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Gavin & Stacey: Why we fell in love with Barry Island

It's been nearly 10 years since we last said adieu to Gavin and Stacey (and Nessa and Smithy, of course). But fans have never given up hope of another reunion and they've now been rewarded with the news that a second Christmas special is in the works.

Ruth Jones: 'It's something very special, being Welsh'

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, the 52-year-old said "I'm a hugely proud Welsh person".

Ruth Jones on 'terror' of The Nightingales stage return

Ruth Jones has revealed she was "terrified" of forgetting her lines during her return to the stage.

Ruth Jones to star in UK tour of The Nightingales

Ruth Jones will star in the UK tour of new comedy The Nightingales, which opens in Bath later this year.

Ruth Jones has been thinking about Gavin & Stacey

"James and I were talking about this the other day," she told Lorraine. "I was saying that baby Neil, who is now probably about 11, Nessa's training him down the slots. She's training him in the art of the dodgy grabber machine and all that kinda thing, and how to weight the two pences."

Ruth Jones interview

The Gavin and Stacey creator has turned a forgotten script into her debut novel. There are no rules to writing a book, she says.

Ruth Jones interview

'We all have a public face that we put on, some people are better at it than others'. In her début novel, actress and screenwriter Ruth Jones explores infidelity, messy relationships and second chances.

Ruth Jones knows a thing or two about quitting while she's ahead. After the succinct greatness of Gavin & Stacey, she now ends Stella, Sky's only successful comedy origination, after a comparatively epic six series. There's plenty still to resolve in this final episode. It's Stella's graduation, but what will happen to Nadine and Jag, to Stella and Michael Jackson, or Brenda's claim to lordly parentage? There's more drama than you might think before we get to the end.

As with Gavin & Stacey, Ruth Jones is good at knowing when to walk away and leave us wanting more. And so it proves with her gentle but likable Sky comedy-drama, which takes its final bow this week. Stella is graduating, but she's not in the mood to celebrate just yet.

Ruth Jones interview

The Stella creator on comedy, James Corden and her farewell to Pontyberry.