I hour of Gaving and Stacey bliss later and I think we all agree that this second series looks even better than the first, and the reviews agree;

The Times “This comedy is less mild than it looks and even funnier than I remembered”

The Guardian”The two episodes were the fifth- and sixth-best rated shows on BBC3 since it launched five years ago”

TV Scoop”if the performances stay this strong … their show can only go from strength to strength“

The award-winning BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey is about to return. Its creators tell Jasper Rees what inspired it

‘When we met those girls on the train the other day they went, ‘Oh yeah, what’s that thing you did? Kevin and Tracey or something?’”

	Shared passion: Ruth Jones and James Corden

Ruth Jones is sanguine about the impact of Gavin and Stacey. The comedy series, which Jones co-wrote and appeared in, about a whirlwind romance between a sweet Welsh girl from Barry and a nice Essex boy from Billericay, may recently have won two British Comedy awards and a South Bank Show award.

But the fact that it was shown on BBC3 meant that, after its first outing, most people didn’t know Gavin and Stacey from Adam and Eve.

“I kind of feel that the show doesn’t exclude anyone,” says Jones’s co-writer James Corden, “and that people up and down the country could watch it.”

But then, as he ruefully admits: “A lot of them haven’t.” However, a week ago, Corden’s dream of mass exposure came true.

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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.

Radio 1’s Newsbeat has been given an early preview of series two of BBC 3’s award-winning comedy show Gavin And Stacey.

Mathew, James, Ruth and Joanne from Gavin and Stacey

Although the second series doesn’t air until 16 March, Newsbeat joined the cast to see the first two new episodes of the hit show in London.

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Newlyweds Gavin and Stacey return from honeymoon to a big welcome from both families but the new domestic arrangements soon bring everyone a little too close!

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From The Observer

The entire first series of Gavin & Stacey will be broadcast on BBC2 on 1 March. The second series will start on BBC3 in mid-March.

With the likes of Steve Coogan, Peter Kay and Julia Davis queuing up to sing its praises, Ruth Jones and James Corden are still getting their heads around the popularity of their cult comedy series. Here, the pair behind Gavin & Stacey tell Amy Raphael why they feel ‘on the outside, looking in at their great big bloody stash of awards Read the rest of this entry »

Hit BBC3 sitcom Gavin and Stacey has yet another award to brag about after picking up the 2008 South Bank Show Award for TV comedy. The award, presented by Jack Dee, was collected by writers and stars James Corden and Ruth Jones.

The new comedy, which also won a Broadcast Award last week, was named ‘Best New Sitcom 2007′ in our own British Sitcom Awards, and picked up three British Comedy Awards the previous month, was up against Hot Fuzz and Alan Carr for this South Read the rest of this entry »

IC Wales ran a story on how Rob Brydon is busy finding himself.

Having finished filming the second series of Gavin And Stacey last Friday

Gavin & Stacey is up for three more TV awards, just days after its British Comedy Award success.

The BBC Three sitcom has been shortlisted in three categories of the industry’s Broadcast Awards: best comedy, best multichannel programme and best new programme.

The winners will be announced in London on January 23.

The simple premise of boy meets girl resulted in three prestigious British Comedy Awards for BBC3 last night.

Gavin and Stacey tells the story of a regular guy from Essex and regular girl from Barry Island, South Wales and was written by the actors Ruth Jones and James Corden after they had met on the set of ITV1’s Fat Friends. During filming, Corden told Jones about an idea for a comedy that he and his girlfriend had come up with and the pair decided to write the sitcom together.

They were so dedicated to the project that Jones even flew to New York, where Corden was appearing in the Broadway production of Alan Bennett’s The History Boys so they could continue writing. Last night, their effort paid off when Gavin and Stacey was crowned best new comedy at the awards in London, beating Jack Dee’s BBC4 comedy Lead Balloon and BBC1 sitcom Not Going Out.

Jones and Corden, who play the couple’s best friends Nessa and Smith, were also named best female and male newcomer.

The BBC3 series, which also stars Alison Steadman and Rob Brydon, is produced by Baby Cow, the production company set up by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, which was behind Saxondale and Nighty Night.