd December 2020

Horne says another Gavin & Stacey impossible this year

Mathew Horne thinks it will be "almost impossible" for James Corden and Ruth Jones to write another Gavin and Stacey Christmas special for this year.

Female First, 8th June 2020

Dad's Army lost episodes cast in tour talks

The cast who recreated the lost Dad's Army episodes have been asked to go on tour with a live version of the show. However Kevin McNally, who played Captain Mainwaring, says the coronavirus lockdown might have put the kibosh on the plans 'for a very long time'.

Chortle, 2nd June 2020

TV preview - Comedians: Home Alone

Following E4's Remote Comedy From The Paddock the BBC launches with their own self-shot lockdown rapidfire sketch show. And on the basis of the first episodes - not that this is a competition - the BBC has the edge.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 28th May 2020

BBC Two orders Comedians Playing With Themselves

BBC Two is to broadcast a new short-form series called Comedians Playing With Themselves, in which comics are tasked with entertaining the nation from their homes.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2020

The Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special review

A rotund man who laughs at everything and just keeps giving gifts has saved Christmas. Yes, James Corden has united Britain in sitting on the sofa to watch the Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special. It was the biggest hit of the day and could go on to become the most watched show of the year.

Shouting At The Telly, 27th December 2019

Review: Gavin & Stacey Christmas special

Nothing could bring a lump to the throat like this moment.

Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 26th December 2019

Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special, BBC One

A big cwtch from Barry.

Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 26th December 2019

I talk Gavin & Stacey, Christmas Special 2019

After a 10-year absence, Gavin & Stacey returned with its best episode yet. Full of warmth, heart and humour it felt as if our favourite characters from Barry and Billericay had never been away.

Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 25th December 2019

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