Ruth Jones

With four British Comedy Awards, two Baftas and a South Bank award to its name, hit comedy Gavin & Stacey returns for a third series. As Gavin starts his new job, the move to Barry Island means big changes for the whole family. Pam and Mick have to adjust to an empty nest while Gwen's got a full house again. Stacey is in her element, but will this finally be the solution to the couple's long-distance problem? And how will Gavin take to living in Wales? Season 3 returns with a stellar cast featuring Ruth Jones (Little Dorrit, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Saxondale), James Corden (Horne & Corden, The History Boys), Mathew Horne (Horne & Corden, The Catherine Tate Show) and Joanna Page (Gideon's Daughter, Love Actually).

Gavin is an ordinary boy from England; Stacey is an ordinary girl from Wales. They speak every day on the phone, and yet they have never met. . . until now. When they 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.

Season Two of this acclaimed comedy series checks in to find out how Gavin and Stacey's marriage is workingout, what is happening in the lives of their respective families, and, more importantly, if their best friends Nessa and Smithy are finally getting along.

As this drama opens, the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield, dressed in white, dances in the May Day celebrations in her village. She catches a glimpse of a handsome stranger, but he ignores her. Later Tess is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune. Here she meets a very different man - the manipulative and fraudulent Alec. Will her very innocence prove to be her downfall? A thrilling story of seduction, murder, cruelty and betrayal unfolds. Whilst unstintingly gorgeous and romantic, this new adaptation is an intense, moving and provocative depiction of the tragically beautiful story.