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Gavin & Stacey

July 2024

  • James Corden and Ruth Jones hold Bafta awards

    James Corden reveals script for final Gavin and Stacey episode is finished

    Actor tells Virgin Radio he feels ‘very emotional’ after completing writing of sitcom with Ruth Jones

June 2024

  • James Corden.

    Love him or loathe him, James Corden is back in the UK. So will the sniping now stop?

    After massive TV success in the US, the creator of Gavin & Stacey is about to appear on the London stage. But why do British audiences find him so hard to love?

May 2024

  • (Left to to right) James Corden, Joanna Page, Mathew Horne and Ruth Jones in the 2019 Gavin and Stacey Christmas special.

    Gavin and Stacey to return for last-ever episode on Christmas Day, BBC confirms

    Hit sitcom back for last time five years after dramatic cliffhanger that was watched by 11.6 million people

February 2024

  • James Corden and Ruth Jones from Gavin and Stacey at the The British Comedy Awards in 2007.

    Gavin & Stacey to return for Christmas special after five years

    Popular British comedy ended in 2019 with unanswered marriage proposal

August 2023

  • Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb pictured together at a garden fence.

    TV review
    Alison & Larry: Billericay to Barry review – the dullest celebrity travel show of all time

    Are Gavin and Stacey co-stars Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb even friends? You can’t tell from this mind-bendingly banal failure of a series. Who is responsible for this flop?

October 2022

  • Mrs Brown's Boys.

    100 years of the BBC: decade by decade
    Strictly delights and Mrs Brown’s Boys divides: 100 years of the BBC, part nine

    Amid the horrific ‘sexed up’ scandal, the corporation scores big hits with Strictly, Bake Off and The Thick of It, a foul-mouthed widow causes a crisis – and the Queen’s favourite show comes to light

November 2020

  • Rob Brydon<br>Robert Brydon Jones, MBE is a Welsh comedian, actor, radio and television presenter, singer and impressionist.

    Rob Brydon: ‘I love this job. I want to keep doing it’

    Rob Brydon’s quick-wit has charmed us all. But it wasn’t always so simple. Here, he talks about his five children, being prodded by Boris and the moment his fortunes changed…

September 2020

  • Alison Steadman: ‘If this was 50 years ago, when all we had was a landline and it was expensive, how would we all have coped?’

    Alison Steadman: 'I never thought I would live in such strange and scary times'

    The actor is back from lockdown with two new dramas. She talks about her 50-year career, Boris Johnson and the joy of miaowing at John Cleese, while James Corden, Julia Davis and Mike Leigh pay tribute

May 2020

  • Fleabag

    From Fleabag to Monkey Dust: the 20 best BBC Three shows

    With rumours swirling that BBC Three may return as a broadcast channel, here’s a look at its greatest hits

January 2020

  • Left to right: James Corden as Neil ‘Smithy’ Smith, Joanna Page as Stacey Shipman, Mathew Horne as Gavin Shipman and Ruth Jones as Nessa Jenkins

    Gavin and Stacey special watched by a quarter of UK population

    Christmas episode was biggest scripted show of past 10 years with 17.1 million views

December 2019

  • Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special 2019.

    James Corden hints Gavin and Stacey could return for a full series

  • Guy Pearce as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: A Christmas Carol; The Tiger Who Came to Tea and more

  • Rebecca Nicholson

    Names in the news
    Gavin and Stacey: what’s occurrin’? We’ve all gone back to Barry Island

    Rebecca Nicholson
  • ‘Tidy’: The Gavin and Stacey Christmas special cast.

    Gavin and Stacey Christmas special watched by 11.6 million people

  • TV review
    Gavin and Stacey Christmas special review – absolutely crackin'!

  • The Q&A
    Mathew Horne: ‘My dream dinner party? My mother and me. She passed away this year’

November 2019

  • A grim spectacle … Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas and New Year Special

    Shortcuts
    Mrs Brown’s Boys – again: how groundhog schedules destroyed Christmas TV

    Strictly. Call the Midwife. EastEnders. We’ve been here before. The BBC’s Christmas offering has stagnated, and now it’s do or die
  • Gavin and Stacey Christmas special

    'It's occurring!' First Gavin and Stacey Christmas special trailer released

    Creators James Corden and Ruth Jones are among the stars returning for the festive one-off of the hit sitcom
  • Gavin and Stacey: watch the Christmas special sneak peek – video

    The show is coming back for a one-off special on 25 December featuring its creators, James Corden and Ruth Jones, as well as Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, Rob Brydon, Larry Lamb, Melanie Walters and Alison Steadman

September 2019

  • The best TV of the century composite.

    Best culture of the 21st century
    The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century

    Where’s Mad Men? How did The Sopranos do? Does The Crown triumph? Can anyone remember Lost? And will Downton Abbey even figure? Find out here – and have your say
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