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 2, Episode 6 repeated at 9:25pm on U&Gold
Streaming rank this week: 46
Press clippings Page 8
Gavin & Stacey stars reveal show was never filmed in Essex
Gavin & Stacey's Pam and Mick Shipman have finally visited Essex for the first time.
Despite the series being set across South Wales and Essex, Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb have revealed their Billericay scenes were all TV fakery.
Jess Lester & Rod McPhee, The Sun, 8th August 2023Please: no Gavin & Stacey reunion
The BBC sitcom lives in a less complicated Britain - one that was still really into The Streets and chunky belts and WKD, and knew Laurence Fox as the guy from Lewis. Can't we just leave it be?
Tom Nicholson, The Independent, 31st July 2023Uncle Bryn's house put up for rent
A house made famous by hit television sitcom Gavin & Stacey has gone up for rent.
Sky News, 22nd May 2023The reality of remaking UK sitcoms
The CBS version of the BBC comedy Ghosts is one of the biggest shows on American TV. But US remakes more often than not go south. Armando Iannucci and other creators share their horror stories.
Daniel Dylan Wray, The Guardian, 13th May 2023James Corden reveals future of Gavin & Stacey after Christmas meeting with Ruth Jones
James Corden has opened up about the future of Gavin & Stacey and revealed he met with Ruth Jones at Christmas.
Clemmie Moodie, The Sun, 26th April 2023Larry Lamb defends James Corden amid accusations of diva-like behaviour
Larry Lamb has come to the defence of his Gavin & Stacey co-star James Corden amid the actor's recent plague of scandals and accusations of diva-like behaviour. Lamb told Times Radio that James 'may well' be like Dominic Raab in the way he behaves, but that wasn't his experience of working with him.
Daily Mail, 24th April 2023The 25 funniest Christmas comedy TV specials of all time
The comedy special is as much a part of British Christmas as a family row and mountains of sprouts. This year, comedy shows from Motherland and The Detectorists to Mrs Brown's Boys and Ghosts are returning with festive specials to round off 2022. To celebrate, we countdown the greatest 25 Christmas comedy specials of all time.
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2022The greatest Christmas TV moments of all time ranked
The greatest Christmas TV moment of all-time is the Only Fools And Horses 'Batman and Robin' episode.
A poll of 2,000 adults who celebrate Christmas found the hilarious moment from 1996 where Del Boy and Rodney unknowingly prevent a crime - while dressed as the dynamic duo - is top of the tree.
Jake Penkethman, The Sun, 30th November 2022Ruth Jones gives graduation speech as Nessa
Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones surprised students at their graduation when she delivered her speech as her iconic character, Vanessa 'Nessa' Jenkins.
Sophie Thompson, Indy100, 15th November 2022Del Boy falling through bar voted funniest sitcom scene
A poll run by TV channel Gold has named moments from Only Fools And Horses, The Vicar Of Dibley, Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers as the funniest British sitcom scenes.
British Comedy Guide, 1st November 2022