This is a WONDERFUL comedy, and I can't recommend it enough! The very first episode had me hooked, and I finished the entire series in pretty much one sitting. Smithy and Nessa are my favorites, they're completely lovable characters and I think Jones and Corden were at their prime for this entire show. As someone who isn't Welsh or English, I liked how the slapstick and deadpan comedy still made everything so relatable and even though some of the obscure references went over my head, I still think every inch of it was ace. Every episode guarantees a good time, and some hearty laughs. It took me a while to warm up to some of the supporting characters though, but I think all in all they're collectively brilliant, and this show deserves to have more reruns aired on regular TV! Absolute must-see. Please give it a chance! It is very much comedy gold and is SO MUCH BETTER than most of the crap that passes for comedy on TV nowadays (ex., later seasons of HIMYM, blech). Have fun seeing it!

This came on the telly when we were having a more stressful time than usual at home, when the need for light relief on the box is essential. It does not have a deep complex plot or a constant supply of gags, the humour is in watching the characters do their stuff. I guess it wont appeat to some people but we love it and have watched it over and over. All the acting is brilliant, all the characters are well drawn and quirky in their own way, and the joy is in watching how these characters will behave in this week's episode. The humour is very subtle, never laboured and we have noticed things we missed even after watching several times. This wont appeal to everyone and I think if after giving a couple of episodes a go you haven't enjoyed it you probably wont. But if you like stuff thats not quite mainstream and a bit different, and want something you can watch again and again to lift your spirits, then I cant recommend this enough. We reckon that the character of Ness could be a category of her own in the British TV quiz, 'mastermind'. If you see it you'll get what I mean.....

From great phrases to great characters. Gavin and Stacey has it all. The characters are all unique and have a story. The first episode, starts by the two main characters, Gavin Shipman ( Mathew Horne) Stacey West ( Joanna Page) talking on the phone at work, the characters are meeting up in London, after their relationship has blossomed online. They meet and the characters instantly bond. By the second episode, Gavin has proposed. To which Stacey's widowed mother Gwen and uncle Bryn (Rob Brydon) aren't to pleased about, has Stacey has been engaged 5 times before!. On the other hand, Gavin's parents Pam Shipman ( Alison Steadman) and Mick Shipman (Larry Lamb) are really happy about and plan to meet Stacey's family. With laughs love and excitement, Gavin and Stacey is the perfect programme to watch and is suitable for all.

I have just watched the 2008 Christmas special. I feel a mixture of emotions, but the strongest is the oddest, but perhaps the most important. If any of you foreign (not British) followers of the IMDb have any queries about what life is like for the majority of us Brits-THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE.Not glamorous, not repulsive. We don't live in squalour, (mostly): we don't live in mouldy mansions (predominantly). For some reason, I care what the world thinks about my country and its peoples: and I inevitably think about how we are presented in films and T.V and the rest of it. We aren't a bunch of stuck-up racists. We aren't all bad-toothed creeps. We aren't all posh, manipulative back-stabbing Hollywood criminals. We're just people. Screwed-up, sensible; kind and cruel. Loving yet vicious. Hot and cold, yet sweet and sour. Gavin and Stacey is the one series I feel I can show to the world and say; "If you want to know what we Brits are like...that's pretty much it!" And if you don't like it....your problem.Also, Ruth Jones is Lush.Tidy!