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Picture Shows: (L-R) Smithy (JAMES CORDEN), Stacey (JOANNA PAGE), Gavin (MATHEW HORNE), and Nessa (RUTH JONES) TX: BBC THREE, TBC Critically acclaimed across the board, and the recipient of three British Comedy Awards, the hugely successful GAVIN & STACEY returns to BBC Three. The honeymoon’s over for newlyweds Stacey and Gavin, and married life begins for them in earnest at the Shipman family home in Essex. But as the reality of living so far away sinks in, Stacey starts missing her home in Barry Island and her mum and her Uncle Bryn. Meanwhile Gavin and Stacey’s best friends Smithy and Nessa are coming to terms with a stark reality of their own: the fact that they’re not even friends and yet they’re having a baby together. Warning: Use of this copyright image is subject to Terms of Use of BBC Digital Picture Service. In particular, this image may only be used during the publicity period for the purpose of publicising “GAVIN & STACEY” and provided the BBC is credited. Any use of this image on the internet or for any other purpose whatsoever, including advertisiging or other commercial uses, requires the prior written approval of the copyright holder.

(from left to right) Rob Bryden, Ruth Jones and James Corden sign copies of the new Gavin and Stacey Series 2 DVD at HMV, in Oxford Street, central London. (Photo by Ian West – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)

LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) Ruth Jones, winner of the ‘Ultimate Funny Woman’ Award, Kimberley Walsh, winner of the ‘Ultimate Women’s Woman’ award, Sarah Brown, Jessica Ennis, winner of the ‘Ultimate Sports Woman’ and Vernon Kay pose outside Number 10 prior to a breakfast reception hosted by Sarah Brown for the winners of Cosmopolitan’s Women Of The Year Awards at Downing Street on November 12, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)