Gavin and Stacey go abroad
According to British Sitcom Guide
The hit BBC Three sitcom Gavin and Stacey has become the most recent British sitcom to be given the go ahead to be adapted for an American audience.
The series will be remade by NBC, the same channel behind the American version of The Office. Steve Coogan, the head of Baby Cow Productions which makes Gavin and Stacey, will oversee the production of the remake, alongside James Corden and Ruth Jones, the show’s creators (pictured).
Corden told The Times: “It’s really exciting. The idea is that Gavin will come from New Jersey, which has the same relation to New York as Essex does to London. Stacey will be from South Carolina. They meet in Times Square. I hope they keep the British names but they may have to change them.”
The second series of the British version is due to start on BBC Three on Sunday 16th March with a double-bill. Corden said that he expects the British version to finish with a Christmas special, whereas the American version will go on, similar to the current adaptation of The Office. The BBC has also asked Corden and Jones to make their own sketch show, as well as writing film scripts.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I can’t wait for the 2nd series, i LOVE it, a great comedy finally on T.V…
March 8th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
It’s a brilliant series, it has a good storyline and a great mix of characters that people can relate to.
I have a feeling it is going to end with Gav & Stace becoming mam and dad. I hope so anyway.
They could probably do 3 series, the next could be about her pregnancy, maybe she and Nessa would be pregnant together and Smithy and Gav both become dads. That would be awesome.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
awwwww i luv this its so sweet n i wanna give nessa a big cwch i think stacys gonna be a mam but i dont recon she’ll have it with nessa n i think smithy will totaly fruge bar freak at being dad !!!!!!
oh i luv this its like some dead nice siocled
luv 2 you
xx