Alison Steadman: Last News

Fat Friends, which stars several cast members from Gavin & Stacey, has been released on Netflix almost 20 years after the show ended.Earlier this week, the steaming service uploaded all four seasons of the comedy drama, which ran on ITV from 2000 to 2005.Set in Leeds, the series followed the lives of several slimming club members from varied backgrounds. The club was run by the formidable Carol (Janet Dibley), who fruitlessly tried to persuade the members of the group to follow the ‘Super Slimmers’ diet.Created by Kay Mellor, the series starred Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman, who all went on to appear in Gavin & Stacey.Netflix’s decision to upload the series clearly went down well with fans, as the show currently sits second in the streamer’s top 10 most-watched programmes in the UK, with Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen holding the top spot.After seeing that all of the episodes were available to stream on Netflix, fans soon took to social media to share their excitement.“Fat Friends is on Netflix and I am buzzing for a lazy morning watching a few eps.

BBC's Gavin and Stacey star Alison Steadman has spoken out about the show coming back with new episodes. Alison Steadman, who played Pamela Shipman and is loved by many fans, acted with stars like Larry Lamb, Matthew Horne, James Corden, Joanna Page, and Ruth Jones.The show had three seasons and was last seen in 2019 for a Christmas special. Fans want to know if Smithy (played by Corden) said yes to Nessa's (played by Jones) big question because the last episode ended in a cliff-hanger.

Gavin & Stacey Ruth Jones has put to bed the recent rumours surrounding the popular British sitcom.It was reported this week that the series, which stars co-writer James Corden, along with Joanna Page, Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb, would be returning for another Christmas special later this year.However, this was not confirmed by BBC and today (February 14), Jones has addressed the rumour.Speaking with Irish radio station RTE Radio 1, via the BBC, she said: “All I can say is, if there was something to say on that front, James and I would happily announce it, we would.”Dave ‘Coaches’ actor Steffan Rhodri also weighed in on the news telling BBC One’s Morning Live he had “no knowledge to impart”.The actor said: “I’ve heard there was a rumour, I never know where they star and I certainly don’t know where they’ll end.”The sitcom, which ran for three seasons, followed the lives and close family relationships of a married couple, who met online despite one of them living in Barry in Wales and the other in Billericay, Essex.Gavin & Stacey won several awards, including a BAFTA Audience Award. In 2019, it was named by Radio Times as 17th-greatest British sitcom.The 2019 Christmas special aired on BBC One, and gathered nearly 18.5million viewers – making the broadcast the most viewed non-sporting event in the UK in a decade and the most-watched comedy in 17 years.The special ended with a cliffhanger marriage proposal from Jones’ character Nessa, to Corden’s character Smithy.

EXCLUSIVE: Beloved BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey is set to return for another a bite at the Christmas cherry.

Gavin & Stacey fans are in for a huge treat as a Christmas special of the BBC sitcom is reportedly in the works.

Gavin And Stacey comeback, saying the British sitcom is unlikely to return.Many fans hoped that co-creator and star James Corden moving back to the UK following his eight-year stint hosting The Late Late Show in the US would increase the chances of a comeback for the show. And after Corden was recently spotted meeting with fellow co-creator Ruth Jones in London, speculation was rife.However, Page, who played Stacey in the sitcom, says the chances of the hit comedy returning are low because it was left on a perfect cliffhanger in the 2019 Christmas special, with Nessa (Ruth) proposing to Corden’s character Smithy, and the episode ending before he could provide an answer.Speaking to MailOnline, Page said: “I can see them never doing any more because it was nice to leave it on a cliffhanger because it’s up to the viewer to imagine what would have happened.

James Corden and Ruth Jones have reunited after they were spotted out and about in Soho, London.

Gavin & Stacey star Alison Steadman has revealed that she almost quit television after being "bullied horribly" by a director early in her career. The 76-year-old, who is reuniting with her Gavin & Stacey co-star Larry Lamb for a new travel show, opened up about the horrific experience, which happened as she started out in acting on the BBC drama Z-Cars. "There was a time very early on when I was doing an episode of Z Cars which I was probably totally miscast in the role looking back," she told OK! in an exclusive interview.

When Gavin and Stacey icons Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb reunited to film a road trip along the sitcom’s famous route from Essex to Wales - fans were quick to assume their much-loved sitcom was returning. The national treasures are taking a B road bimble from Billericay to Barry for UKTV with plenty of stops along the way and guest appearances from co-stars including Russell Tovey, who played Budgie, Melanie Walters, who plays Gwen and Robert Wilfort, who plays Jason.

Ben Shephard was jokingly warned to 'get it right' as he spoke to Larry Lamb about his recent Gavin and Stacey reunion. The actor appeared on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (March 23) as he shows his support for Marie Curie's latest campaign following the death of his brother.

Gavin and Stacey fans will be thrilled to hear that two of its stars are reuniting in Barry Island for a brand new show. Alison Steadman, 76, and 77 year old Larry Lamb, who played Gavin's parents Mick and Pam Shipman, are due to return to our TV screens as they reunite to pay tribute to their roles in Gavin and Stacey.

Gavin and Stacey actress Alison Steadman, 76, has described how “people are dying” as a direct result of our NHS being underfunded.The star, who played beloved character Pam Shipman in the popular BBC sitcom, slammed Tory ministers for their “ridiculous” and “disgraceful” failure to address pay increases for nurses. Following the news that nurses have been on strike due to low pay, health unions have offered to call off walkouts beginning on Thursday.Their condition was that Health Secretary Steve Barclay agree to hold negotiations on pay, but the minister has refused.Sympathetic to the plight of nurses across the country, Alison weighed in on the issue, insisting that our country no longer deserves the name of “Great” Britain due to the “appalling” state of our NHS.The comedic actress, who is a patron of Keep Our NHS Public, said there are not enough doctors, nurses and ambulance workers to allow the system to function as it should.Alison described how the NHS has been “underfunded” and “not respected in the way it should be”, slamming the last 12 years of Tory rule.She said: “We've all had experience of there just not being enough nurses and not being enough ambulances. It is just diabolical that people are being kept in ambulances for 12 hours outside A&E.

Scriptwriter Kay Mellor has died aged 71. A spokesperson for her TV production company, Rollem Productions, said: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the untimely and sudden passing of our beloved friend, mentor and colleague Kay Mellor on Sunday 15th May 2022. “We have lost a phenomenal talent and a true luminary.

EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography has begun on Better Man, and Deadline has the first image from production. This is the musical feature film based on the life of singer Robbie Williams, with Australian filmmaker Michael Gracey at the helm. Gracey’s debut film, The Greatest Showman, grossed over $435M at the global box office.

Les is about to tour the country with the new adaptation of the musical Fat Friends.He plays Fergus in the series which hits the road in January as it tours around the UK.It’s based on the television show of the same name, which aired from 2000 until 2005 on ITV.Created by Kay Mellor, the original starred Ruth Jones, James Corden, Sheridan Smith and Alison Steadman.Les explained how it was Kay’s involvement in the show which persuaded him to get involved in this new adaptation.He said: “I always wanted to work with Kay.“We've talked about it and kept meeting each other at functions and talking about it.“And then when she asked me I thought, ‘Well, yeah, let's do this!’“I loved the TV show when it was out and this is a really good musical

Alison Steadman, 74, has been left feeling depressed after watching the news, including recent reports on Donald Trump and his supporters.The Gavin and Stacey star thinks the world is “a mess” right now, especially across the pond where Joe Biden has recently been inaugurated.Alison watches the news to keep up to date with current events during the ongoing UK lockdown.However, she said: "I don’t have time to read. But when I put on the news, it’s so depressing and this stuff with Donald Trump… I find the whole world seems to be in a mess. “Every corner of it seems to be in a mess.

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Gavin & Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones has promised that she’ll make another TV show with James Corden in the future.The pair launched Gavin & Stacey on BBC Three in 2007, which ran for three seasons, and returned last Christmas for a one-off special.One of the show’s stars, Alison Steadman, has said the show is “unlikely” to return after the recent special, despite being left on a significant cliffhanger, and Jones has said that while a future project with Corden “may not be Gavin & Stacey,” that “it’ll be something”.Speaking to The Telegraph‘s Stella magazine, Jones revealed that she and Corden had tried to write a new show together during the coronavirus lockdown.“James and I did Zoom a few times. But we didn’t do any writing.

Alison Steadman has said she would “run to Cardiff” to be involved in another Gavin & Stacey special.