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 at 2pm on U&Dave
Streaming rank this week: 418
Press clippings Page 11
The Office to Ten Percent: why some remakes soar (and others suck)
Adapting TV shows for new countries is a multi-billion dollar business. But, as the team behind the US version of This Country found out, it's no easy ride ...
Laura Martin, The Guardian, 27th April 2022More classic comedies coming to iPlayer
Classic comedies including The Young Ones, Blackadder, Mum, Rev. and 2point4 Children are being added to the BBC's iPlayer to help the Corporation celebrate its 100th year.
Chortle, 7th April 2022Only Fools And Horses voted favourite ever BBC show
Half of the best-loved BBC programmes of all time are comedies, a new poll has found. Only Fools And Horses topped the survey of viewers of The One Show to mark the Corporation's 100th birthday.
Chortle, 29th January 2022Rob Brydon reveals he thinks Uncle Bryn was gay
Gavin & Stacey star Rob Brydon has revealed he thinks his character Uncle Bryn was gay in the much-loved show.
Amelia Wynne, Daily Mail, 29th December 202110 best British comedy Christmas specials, according to IMDb
Fans of British comedies eagerly await their favorite show's Christmas specials. These are the 10 best according to IMDb ratings.
Dalton Norman, Screen Rant, 18th December 2021Stephen Fretwell on his music in Gavin & Stacey
In 2007, burgeoning UK singer-songwriter Stephen Fretwell received a call from his friend and publisher Joe, asking him to approve the use of his track Run on a "small BBC Three comedy" by the similarly up-and-coming James Corden and Ruth Jones.
Paul Glynn, BBC, 17th July 2021Why the mum is TV's most compelling character
Parental comedy Motherland is back - a reminder that some of pop culture's most watchable matriarchs are anything but perfect.
Nell Frizzell, The Guardian, 10th May 2021Gavin & Stacey's Rob Brydon hints at another special
There could be one more special episode of Gavin And Stacey, according to one of the show's lead actors.
BBC, 15th April 2021Royal Television Society Awards 2021 nominations
Brassic, Sex Education, The Young Offenders, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Sophie Willan, Ruth Jones, Youssef Kerkour, O-T Fagbenle and Paul Chahidi are amongst the nominees for the RTS Programme Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd March 2021Mrs. Brown's Boys suffers in cross-channel ratings drop
Mrs. Brown's Boys has suffered its lowest-ever Christmas Day ratings this year, but amidst a much-criticised poor festive TV schedule, remains the second most-watched comedy special of the season to date.
British Comedy Guide, 27th December 2020