Matt Gatward: Smithy is funny but Collymore's specs are hilarious". The Independent. London. 22 March 2010 . Retrieved 3 May 2010. Early release of Gavin & Stacey DVDs causes a row". British Comedy Guide. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020 . Retrieved 7 August 2022. On 30 March 2010, Corden and Jones appeared in character as Smithy and Nessa as part of Channel 4's Comedy Gala, held at the O2 Arena in London in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, broadcast on Channel 4 on 5April 2010. Following on from the events of the final episode, they arrive in London on a day trip from Barry Island, with Neil the baby in tow. [ citation needed] Home media [ edit ] Vanessa Shanessa "Nessa" Jenkins ( Ruth Jones) – Stacey's oldest and closest friend, lives in Barry. Nessa has several celebrity connections, such as MP John Prescott, and later begins a relationship with Dave "Coaches" Lloyd Gooch.

David "Coaches" Lloyd Gooch ( Steffan Rhodri) – local coach driver, later Nessa's fiancé. He appears in the first episode when Stacey travels to London to meet Gavin. The idea for the show occurred to actor James Corden during a wedding reception, and he then developed the idea with co-writer Ruth Jones, whom he had met during the filming of ITV drama Fat Friends. Corden claims to have been inspired by the story of his own real life best friend Gavin, who met his wife over the phone at work, and arranged to meet. They presented it to the BBC as a one-off play entitled It's My Day, but the BBC instead asked for a full series. [11] Stacey: “I had a brunch I did. Oh, I got up so late cos I set the alarm for ten but I didn’t get up till gone eleven and I thought well I’m too early for lunch and I’m too late for breakfast, so I just had a banana. But if anything that made me more hungry. So I ended up having a sandwich, some cereal and a yoghurt, which is brunch innit? So I rang my mum and I said I’ve just had my first ever brunch.”

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In the National Television Awards in January 2010, Gavin and Stacey won the award for Best Comedy. [21] Nessa: “He died. Firing squad. Terrible way to go, Stace and I wouldn’t like to see it happen to you. Smugglers, we were. And if it weren’t for my relationship with John Prescott, I’d still be in that jail right now. So yeah, in answer to your question, I’d say no, don’t tell him.”

Television— Interview— Ruth Jones ('Gavin & Stacey')". Digital Spy. 18 December 2008 . Retrieved 17 October 2009. Corden appeared as Smithy again on Michael McIntyre's Christmas Roadshow on BBC One on 25December 2011. The sketch showed Smithy in a dating-show style spoof with Miranda Hart as her TV alter ego.Bryn: “It is, Gavin, it is, provided you remember the one golden rule, and I’ll tell you what, it took me a while to get my head round it. What it is, you have to start everything with ‘w-w-w-dot’. And the best thing to do is to think of something to help remind you, like with me now, I think of ‘whiskey with water’ which was my brother – God rest his soul – my brother’s favourite drink. But it could be anything. I mean, you could say… come on, three w’s. Um… ‘women… wearing wings’. No, don’t say that, that’s a terrible one.” Gavin and Stacey stars promise different second series". BBC Newsbeat. 5 March 2008 . Retrieved 16 January 2010. Holmwood, Leigh (15 September 2009). "Gavin and Stacey set for US remake". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 3 May 2010. Schneider, Michael (13 September 2009). "ABC sets up trio of laffers". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009 . Retrieved 16 January 2010. Bryn on current affairs] “On HTV Wales this morning, they said Cardiff town had been literally decimated by a group of unruly school girls. Joking I am! It wasn’t on the news. Although, on the news, there was a story about a group of school girls who actually stabbed a teacher, which I think is disgusting.”