September 14, 2009
From Variety
Stacy Traub and Hayes Jackson (NOT JAMES AND RUTH?) are busy writing for the American version of Gavin and Stacey for the ABC network.
This new version of the show is being produced by BBC Worldwide. We hope it makes it beyond a pilot.
Any guesses on what they might call it? Steve and Linda?
December 24, 2008
Wednesday 24 December
10.00-11.00pm BBC ONE
It’s Christmas Eve and the Wests join the Shipmans for one of Mick’s famous turkey dinners, as the award-winning Gavin & Stacey comes to BBC One for a special festive episode.
Smithy can’t wait to spend his first Christmas with baby Neil, but doesn’t count on Dave Coaches tagging along and playing happy families with Nessa. Jason and Bryn, meanwhile, have a heart-to-heart about “that” fishing trip and Gavin and Stacey’s revelation to Pam and Smithy doesn’t quite turn out to be the Christmas present they were expecting.
Mick is played by Larry Lamb, Smithy by James Corden, Dave Coaches by Steffan Rhodri, Nessa by Ruth Jones, Jason by Robert Wilford, Bryn by Rob Brydon, Gavin by Mathew Horne, Stacey by Joanna Page and Pam by Alison Steadman. Melanie Walters also stars as Gwen.
Gavin & Stacey is simulcast on BBC HD – the BBC’s High Definition channel available through Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media. With up to five times more detail than standard definition television, HD provides exceptionally vivid colours and crisp pictures to make Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special a truly cinematic TV experience.
August 18, 2008
“We won’t rule it out but we are working on a Christmas special now,” Corden told Take 5 magazine. “There has to be a story to tell. I think there is another life to the show but Ruth Jones and I don’t know what is after the special.”
Meanwhile, a US version of the BBC sitcom is currently being planned by the NBC network, and Corden is keen to find out who will play his character Smithy.
He revealed: “People from Sex and the City are working on the script and we can’t be too precious, but Philip Seymour Hoffman would be great.”
From Digital Spy
May 14, 2008
James Corden told the Sun “Philip Seymour Hoffman would be an amazing Smithy,”
“I’d love that. I can’t wait to see the US show. Getting it started was delayed by their writers’ strike but it’s back on course now.”