Gavin & Stacey
- TV sitcom
- BBC One / BBC Three
- 2007 - 2025
- 22 episodes (3 series)
A critic-pleasing, gentle and warm comedy about the romance between an Essex lad and Welsh girl. Stars Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, Ruth Jones, James Corden, Alison Steadman and more.
- Series 3, Episode 1 repeated Monday 7th April at 3am on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 517
Press clippings Page 14
Gavin & Stacey returned, 10 years since the last sighting of the two merged families from Barry in Wales and Billericay in Essex, created by James Corden and Ruth Jones. Gavin (Mathew Horne) and Stacey (Joanna Page), our cash-and-carry Romeo and Juliet, were fighting to keep their flame alive, while Uncle Bryn (Rob Brydon) hyperventilated about Christmas dinner timings, and Pam (Alison Steadman) fretted about staying in Wales: "I'm not using Gwen's towels - it's like drying yourself with Ryvita."
Perhaps mindful of his overbearing international fame, Corden kept his character, Smithy, embedded in the cast, juggling a hypercritical new girlfriend and a marriage proposal from Nessa (Jones). When the plot edged into saccharine, Nessa was on hand to punch us back to earth, at one point musing on the sexual chemistry between her and Smithy: "On paper, it doesn't add up. But put us between the sheets and it's electric. We're like Hall and Oates, Morecambe and Wise, Mel and Sue..." At which point, I think that mince pie started coming back up.
Barbara Ellen, The Guardian, 29th December 2019Review: Worzel Gummidge; Gavin & Stacey
Reviews of the Christmas TV from Hugo Rifkind.
Hugo Rifkind, The Times, 28th December 2019Fans convinced they've worked out Nessa's 'real age'
Following the highly-anticipated Christmas special of the beloved sitcom, viewers have done some calculations and think they've solved the mystery.
Kirsty McCormack, The Sun, 28th December 2019Gavin & Stacey Xmas Special got 11 Ofcom complaints
This year's Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special only received 11 Ofcom complaints over using a homophobic slur despite hundreds of complaints on social media.
Nika Shakhnazarova, The Mirror, 27th December 2019The 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 2019Review: Gavin & Stacey Christmas special
Nothing could bring a lump to the throat like this moment.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 26th December 2019Christmas TV review: Gavin & Stacey, Mrs. Brown's Boys
Reviews of both Gavin & Stacey (****) and Mrs. Brown's Boys (**).
Carol Midgley, The Times, 26th December 2019Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special, BBC One
A big cwtch from Barry.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 26th December 2019Over 11 million watch Gavin & Stacey
The return of Gavin & Stacey was seen by over 11 million viewers, making it the most-watched Christmas Day show in over a decade.
British Comedy Guide, 26th December 2019Gavin & Stacey: Bringing a crackin' Christmas to Barry
Oh! What's occurring? Christmas on Barry Island, that's what. Ten years since we left the fab four - Gavin, Stacey, Nessa and Smithy - on the Welsh seafront, they're back with a festive special that will have you cackling over your Christmas pudding and blubbing into your Babycham. Probably at the same time.
Emma Saunders, BBC, 25th December 2019