THEkingboomer : Gavin and Stacey S1 Ep3 REACTION!

Did you know that in Utah, if you've committed a crime and get the death sentence, you can actually choose a firing squad to take you out. Apparently there is a long waiting list. So people are actually choosing to die that way.

ASMR Scottish Dee

2025-09-21 18:44:39 +0000 UTC

It's South Wales that's a bit shit at Welsh. Here's a rough Map. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Welsh_speakers_in_the_2021_census.svg/1200px-Welsh_speakers_in_the_2021_census.svg.png

SquaredSpekz

2025-01-31 00:29:46 +0000 UTC

Quite a lot of people have garages in the suburbs. And I think the one in that shot didn’t have a bush in front of it, it was just the perspective of the camera angle fucking with you 😂

Paul Cole

2024-11-07 23:06:40 +0000 UTC

You'll grow to love Nessa's crazy stories. They become more and more outrageous. In fact, all the inside jokes are great - Lucy's ambiguous age, Nessa's crazy past, and of course the fishing trip story.

Joe Blakeley

2024-10-10 13:48:23 +0000 UTC

I'm Welsh - in fact, I grew up in Barry. It is sooooooo rare to hear anyone speaking Welsh. My brother has learnt the mother tongue from his wife. The only time I really hear it is when I am with them and their kids. It seems to me, the further North you go in Wales - the more common the language shines through.

Richard Normansell

2024-10-04 21:38:02 +0000 UTC

29.2% of people aged three or older were able to speak Welsh from a 2023 survey

Yaapsdad

2024-09-19 08:41:50 +0000 UTC

I agree with you it is sweet and charming. It's a nice show to watch but I would hardly call it hilarious and as you've seen in the reply to some of my comments people get very defensive on it. I definitely wouldn't call it funny, but I do like it.

DJ RJ

2024-09-18 01:08:49 +0000 UTC

Oh alright....I didn't know

R Lawrence

2024-09-18 00:16:54 +0000 UTC

No it isn't, I live in Wales, and most people speak Welsh here. In fact about 60% of people in this area (Gwynedd) speak it as their first language - and for many jobs it's a requirement that you speak it - or at least can say the basics in Welsh.

muu041

2024-09-18 00:15:43 +0000 UTC

Ha funny, all true

Mark Jephson

2024-09-15 11:21:48 +0000 UTC

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/rQCz7RdkUdQQfc7J/ Pierce Brosnan and James Cordant beef

bdazzer85

2024-09-15 09:43:22 +0000 UTC

Proof and abv are different. Quite a few specialty beers some evn up to 20* abv. Look for Ghost Deer beer by Brewdog. Plenty of high single digit beers in supermarkets about the 7% abv which would be 14 proof.

TomPalmer

2024-09-15 00:10:53 +0000 UTC

My Grandad (god rest his soul as Bryn would say) had a garage where he did indeed park his car, but there was probably about 10 cm either side to get out. I'm not sure how he actually got in his car! When he got older and was no longer able to drive it had his old golf clubs, bowles equipment and basically acted as a shed!

Daniel Simpkins

2024-09-14 20:00:31 +0000 UTC

Must be a home brew I've never heard of a 19% beer either. I think the highest proof I've even seen in the UK is 10%

Chris Kay

2024-09-14 16:32:55 +0000 UTC

Most private houses in the UK have garages!! Not all but I would say 80% do. Its rare that a council house would have one though.

Chris Kay

2024-09-14 16:28:34 +0000 UTC

Cardiff city centre to Barry town centre is 9.6 miles by road on Google maps (rounded up to 10 in my post). What did you think it was?

Fordy7169

2024-09-14 15:56:13 +0000 UTC

Nessa and the nicotine patches, gum and vape cracks me up every time.

Ryan

2024-09-14 14:49:24 +0000 UTC

King Charles who for most of his life was The Prince of Wales speaks Welsh and when he addresses Senned (Welsh Parliament) he does it in both English and Welsh.

Menty

2024-09-14 13:21:18 +0000 UTC

Gavin and Stacey's surnames (Shipman and West) are named after the famous British serial killers Dr. Harold Shipman and Fred West. Also Pete Sutcliffe (Pam and Mick's friend from episode 2), has the same first and last name as the man known as "The Yorkshire Ripper"

Lee

2024-09-14 13:08:28 +0000 UTC

Me and my Mrs are the reverse gavin and Stacey, she's from Essex and I'm from Wales. We live in Swansea, Wales.

Bikeaholic

2024-09-14 12:34:45 +0000 UTC

On the subject of the SWAT team at the train station - this was only 2 years after we had the horrific 7/7 bombings on the underground, so a guy leaping the barriers would definitely have got a severe response!

Alex West

2024-09-14 11:13:19 +0000 UTC

Alright then, it's the same reason people who live in Rome now don't speak Roman (ie, Latin).

R Lawrence

2024-09-14 11:04:05 +0000 UTC

And people making TV shows, especially Doctor Who (has some G&S crossover too)

Graeme Robertson

2024-09-14 10:59:19 +0000 UTC

No such language as Celtic. I think you mean Gaelic. 'Scots' and 'Doric' are also recognised now I think for certain regions again.

Graeme Robertson

2024-09-14 10:57:52 +0000 UTC

I’m not sure how many people speak Welsh properly, but I think Welsh kids learn it at school!

Kathryn Edwards

2024-09-14 07:32:24 +0000 UTC

garages are fairly common in the UK, i used to have one in my old family house exept we never actually had a car in there, it was just the place to dump any household junk that wasnt so important to be in the house, but almost important enough to not throw away lol

Matt Camburn

2024-09-14 07:27:33 +0000 UTC

I’m actually sat watching this in a garage! It’s been converted into a living space now but it was a garage 3 years ago 😂 I still call it the garage now out of habit 😆

Stephen Prothero

2024-09-14 03:15:03 +0000 UTC

I wsa born in North Wales and lived there the first 6 years of my life, we learned Welsh words at school and hymns at assembly were in Welsh, but we all spoke English...this was early eighties

Stuart

2024-09-14 00:59:08 +0000 UTC

10 miles?

Stuart

2024-09-14 00:54:34 +0000 UTC

My dad's best friend went on a stag night with Rob Brydon, apparently he was proper miserable that night. Always feel you have to give celebs a bit of slack though, they can't always be in a good mood, especially when they're always harrassed lol

Rach

2024-09-13 23:57:18 +0000 UTC

It's also the way that [redacted] shows up at [redacted] that proves her stories are real

Rach

2024-09-13 23:54:48 +0000 UTC

Funnily Ruth Jones seeming so nice has always made me wonder if there's another nicer side to Corden that the public haven't seen because she seems to really vibe with him. Or maybe she's secretly horrible. I guess there's no way to know but I love speculating haha

Rach

2024-09-13 23:52:59 +0000 UTC

Also, unrelated, but "Gwen, what's your beef, or tofu sorry Pam" is one of my favourite understated lines of all time

Rach

2024-09-13 23:37:42 +0000 UTC

Re: Garages, they do exist in the UK, but often they aren't used for cars. My parents have one but it's used for my Mums woodworking, the cars just go on the driveway. It's also a sign of the middle class because a working class family like stacies would usually live in a terraced house without one.

Rach

2024-09-13 23:36:25 +0000 UTC

I am Welsh and cant speak it has I am from South Wales same Area has Barry we wasn't allowed to teach Welsh in Schools in the 70's but apparently French was ok. My Old School which was a Comp is now a Welsh School which teaches Welsh so both my Children can actually speak Welsh Now.

DJGRAY1 Music And Comedy

2024-09-13 23:11:55 +0000 UTC

Strangeways is a prison in/near Manchester btw . Also, not sure if it's been mentioned before and there are too many comments to check but their surnames, Shipman and West. Both the names of very famous serial killers in the UK . Sutcliffe too, the surname of Dawn and Pete

Chris

2024-09-13 21:34:21 +0000 UTC

The reason a lot of houses don't have garages is because either they were built before cars (Victorian terrace) or they are in cities and towns that don't have room for garages. A lot of garages were built before bigger cars so get used for storage instead or people change them into an extra room. Out in the suburbs lots of garages.

Rebecca Musson

2024-09-13 20:59:09 +0000 UTC

Like most dock cities Cardiff became a cultural melting pot during the industrial revolution. Well the upper class perhaps but the working classes can't afford to retire on the Welsh coasts, no.

Corey Williams

2024-09-13 20:26:58 +0000 UTC

Funny story. I've met 2 people in my life whose native language was Welsh. I met them in prison (Don't you judge me you muppets). They were cell mates, they were from the same small village in Wales, and they were both called Dylan Thomas. I know it sounds like bollocks but it's true haha

Mike Currie

2024-09-13 20:10:39 +0000 UTC

My Granny spoke Welsh I wish I’d have made her teach me . It’s a comfy show and there are fun things to come

Erica

2024-09-13 20:05:19 +0000 UTC

Definitely, I do wonder if it was possibly a suggestion from Julia Davis

Kieran B

2024-09-13 19:59:24 +0000 UTC

Well done Kieran and for also mentioning the friends surname the ‘Sutcliffe’s’ after Peter Sutcliffe, another notorious serial killer. (Went back through the comments to find yours). 👍🏼 A brilliant but dark comedy choice by Ruth Jones and James Corden.

Neil Bird

2024-09-13 19:49:29 +0000 UTC

I consider it restoring our culture and language that was almost eradicated for reasons I won't go into here. Same is happening here in Scotland. I'm all for it. Hopefully one day, Scots language will be de facto.

ThetaSigmaTheOriginal

2024-09-13 19:35:43 +0000 UTC

Yeah I did last episode 😄

Kieran B

2024-09-13 19:33:58 +0000 UTC

About a third of Welsh people speak Welsh, and I believe it's rising because it's back in schools again, which I think is a good thing. Same is true here in Scotland, use of our own language is rising again, its about as prevalent as Welsh in Wales. We almost lost our languages, along with other aspects of our culture, but we've been slowly restoring them in recent decades.

ThetaSigmaTheOriginal

2024-09-13 19:32:33 +0000 UTC

...and immigrants, especially on Cardiff. Do upper or working class English retirees never move to a nice place for their retirement then ?

South Coast Rich

2024-09-13 19:30:37 +0000 UTC

All or most the road signs in Wales are bi-lingual - Welsh and English of course, with Welsh coming first. That's fine, but when I'm negotiating unfamiliar roundabouts in Cardiff , it sometimes takes too long to spot get to read the English bit on the road signs , and I do miss my turn-offs occasionally. Also, at Cardiff Central railway station , (and possibly all rail stations in Wales), all the audio AND display announcements are also bilingual, with Welsh coming first. Again that's fine unless you're in a last minute dash for a train and have to wait slightly longer to get the English version. As Cardiff has more English than Welsh speakers, and the vast majority of tourists, (and immigrants) are far more likely to speak or at least understand a bit of English compared to Welsh, it seems a bit odd. Social engineering perhaps.

South Coast Rich

2024-09-13 19:28:37 +0000 UTC

When a Welshman gets called a 'sheep-shagger' the usual retort is ' We shag 'em, you eat 'em' . The Welsh language Cymraeg (Koomryyg) is mainly spoken in West , Mid and North-West Wales. The South, South-East and North-East areas experienced a lot of immigration of mainly English, as well as from other parts of Britain and Ireland, during the Industrial Revolution so English became the main language out of necessity. FYI the town of Barry is approx. 10 miles west of Cardiff on the South Wales coast. The Welsh accent you hear Nessa speaking is particular to the Barry/Cardiff/SE Wales area as opposed to Stacey/Bryn/Gwen whose accent is a general South Wales one. Re. the county of Essex , which borders the North-East of Greater London, here there were lots of people over-spilling from the East side of London particularly after WWII bombing and the Baby-boom, and new towns were built to house them. FYI in this show Gavin supports North London football team Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) football team and Smithy supports East London team West Ham United ( 'The Hammers' or 'The Irons').

Fordy7169

2024-09-13 19:21:46 +0000 UTC

Nessa, the big girl with the great one liners, is played by Ruth Jones. Ruth and James Corden co-wrote Gavin and Stacey. I think Nessa has a kind heart below that rather intimidating exterior. Certainly Ruth Jones seems like a very pleasant and cheerful lady.

South Coast Rich

2024-09-13 19:19:51 +0000 UTC

It's about 29% speak Welsh

Rob Pontin

2024-09-13 19:17:50 +0000 UTC

I just googled 'Welsh Language' and it gives a lot of stats, and also a map of the country , colour coded to show how much or little Welsh is spoken across the whole country. Broadly speaking, the further north and west you go in the country, the more likely the locals speak Welsh as their first language, although such people speak English fluently too. In fact in the past, (not sure how long ago), some Welsh people in Wales only spoke Welsh and didn't understand English. In south Wales you find the biggest Welsh towns and cities, that are relatively close to England with good road and rail links between the two countries. Also, the area used to be very industrial with many coal mines , steelworks , and docks, particularly in Cardiff . Cardiff has a history of immigration, mainly Afro-Carribbean historically, but nowadays it seems to have more Asian, particularly Pakistani immigration. In fact, Cardiff is the city and region with the largest amount of immigration in the UK over the last year or two. My girlfriend lives in Cardiff and over the last few years, there seems to be far more ladies walking around in burkhas than I've ever noticed before. I think therefore that Arabic and Welsh will gain increasing prominence in the future - because of mass immigration by the former, and Welsh now being a compulsory to subject to be taught in all Welsh state schools I think I agree with you KB, that Welsh people, on the whole, seem to be particularly warm and friendly, and I think that they also have the prettiest women of all the four 'hone' countries that comprise the UK.

South Coast Rich

2024-09-13 19:16:25 +0000 UTC

I think she says it in more of a nonchalant and less excitable way than Jay which allows her to become more believable.

Grady Parsons

2024-09-13 18:47:27 +0000 UTC

I never noticed that. Best part is, I grew up in Gloucester.

Grady Parsons

2024-09-13 18:46:48 +0000 UTC

More rural, I suppose.

Grady Parsons

2024-09-13 18:46:24 +0000 UTC

Nice one! 🙏 thank you

MarkC

2024-09-13 18:34:58 +0000 UTC

About 17%. What you have to remember is Wales has a population of 3.1 million, but only around 2 million are Welsh. So the % would be higher amongst Welsh people... we're just flooded with middle class English retirees

Corey Williams

2024-09-13 18:29:21 +0000 UTC

Yeah normally you'd just assume the character lies about everything (like Jay from Inbetweeners) but with Nessa it just feels believable 😂

Kieran1924

2024-09-13 18:14:21 +0000 UTC

Welsh is an olden day language, it's the same reason people in Scotland don't speak celtic

R Lawrence

2024-09-13 17:59:51 +0000 UTC

According to the Annual Population Survey (APS), 29.2% of people in Wales aged three or older were able to speak Welsh in the year ending September 30, 2023. This is a 0.6 percentage point decrease from the previous year. Here are some other findings from the APS: Children and young people aged 3 to 15 were more likely to speak Welsh than any other age group. Gwynedd and the Isle of Anglesey had the highest estimated percentages of Welsh speakers. Blaenau Gwent and Monmouthshire had the lowest estimated percentages of Welsh speakers. The Welsh Government's Cymraeg 2050 strategy aims to increase the number of Welsh speakers to one million by 2050.

Rembrandt Le Beau Von Goethe De Wolfe

2024-09-13 17:46:29 +0000 UTC

You don’t want to get to know Essex 🤣

Graham Goldberg

2024-09-13 17:46:02 +0000 UTC

Alison Steadman as Pam-el-ah (Gav's Mum) is just brilliant. Her performance in the 70s TV production of Abigail's Party is also superb. Such a talented actor.

Mark Wootton

2024-09-13 17:35:19 +0000 UTC

17.8% apparently speak welsh in Wales from 2021. Wales: 538,300 (2021) (17.8% of the population of Wales in 2021, including both L1 and L2 speakers) (official statistic) England: 110,000 (2007, estimated) Argentina: 1,500–5,000 Canada: <3,885 (L1) (2011) Australia: 1,737

John Prescott

2024-09-13 17:28:07 +0000 UTC

Hey KB, Welsh is spoken more in North Wales far more than South. Don’t know the stats but I’m sure one of our Welsh friends on here will know 👍🏻

Paul

2024-09-13 17:20:35 +0000 UTC

Has anyone mentioned the significance of the two family's surnames yet? Taken from Fred 'West' and Harold 'Shipman'....? Both notorious serial killers from the UK !

Neil Bird

2024-09-13 17:18:31 +0000 UTC

Spot on 😂 hobbies are definitely more of a thing here at least

Kieran B

2024-09-13 17:14:31 +0000 UTC

Also it's against the law to keep a car in the garage. The garage is for hobby stuff, furniture that does't go anywhere in the house but still won't be sold/given away/thrown, tins of paint with an inch of paint left in the bottom, and spare tiles from the last three bathroom renovations.

Chris H

2024-09-13 17:13:17 +0000 UTC

Nessa is such a great character, she has a story for everything and has an insane backstory, all the people she mentions are celebs/ politicians etc. I think the idea is that none of it adds up but everyone backs up all her stories.

Rebecca Musson

2024-09-13 17:12:38 +0000 UTC

I live in South Wales, the Rhondda valleys, to be precise. I moved from England. I live deep in the valley, and it's extremely rare to hear Welsh. It's more common in the North East of Wales, so I've heard. The English aren't particularly that welcome in those areas.

Nickerz

2024-09-13 17:10:04 +0000 UTC

You nailed it with the appeal of this show. It's two families from different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds coming together, and all the muppetry associated with that. 'Gavin and Stacey' are the two 'normals' with all the other characters being complete oddballs. Some subtle weird humour also thrown in. The Christmas specials are especially 'feel good'.

Jon

2024-09-13 16:47:13 +0000 UTC

‘Nessa’ is the character you couldn’t remember the name of - she’s the best character I think. Played by Ruth Jones who co-wrote it with James Corden

Kieran B

2024-09-13 16:43:58 +0000 UTC

Think you nailed the appeal of the show

Kieran B

2024-09-13 16:41:10 +0000 UTC

Welcome everyone to the time honoured tradition of commenting on the Gavin and Stacy post 🫡

Beth

2024-09-13 16:40:39 +0000 UTC

I'm Welsh and I speak Welsh. Not as fluently as I used to but I still can. But most people where I'm from speak English predominantly as I'm close to the border with England and I tend to find I only speak Welsh to my grandparents now on the rare occasion. We have lovely neighbours who recently moved here from England they're so lovely they learnt how to say the odd word or two so they've already done more than many people I've known my whole life from here!

Starlight

2024-09-13 16:40:37 +0000 UTC

Garages are definitely a thing, but yeah not as common as the US - but also not unusual, ie you wouldn’t do a double take if you saw a garage, they are still a common thing

Kieran B

2024-09-13 16:25:56 +0000 UTC

LOVE IT BOOMER ! ( I live in uk and last year I was at Birmingham airport and walked past Bryn!! I was shocked and loadly said omg it’s bryn and he kinda looked at me like “ oh fuck sake not another one😂” )

Callum

2024-09-13 16:20:25 +0000 UTC

Bryn is the best character!

AWR93

2024-09-13 16:11:08 +0000 UTC

Not swat team KB. Regular police here don't carry guns but you'll find police at transport hubs and especially train stations and important government buildings equipped like they're ready to start a small war. There's certain areas of Wales that speak Welsh most of the time but in general they mainly speak English. Then there are TV programmes and road signs in Welsh to keep the language alive.

Tim Phillipson

2024-09-13 16:09:09 +0000 UTC

No they’re all engagements otherwise the joke wouldn’t work 😄

Kieran B

2024-09-13 16:07:37 +0000 UTC

Oh no! emergency!!

bdazzer85

2024-09-13 16:04:05 +0000 UTC

Gavin and Stacey S1 Ep3 REACTION!

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Did you know that in Utah, if you've committed a crime and get the death sentence, you can actually choose a firing squad to take you out. Apparently there is a long waiting list. So people are actually choosing to die that way.

It's South Wales that's a bit shit at Welsh. Here's a rough Map. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Welsh_speakers_in_the_2021_census.svg/1200px-Welsh_speakers_in_the_2021_census.svg.png

Quite a lot of people have garages in the suburbs. And I think the one in that shot didn’t have a bush in front of it, it was just the perspective of the camera angle fucking with you 😂

You'll grow to love Nessa's crazy stories. They become more and more outrageous. In fact, all the inside jokes are great - Lucy's ambiguous age, Nessa's crazy past, and of course the fishing trip story.

29.2% of people aged three or older were able to speak Welsh from a 2023 survey

I agree with you it is sweet and charming. It's a nice show to watch but I would hardly call it hilarious and as you've seen in the reply to some of my comments people get very defensive on it. I definitely wouldn't call it funny, but I do like it.

Oh alright....I didn't know

No it isn't, I live in Wales, and most people speak Welsh here. In fact about 60% of people in this area (Gwynedd) speak it as their first language - and for many jobs it's a requirement that you speak it - or at least can say the basics in Welsh.

Ha funny, all true

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/rQCz7RdkUdQQfc7J/ Pierce Brosnan and James Cordant beef

Proof and abv are different. Quite a few specialty beers some evn up to 20* abv. Look for Ghost Deer beer by Brewdog. Plenty of high single digit beers in supermarkets about the 7% abv which would be 14 proof.

Must be a home brew I've never heard of a 19% beer either. I think the highest proof I've even seen in the UK is 10%

Most private houses in the UK have garages!! Not all but I would say 80% do. Its rare that a council house would have one though.

Cardiff city centre to Barry town centre is 9.6 miles by road on Google maps (rounded up to 10 in my post). What did you think it was?

Nessa and the nicotine patches, gum and vape cracks me up every time.

King Charles who for most of his life was The Prince of Wales speaks Welsh and when he addresses Senned (Welsh Parliament) he does it in both English and Welsh.

Gavin and Stacey's surnames (Shipman and West) are named after the famous British serial killers Dr. Harold Shipman and Fred West. Also Pete Sutcliffe (Pam and Mick's friend from episode 2), has the same first and last name as the man known as "The Yorkshire Ripper"

Me and my Mrs are the reverse gavin and Stacey, she's from Essex and I'm from Wales. We live in Swansea, Wales.

On the subject of the SWAT team at the train station - this was only 2 years after we had the horrific 7/7 bombings on the underground, so a guy leaping the barriers would definitely have got a severe response!

Alright then, it's the same reason people who live in Rome now don't speak Roman (ie, Latin).

And people making TV shows, especially Doctor Who (has some G&S crossover too)

No such language as Celtic. I think you mean Gaelic. 'Scots' and 'Doric' are also recognised now I think for certain regions again.

I’m not sure how many people speak Welsh properly, but I think Welsh kids learn it at school!

garages are fairly common in the UK, i used to have one in my old family house exept we never actually had a car in there, it was just the place to dump any household junk that wasnt so important to be in the house, but almost important enough to not throw away lol

I’m actually sat watching this in a garage! It’s been converted into a living space now but it was a garage 3 years ago 😂 I still call it the garage now out of habit 😆

I wsa born in North Wales and lived there the first 6 years of my life, we learned Welsh words at school and hymns at assembly were in Welsh, but we all spoke English...this was early eighties

10 miles?

My dad's best friend went on a stag night with Rob Brydon, apparently he was proper miserable that night. Always feel you have to give celebs a bit of slack though, they can't always be in a good mood, especially when they're always harrassed lol

It's also the way that [redacted] shows up at [redacted] that proves her stories are real

Funnily Ruth Jones seeming so nice has always made me wonder if there's another nicer side to Corden that the public haven't seen because she seems to really vibe with him. Or maybe she's secretly horrible. I guess there's no way to know but I love speculating haha

Also, unrelated, but "Gwen, what's your beef, or tofu sorry Pam" is one of my favourite understated lines of all time

I am Welsh and cant speak it has I am from South Wales same Area has Barry we wasn't allowed to teach Welsh in Schools in the 70's but apparently French was ok. My Old School which was a Comp is now a Welsh School which teaches Welsh so both my Children can actually speak Welsh Now.

Strangeways is a prison in/near Manchester btw . Also, not sure if it's been mentioned before and there are too many comments to check but their surnames, Shipman and West. Both the names of very famous serial killers in the UK . Sutcliffe too, the surname of Dawn and Pete

Like most dock cities Cardiff became a cultural melting pot during the industrial revolution. Well the upper class perhaps but the working classes can't afford to retire on the Welsh coasts, no.

Funny story. I've met 2 people in my life whose native language was Welsh. I met them in prison (Don't you judge me you muppets). They were cell mates, they were from the same small village in Wales, and they were both called Dylan Thomas. I know it sounds like bollocks but it's true haha

My Granny spoke Welsh I wish I’d have made her teach me . It’s a comfy show and there are fun things to come

Definitely, I do wonder if it was possibly a suggestion from Julia Davis

Well done Kieran and for also mentioning the friends surname the ‘Sutcliffe’s’ after Peter Sutcliffe, another notorious serial killer. (Went back through the comments to find yours). 👍🏼 A brilliant but dark comedy choice by Ruth Jones and James Corden.

I consider it restoring our culture and language that was almost eradicated for reasons I won't go into here. Same is happening here in Scotland. I'm all for it. Hopefully one day, Scots language will be de facto.

Yeah I did last episode 😄

...and immigrants, especially on Cardiff. Do upper or working class English retirees never move to a nice place for their retirement then ?

Nessa, the big girl with the great one liners, is played by Ruth Jones. Ruth and James Corden co-wrote Gavin and Stacey. I think Nessa has a kind heart below that rather intimidating exterior. Certainly Ruth Jones seems like a very pleasant and cheerful lady.

It's about 29% speak Welsh

I think she says it in more of a nonchalant and less excitable way than Jay which allows her to become more believable.

I never noticed that. Best part is, I grew up in Gloucester.

More rural, I suppose.

Nice one! 🙏 thank you

About 17%. What you have to remember is Wales has a population of 3.1 million, but only around 2 million are Welsh. So the % would be higher amongst Welsh people... we're just flooded with middle class English retirees

Yeah normally you'd just assume the character lies about everything (like Jay from Inbetweeners) but with Nessa it just feels believable 😂

Welsh is an olden day language, it's the same reason people in Scotland don't speak celtic

You don’t want to get to know Essex 🤣

Alison Steadman as Pam-el-ah (Gav's Mum) is just brilliant. Her performance in the 70s TV production of Abigail's Party is also superb. Such a talented actor.

17.8% apparently speak welsh in Wales from 2021. Wales: 538,300 (2021) (17.8% of the population of Wales in 2021, including both L1 and L2 speakers) (official statistic) England: 110,000 (2007, estimated) Argentina: 1,500–5,000 Canada: <3,885 (L1) (2011) Australia: 1,737

Hey KB, Welsh is spoken more in North Wales far more than South. Don’t know the stats but I’m sure one of our Welsh friends on here will know 👍🏻

Has anyone mentioned the significance of the two family's surnames yet? Taken from Fred 'West' and Harold 'Shipman'....? Both notorious serial killers from the UK !

Spot on 😂 hobbies are definitely more of a thing here at least

Also it's against the law to keep a car in the garage. The garage is for hobby stuff, furniture that does't go anywhere in the house but still won't be sold/given away/thrown, tins of paint with an inch of paint left in the bottom, and spare tiles from the last three bathroom renovations.

Nessa is such a great character, she has a story for everything and has an insane backstory, all the people she mentions are celebs/ politicians etc. I think the idea is that none of it adds up but everyone backs up all her stories.

I live in South Wales, the Rhondda valleys, to be precise. I moved from England. I live deep in the valley, and it's extremely rare to hear Welsh. It's more common in the North East of Wales, so I've heard. The English aren't particularly that welcome in those areas.

‘Nessa’ is the character you couldn’t remember the name of - she’s the best character I think. Played by Ruth Jones who co-wrote it with James Corden

Think you nailed the appeal of the show

Welcome everyone to the time honoured tradition of commenting on the Gavin and Stacy post 🫡

Garages are definitely a thing, but yeah not as common as the US - but also not unusual, ie you wouldn’t do a double take if you saw a garage, they are still a common thing

LOVE IT BOOMER ! ( I live in uk and last year I was at Birmingham airport and walked past Bryn!! I was shocked and loadly said omg it’s bryn and he kinda looked at me like “ oh fuck sake not another one😂” )

Bryn is the best character!

No they’re all engagements otherwise the joke wouldn’t work 😄

Oh no! emergency!!

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