Gavin and Stacey

“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

Acording to the Daily Record,

James admitted: “It would be lovely to know a bit more about it.

“If someone knows Ben Silverman (co-chairman of NBC), maybe they can call us and just say, ‘You know this show that we bought the format to? This is what we are doing to it.’ “We’d love to know because then we could tell you and think about money.”

Ruth added: “We’ve read several press reports that we’ve signed a £2million deal for this American version. I can categorically tell you, if you saw my car, you’d know that’s not true.

“It’s a lovely car. I’m very fond of it, but it’s not very new.”

OK! Magazine says, they would “die to be in [the show]“.

Charlotte said “Actually we need a new action hero – there’s never been a Welsh action hero, has there?”

“Maybe it could turn out that Nessa knows us from way back. We love it so much.”

“It would be brilliant. I would love to be an actor.” said Gavin Henson, the Welsh rugby international.

Who doesn’t want to be in series 3?

The Sun says

GAVIN and Stacey has been such a huge hit its hotly anticipated Christmas Special is set to air on BBC One, as opposed to BBC Three.

BBC Vision director Jana Bennett said at the Banff World Television Festival in Canada -where the Beeb was also honoured for shows such as Cranford, Top Gear and Extras – she’s keen to see the smash show transfer to the higher profile channel.

She said: “We removed it from the glare of ratings – playing the first two series on BBC3 – and it found a devoted following, averaging 1.6m on the digital channel.

“This year, I’d love to see the Christmas special play out on BBC1.

“To give you a sense of just how much artistic space we’ve given these new writer-performers – in the three years since they brought Gavin and Stacey to us there have been just nine emails between the BBC and its authors.

“Its story is similar to the way in which we have nurtured other new talent and new comedy – that most high risk and fragile of genres. The Office was allowed to grow in a very similar way on BBC2.

“It gives the slow burners room to breathe – shows that in the end may burn very bright indeed.”

Her comments also referred to the criticism of BBC Three, led by Jeremy Paxman and John Humphrys, who called for the youth channel to be axed to save cash.

The BBC is reporting that

Barry could be set to cash in on its newfound fame as the setting for award winning BBC TV comedy Gavin and Stacey.

a councillor, Rob Curtis, is trying to get the local council to invest in the trail and make a bit of money for Barry.

And as some of the Essex scences are also filmed nearby, like the pub, you can kill two birds with one stone.

Would you take the Gavin and Stacey Mystery Tour?

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.”

If they do end G&S ater the Christmas special, then the show is ripe for spin offs.

The obvious one would be “The Fishing Trip” or “Fishing with Bryn”.

Any other suggestions for spin offs?

Just saw on TV Scoop that James Corden isn’t certain about the future of Gavin and Stacey after a one off Christmas special.

“We never intended to write a second series let alone a third,” said Jones. “We don’t want it to become predictable. We will see how the Christmas special goes and take it from there.” He also said: “We will write one if we can make it better. We have to be true to ourselves.”

I, for one, agree that I would prefer that they quit at the top of their game rather than stretch the idea too far and ruin the memories. But if Gavin and Stacey USA does appear, there will be plenty of future material.

After it’s run ended this evening, BBC Three’s Gavin and Stacey beat the likes of Strictly Come Dancing and Britain’s Got Talent to the BAFTA audience award, voted for by the public.

Co-writer and actor lovely James Corden also won best comedy performance.

Hooray!!!

So this weekend is the last episode of series 2. What do you want to see in series 3?