Gavin and Stacey: From Barry to Billericay - James Corden

This book is the first official Gavin and Stacey book that has been released so far. It gives some background information into the lives and opinions of the various characters in the sitcom. I am a huge fan of the series, I'm not gonna lie to you. However, I found this book dissapointing. It is written by the original writers - James Corden and Ruth Jones - so it is inkeeping with the style and language of the TV show. Despite this I found the content to be just not funny. The sort of things that are in the book are emails between Gaving and Stacey before they met, texts between Pam and Mick and letters to and from Nesa from various former ...  Read the complete review

I got this book for Christmas and it is without a doubt the best TV tie-in book I have ever read (and I've read quite a few, believe me). It's kind of a big additional resource to the award-winning comedy with lots of "back story" elements which give you more of an insight into the lives of Gavin, Stacey, Nessa, Smithy, Bryn, Gwen, Mick and Pamela. Fans of the show will know that Barry girl Stacey and Essex boy Gavin get together after chatting on the phone for weeks at work in episode 1 and my favourite part of the book (at the very beginning) goes way back to show us a series of emails sent back and forth between Gavin and Stacey before ...  Read the complete review