Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-29
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 168 minutes

DVD Description
This BBC comedy sitcom Gavin and Stacey features a romantic, off-beat, boy-meets-girl story.

Gavin is an ordinary boy from England, Stacey is an ordinary girl from Wales. They speak every day on the phone at work, and yet they've never met... until now. But when Gavin and Stacey finally meet and their ordinary worlds come together, we see, through their families, their friends and their differences, that there's no such thing as 'ordinary' after all.

Written by and starring Ruth Jones (Nighty Night, Little Britain) and James Corden (The History Boys), the series also features Mathew Horne (Catherine Tate, Roman's Empire), Joanna Page (Gideon's Daughter, Love Actually), Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Larry Lamb and Melanie Walters.

This DVD features all the episodes in Series 1 originally aired on BBC 3.

Synopsis
Sitcom featuring an English guy and a girl from Wales. After speaking on the phone at work every day, Gavin and Stacey meet and soon discover that despite their obvious differences, they share a lot in common.

Customer Reviews

Hmmmmmm....
So here it is in a nutshell. I don't understand modern comedy. The Office. Little Britain. The Fast Show. Two Pints of Lager and a Whatever. I just don't get it. Any of it. They all leave me colder than Anne Widdecombes bloomers. Are they meant to be funny? Are they meant to make you cringe? Anyone?

So we come to Gavin and Stacey. The latest "comedy" to cause a stir. The series was recommended to me by someone who is usually reliable (my mum) and so I watched it with some anticipation.

I have now fallen out with my mum.

For those who haven't endured the show, the series features two families, one fom Barry in Wales, the other from Billericay in Essex, and the burgeoning relationship between two youngish people Gavin and Stacey. The premise behind the show is that people from Essex are intrinsically funny because they are ignorant, not overly bright and parochial and people from Barry are intrinsically funny for exactly the same reason. If that doesn't tickle yer funny gland I don't know what will.

What humour there is to be found in the show is generic, predictable and usually purloined from some other show or comedian (that nicotine patch joke for instance). Many of the jokes are so badly telegraphed that I often found myself cringing in my chair long before the joke arrived. Oooh now where is her thong? I just can't imagine. In the end what enjoyment I got from the series was as a drama rather than a comedy. And there wasn't a lot of that either (drama that is or enjoyment for that matter!).

Of course the series contains a host of hilarious characters. Uncle Bryn and his technology (haha), Nessa and her cliches and deadpan style (hoho), Smithy and his moods (hehe) and Gavin's mum and her vegetarianism.

But it's not all bad. There are only six episodes and the amount of really cringe-making moments has been kept to a minimum.

Now where is my copy of The Shield Series 1. Perhaps it wasn't that bad after all?

Fantastic
Really funny, excellent observational humour with brlliant casting can recommend this to anyone who enjoys romantic comedy with a twist. especially good since it's rare to here a good Barry accent on TV!

What a Show
Gavin and Stacey has too be one of the best kept secrets being hidden away on BBC 3. The characters and acting is fantastic and every moment is filled with humour. If you haven seen it then buy it now you will want too watch every episode back too back and then watch them all over again. James corden and Ruth Jones have created a gem with this one lets hope theres more too come from them.