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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 - 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.

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PETA urge Gavin & Stacey's Pam to go vegan

Fans rejoiced earlier this month after it was revealed Gavin & Stacey will be returning for its last ever episode on Christmas Day. And as viewers went wild wondering what Smithy's answer will be to Nessa's shock proposal and whether we will finally find out what really happened on that fishing trip, others are wondering about Pam's vegetarianism and whether she will perhaps have turned vegan.

Kirsten Murray, Daily Mail, 21st May 2024

Gavin & Stacey, the sitcom New Labour built

The show, which returns this Christmas, is the platonic ideal of life under Gordon Brown: heaven as a place where nothing ever happens, to a soundtrack of breezy landfill indie.

Fergal Kinney, The New Statesman, 7th May 2024

James Corden teases Gavin & Stacey happy ending

James Corden has hinted at a happy ending for major characters in Gavin & Stacey after confirming the beloved sitcom will return with a Christmas special.

Caroline Peacock, The Sun, 4th May 2024

Gavin & Stacey 2024 Christmas special confirmed

The BBC has confirmed that Gavin & Stacey will return on Christmas Day 2024 "for the last ever episode".

British Comedy Guide, 3rd May 2024

What can we expect from the final Gavin & Stacey?

We're not gonna lie - it's well lush to hear Gavin & Stacey is coming back to our screens one last time.

Catherine Evans & Elinor Rice, BBC, 3rd May 2024

BBC bosses convinced Corden & Jones to turn down seven-figure Netflix bid for last ever Gavin & Stacey

Netflix offered a multi-million pound deal to stream the final of Gavin & Stacey - but the last-ever show of the much-loved comedy will be beamed to the whole nation instead.

Rod McPhee & Clemmie Moodie, The Sun, 3rd May 2024

"There's no Gavin & Stacey without Fat Friends"

It's a drama about a fictional slimming club - and the set where Ruth Jones and James Corden first met. Fat Friends came to our screens seven years before the Welsh-English comedy classic Gavin And Stacey. The show, set in Leeds, is now winning new fans after dropping on Netflix.

Lucy Owen, BBC, 8th April 2024

Gavin & Stacey superfan made home pub devoted to the show

One Gavin & Stacey fan has turned her spare bedroom into a pub themed around the hit sitcom.

Leanne Hall, The Sun, 15th February 2024

Ruth Jones pours cold water on Gavin & Stacey reunion reports

Gavin & Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones has played down the possibility of the hit sitcom returning for a Christmas special, saying it was "sadly a rumour".

British Comedy Guide, 14th February 2024

Gavin & Stacey to return for 2024 Christmas special

James Corden and Ruth Jones are reportedly working on a new Gavin & Stacey special. Filmed this summer, it will air on BBC One at Christmas.

British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2024

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