Awards, National Television. "Winners | National Television Awards". www.nationaltvawards.com . Retrieved 3 May 2020. The show follows the key moments in their relationship: their first meeting, meeting each other's families, getting engaged, marrying, looking for a flat, briefly splitting up, looking for new jobs and trying for children. Characters from the show have appeared outside the series' episodes in aid of various charitable causes. Doris O'Neill ( Margaret John) – Gwen's next-door-neighbour and close friend. The 2019 Christmas special refers to Doris: she died aged 84 and left her house to Gavin and Stacey. Nessa is contesting the legacy through the courts. The show was nominated for and won several awards throughout its run, with two notable wins being the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) Audience Award, and the British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Award, both in 2008.

Schneider, Michael (13 September 2009). "ABC sets up trio of laffers". Variety. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009 . Retrieved 16 January 2010. In the National Television Awards in January 2010, Gavin and Stacey won the award for Best Comedy. [21] Stephen Brook and agencies (22 December 2008). "Gavin & Stacey to return for third series". Guardian . Retrieved 28 July 2013. Catherina "Cath" Smith ( Pam Ferris) – Smithy and Rudi's single mother, who suffers from "a mild form of narcolepsy" (which Pam thinks is a cover for a drinking problem). In April 2008 the show won two awards in the BAFTAs, the Audience Award, and Best Comedy Performance for James Corden. [20] In December 2008 the show won Best TV Comedy in the 2008 British Comedy Awards. In the 2009 BAFTAs Rob Brydon was nominated for Best Comedy Performance as Bryn.

Nessa: “That depends. This reminds me of a very similar situation I was in with my second husband, Clive. I was faced with a dilemma, whether to lie, or not to lie, and I chose to tell the truth.”

Deborah Orr (22 April 2008). "Gavin & Stacey: The misfits". The Independent. London . Retrieved 16 January 2010. Television— News – 'Gavin & Stacey' future 'uncertain' ". Digital Spy. 20 December 2008 . Retrieved 17 October 2009. Matt Gatward: Smithy is funny but Collymore's specs are hilarious". The Independent. London. 22 March 2010 . Retrieved 3 May 2010. Gavin & Stacey Christmas special trailer released". RTE. 1 December 2019 . Retrieved 6 December 2019.Corden and Jones wrote a Christmas Day 2019 special for BBC One. With 18.49million viewers, the broadcast in the United Kingdom was the most-viewed non-sporting event in a decade and the most-watched comedy in 17 years. [3] [4] [5] Synopsis [ edit ] 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.” Baby Cow Productions produced the sitcom for BBC Wales. Three series totalling twenty episodes were broadcast from 13May 2007 to 1January 2010 on BBC Three and later on BBC One. Broadcast on Christmas Day 2009 and New Year's Day 2010, episodes of the final series formed a significant part of the prime-time BBC seasonal programming. Victims' families complain about Gavin & Stacey serial killer names". Heat Magazine. 2 January 2009. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012 . Retrieved 4 February 2011. Ruth "Rudi" Smith ( Sheridan Smith) – Smithy's immature, but loving, younger sister who also likes to be called "Smithy'". She works at a fast food restaurant in Billericay.

There have been two charity episodes depicted as a "spin-off" of Gavin & Stacey called Smithy, starring James Corden as the title character. In March 2008, it was reported the American network NBC had bought the rights to produce an American remake from Baby Cow Productions. Initial ideas according to Corden were to have Gavin coming from New Jersey and Stacey from South Carolina, meeting up in New York City. [11] In December 2008 however, Jones stated "There was a script written for NBC. They optioned it, but then that went away. I read the script and it wasn't great to be honest with you. But now ABC are looking into writing a pilot and hopefully that will work out". [28] At the time, both Corden and Jones were reportedly acting as executive producers of the ABC version, while interviewing other people for the job of writing the adaptation. [29] ABC pilot (2009–10) [ edit ] Bryn: “I cannot speak the Welsh language. It’s a constant source of embarrassment to me, but Welsh is not my mother tongue.” 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. Pamela Andrea "Pam" Shipman ( née Gryglaszewska) ( Alison Steadman) – Gavin's house-proud and over-protective mother.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.” 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. Jesus (Daniel Curtis) – a friend of Gavin and Smithy, who Smithy insults on Gavin's stag night, claiming he had to get his T-shirt made at the last minute. Corden appeared as the character again for 2016's Sport Relief, where Smithy campaigns to be elected as Sepp Blatter's replacement as the president of FIFA. Nessa’s winning advice] “Don’t get me wrong, but to be honest, at the end of the day, when all’s said and done… do you know what I mean?”