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Oh, it's not occurring, alright? Ruth Jones stamps out rumours of US Gavin and Stacey
Tuesday 11 December 2012
Co-creator of hit sitcom Gavin and Stacey has gone on record to say that an American version of the show is unlikely to happen.
Gavin and Stacey is heading to America - but it's a long way from Essex to New Jersey
Friday 19 October 2012
US studios assume a lack of open-mindedness on the part of their audiences by constantly "adapting" hit foreign shows.
Gavin and Stacey set for US remake
Wednesday 17 October 2012
Will it be 'lush' or leave audiences angrily demanding: 'Oy, what’s occurring?'
Joanna Page: Back on a winning streak
Monday 26 March 2012
New drama The Syndicate sees Joanna Page in her first starring role since Gavin & Stacey.
UK museums warned over dealings with Saudi regime
Wednesday 26 October 2011
The Business On... Jeremy Darroch, chief executive, BSkyB
Friday 10 June 2011
The man waiting for the Murdochs to swoop?
James Corden: The History Boy who grew up
Friday 13 May 2011
Hattie, BBC4, Wednesday<br/>Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, Channel 4, Tuesday
Sunday 23 January 2011
TV’s funniest woman: Ruth Jones on life after Gavin & Stacey
Friday 14 January 2011
Gavin and Stacey star James Corden engaged
Wednesday 29 December 2010
Gavin and Stacey star James Corden has got engaged to his pregnant girlfriend.
Alison Steadman: I want to do another Gavin and Stacey Christmas special
Friday 24 December 2010
James Corden and girlfriend expecting first child
Wednesday 29 September 2010
Television funnyman James Corden and his girlfriend Julia Carey are "both very happy" after he announced they are expecting their first child.
DVD: The Complete Gavin & Stacey, For retail, (2 Entertain)
Sunday 20 December 2009
With its gently absurd humour and reassuringly unglamorous characters, James Corden and Ruth Jones's Essex meets Wales sitcom (released here with last year's Christmas special) is starting to feel like a Last of the Summer Wine for the Noughties.
TV's curse of the Christmas special
Friday 18 December 2009
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