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Gavin & Stacey
SERIES: BBC America, Tuesday 8:40p (30 minutes)

Gavin & Stacey
Critic Score
Metascore: 79 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.4 out of 10
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Starring Mathew Horne, Joanna Page, James Corden, Ruth Jones, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Larry Lamb, and Melanie Walters

The award-winning comedy about the romance between a Welsh woman and an Essex man who meet online is one of many British programs set to be remade for American television.

GENRE(S): Comedy
CREATED BY: James Corden
Ruth Jones
FIRST AIR DATE: August 26, 2008

Originally aired on BBC3 on 13 May 2007.

What The Critics Said

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83
Entertainment Weekly Josh Wolk
The reliably hilarious supporting cast of family members and friends--quirky without being cartoonish--makes a creaky zit subplot forgivable.
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80
LA Weekly Robert Abele
[A] richly observed, mirthful series.
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80
Los Angeles Times Mary McNamara
Gavin & Stacey is a gem of a show -- funny, touching and welcome proof that the romantic comedy can and will survive irony, Botox, Judd Apatow and all the vagaries of the modern age.
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80
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
Horne and Page have sweet chemistry, but what makes the show work is the cast of eccentrics that Corden and Jones have created around them.
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80
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
It's amusing and knowing and will make some viewers smile, but it probably won't provoke gales of laughter. And that's fine. It's still more clever than most single-camera comedies ABC has put on the air in recent years.
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80
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
The most endearing comedy about love to come to television since the Manolos were packed up and put away.
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70
Variety Brian Lowry
Fortunately, the series never veers terribly far from the central duo, each of whom--to borrow a bit of vernacular--is played in cracking fashion by Horne (from "The Catherine Tate Show") and Page ("Love Actually").
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