Gavin & Stacey

Gavin & Stacey could be denied award over homophobia

It was by far the most-watched TV show of last year and won widespread critical acclaim. But Gavin & Stacey could be denied a major broadcasting award after judges were warned that it was homophobic and 'problematic'.

BBC defends controversial episode of Gavin & Stacey

The BBC has issued another statement defending the use of the word "faggot" in the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special, after it was revealed that the incident drew more than 800 complaints.

Gavin & Stacey most-watched TV comedy in 17 years

The Gavin and Stacey Christmas special was the UK's most-watched scripted TV programme of the 2010s, new audience figures show.

Gavin & Stacey special 'has been watched for 80 years'

New figures have revealed that the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special has already been watched for the equivalent of more than eight decades on the BBC iPlayer.

Gavin & Stacey could return for a full series

After the Christmas special becomes the most popular Christmas Day TV programme of the decade, a co-star has revealed that James Corden is keen to make Series 4.

Larry Lamb says Gavin & Stacey must be turned into film

Larry Lamb, 72, has branded Gavin & Stacey a 'national treasure', calling for it to be turned into a film after the Christmas special drew 12.3 million viewers.

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.

Review: Worzel Gummidge; Gavin & Stacey

Reviews of the Christmas TV from Hugo Rifkind.

Fans 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.