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Gavin & Stacey. Image shows from L to R: Nessa (Ruth Jones), Gavin (Mathew Horne), Stacey (Joanna Page), Smithy (James Corden). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions
Gavin & Stacey

Gavin & Stacey

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One / BBC Three
  • 2007 - 2019
  • 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.

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Gavin & Stacey special is the greatest festive episode

Come Christmas Day, we'll be sitting down to watch it yet again. And again. And again.

Nicholas Reilly, Metro, 11th December 2016

Mrs Brown's Boys named best sitcom since 2000

Mrs Brown's Boys has come top of the Radio Times poll to name the best British TV sitcom broadcast since the year 2000.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2016

The sitcoms we'd like to see come back on the TV

As some of our most classic comedies are revived for one-off specials - Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe and Son and Are You Being Served? among them, our brilliant writers explain which sitcoms they'd like to see brought back and why...

Paul Routledge, Polly Hudson, Amber Graafland, Jessica Boulton, Dave Kidd, Sara Wallis and Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 9th August 2016

Radio Times launches a poll to name the best sitcom since 2000

Radio Times has launched a poll to name the best British TV sitcom broadcast since the year 2000. There are 40 shows in the shortlist.

British Comedy Guide, 19th July 2016

Binging: Gavin and Stacey

You've finished The Wire, Breaking Bad and The Killing but you're still hungry for more boxsets. Fear not, Standard Issue writers are on the case with some gems you might not yet have seen. Vix Leyton tips her Welsh hat to Ruth Jones and James Corden.

Vix Leyton, Standard Issue, 27th June 2016

Anti-Brexiters use Gavin & Stacey memes to troll result

While many celebrities have angrily voiced their disapproval and disagreement, other members of the public have turned to humour - specifically, Gavin & Stacey.

Alistair McGeorge, The Mirror, 24th June 2016

Ruth Jones: No more Gavin & Stacey

"I can promise you absolutely that there are no plans to make one," says Ruth Jones after her co-creator James Corden revealed he'd "love" to do a special of the hit comedy.

Radio Times, 23rd March 2016

James Corden wants to film one last Gavin and Stacey

The Late, Late Show presenter has teased fans of the BBC comedy that there is hope on the horizon for it to come back.

Natalie Corner, Daily Record, 16th March 2016

James Corden revives Smithy for Sport Relief 2016

James Corden has revived his popular Gavin & Stacey character Smithy to raise money for Sport Relief 2016.

British Comedy Guide, 20th February 2016

Gavin and Stacey cafe owner hits back over noise claims

Marco Zeraschi, owner of Marco's Café on Barry Island, Wales, has had his say after Katie-Jane Morgan claimed she had been asked to leave the establishment because of her noisy baby.

Tom Houghton, The Mirror, 12th August 2015

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