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Was David Cameron behind honour for Ruth Jones?

Was the MBE for Ruth Jones, the star and co-creator of Gavin & Stacey, David Cameron's way of encouraging her to write a new series?

Tidy: In praise of Ruth Jones MBE

The late rise of Ruth Jones, who has been made an MBE, is a blessed relief. According to the prevailing rules of ageism and lookism, Jones should still be plugging away in supporting roles, typically as the large gobby sidekick which for years looked like the outer limit of her casting range.

Ruth Jones wins at Bafta Cymru awards

Best writer was Ruth Jones for comedy series Stella. Backstage she said: "I'm really surprised at how, like, in shock I am... I can't speak I'm so excited. The competition in the category was incredible... this is really exciting."

Gavin & Stacey will not be returning, says Ruth Jones

Ruth Jones, the co-writer of Gavin & Stacey, says there will be no more episodes of David Cameron's favourite sitcom.

Ruth Jones: US Gavin & Stacey remake could be fantastic

BBC comedy's co-creator says Us & Them has translated G&S for an American audience - after several false starts.

With a third series already limbering up, there are bound to be plenty of cliff-hangers tonight as the warm-hearted Pontyberry delight written by and starring Ruth Jones bows out with a double-episode finale. With the good - and not so good - folk of the town still picking up the pieces of their lives after the blistering bust-ups of Fight Night, the focus is on the future. Will Emma forgive Sunil? Is the final nail in the coffin for Paula now Dai's declared he wants a divorce? Will Big Al ever win at anything? And, with Rob poised to push off once more, what will become of Stella? There will be tears...

Ruth Jones's small-town saga has lost none of its charm or wit in this second series - and it's repeated the trick of building up stories that run seamlessly from episode to episode. Tonight's double bill finishes off the current run.

The central tale is the love life of Stella (Jones herself), which predictably is complicated by something unpredictable, but Emma and Sunil are hitting crisis point too. Series three is on the way, so the story - happily - doesn't end here.

Fight night in Pontyberry. Not just hotheads Luke and Lenny clashing in the ring over Zoe, but Big Alan squaring up for a scrap over his beloved rugby club. We know there's a rousing, Churchillian speech in the offing, and it's well worth the wait. It's an Alan-heavy episode, and that's no surprise: Steve Speirs, who plays him so brilliantly, is also this week's writer.

But that's the great thing about Stella star and creator Ruth Jones, who distributes plotlines among her ensemble cast with equanimity. And it works perfectly for the cheek-by-jowl world of Pontyberry, where everyone knows everyone's else's business: look out for an unsuitable choir rehearsal in the room above the undertaker's.