Brynfor "Bryn" West ( Rob Brydon) – known as "Uncle Bryn"; Stacey's protective, naïve and eccentric uncle, and Gwen's brother-in-law. Bryn's brother, Trevor, Stacey's father, died prior to the time depicted in the series, and Bryn helped the family cope. He has a difficult relationship with his nephew, Jason, due to a seemingly disturbing incident on their fishing trip. It is occasionally implied that he is attracted to men. There have been two charity episodes depicted as a "spin-off" of Gavin & Stacey called Smithy, starring James Corden as the title character. Characters from the show have appeared outside the series' episodes in aid of various charitable causes. a b Plunkett, John (21 April 2008). "Gavin & Stacey creators say there may not be a third series". Guardian. London . Retrieved 17 October 2009.

Baby Cow Productions produced the sitcom for BBC Wales. Three series totalling twenty episodes were broadcast from 13May 2007 to 1January 2010 on BBC Three and later on BBC One. Broadcast on Christmas Day 2009 and New Year's Day 2010, episodes of the final series formed a significant part of the prime-time BBC seasonal programming. In the National Television Awards in January 2010, Gavin and Stacey won the award for Best Comedy. [21]Ruth Jones commented in 2009: "I suppose we were hoping that people wouldn't realise and then when it does come to light, it's even more delicious..." [7] Main [ edit ] Pam’s dietary requirements] “This morning, before you arrived, I became a vegetarian. Yeah, veggie, Out of interest, any one of you vegetarians? I mean, not that it makes any difference to me either way. I mean, we’re all adults. But, I would ask you to respect my views. And all the little animals who’ve been needlessly murdered in the name of Western Civilised greed.” (Photo: BBC) Bryn on Smithy] “He’s a lovely looking boy. Not in the conventional sense, like Gavin or Enrique Iglesias, but he’s got a lovely spirit. A confidence, if you will, that you rarely find in a fat man.” Television— Interview— Ruth Jones ('Gavin & Stacey')". Digital Spy. 18 December 2008 . Retrieved 17 October 2009.

Howard, Bronte (28 January 2020). "Gavin and Stacey win big at National Television Awards 2020". WalesOnline. Media Wales. Archived from the original on 12 July 2020 . Retrieved 7 August 2022. In March 2008, it was reported the American network NBC had bought the rights to produce an American remake from Baby Cow Productions. Initial ideas according to Corden were to have Gavin coming from New Jersey and Stacey from South Carolina, meeting up in New York City. [11] In December 2008 however, Jones stated "There was a script written for NBC. They optioned it, but then that went away. I read the script and it wasn't great to be honest with you. But now ABC are looking into writing a pilot and hopefully that will work out". [28] At the time, both Corden and Jones were reportedly acting as executive producers of the ABC version, while interviewing other people for the job of writing the adaptation. [29] ABC pilot (2009–10) [ edit ] Ruth "Rudi" Smith ( Sheridan Smith) – Smithy's immature, but loving, younger sister who also likes to be called "Smithy'". She works at a fast food restaurant in Billericay. a b "Barry Island traders: 'We must make the most of Gavin & Stacey' ". Barry and District News. Newsquest. 9 January 2010 . Retrieved 16 January 2010.

Holmwood, Leigh (15 September 2009). "Gavin and Stacey set for US remake". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 3 May 2010.

Ausiello, Michael (9 June 2014). "Us & Them Update: 6 Produced Episodes of Fox's Jason Ritter-Alexis Bledel Comedy Will Never Air". TVLine. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. He again appeared at Comic Relief, this time in 2013, in the live studio itself. He went on to rant about all the world's issues and his opinions on them.

Gavin & Stacey Christmas special trailer released". RTE. 1 December 2019 . Retrieved 6 December 2019.