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| ![Gavin Stacey : Complete BBC Series 2 [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51roZrZi7xL._SL500_.jpg)
| Actors: Ruth Jones, James Corden, Mathew Horne, Joanna Page
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 36
Format: Colour, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 196 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5051561026881
ASIN: B00170O3PA
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: November 10, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Just to let you know... April 27, 2008
Mr. P. Hill (Nottingham, UK)
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Great series, you can read all the other comments about how good it is! br / br /BUT... br / br /There is a double episode at Christmas 2008 which will be the last episode ever shown, so you may want to wait for a product that contains those episodes as well, likely to be out soon after. They're following the same business model as The Office, with two series and a Christmas special (Nessa and Smithy to get together?).
we still can write brilliant comedy! April 24, 2008
gozeat (Northampton)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I was beginning to think that the Brits could no longer write, produce or give comic performances any more. It seemed that only them from "over the pond" could write clever, witty and subtle comedy and then along came Gavin Stacey. Wonderful, dry, laugh out loud, superbly acted, situation comedy. Every character in it is written with such care and fleshed out so as you cannot help but like them. Rob Brydon is fantastic as is Alison Steadman, as Gavin,s mum. The mix of Welsh dark naive poetry and Essex laddism is an inspired combination and emphasises the differences whilst at the same time highlighting the similarities (contradictory) but true! Lush and Tidy and more power to the Gavlar and Stace and good on yer Smithy and Nessa!!!!!
Seventh Heaven April 21, 2008
Coincidence Vs Fate (UK)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Sometimes there's a worry that shows suffer from "second series meltdown", but luckily for the many GS fans out there, the seven episodes of series two were as joyful as the first. br / br /The characters develop and interact as well as they did in the first series. Now the characters are familiar and we know what they're like. br / br /Again superb performances all round from verterans Larry Lamb and Alison Steadman to James and Ruth, the talented duo who wrote the whole shebang. br / br /Looking forward to the Christmas Special and keeping my fingers crossed for a future Series Three. br / br /Highly recommended to all. br /
Telephone Boxes April 13, 2008
J. G. James (London)
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
I'm pretty sure in the Welsh scenes I saw Karl's Dad stealing shopping from the telephone box. Karl's got a round head, very round, perfectly round, scientists use it to test the roundness of objects......shame it's not filled with anything but Manc drivel
Sheer joy! Every character is a gem. April 12, 2008
sam155 (Gloucestershire)
41 out of 44 found this review helpful
This has become our favourite programme in our house. How refreshing, in these days of dark dramas and murder mysteries to have a comedy where people find joy in the little things of life. Rob Brydon as Bryn is hilarious and loveable as he happily navigates (or should that be sat-navigates?) his way through life, gadget by gadget, trend by trend. In Series One it was all about sat nav and digital cameras ("see that? there's no film in there!") and in series two he gets drawn into unintentional homo-erotica (semi naked workouts with Smithy, watching Brokeback Mountain). Life makes him happy and its a joy to watch. Then you have dry as a bone Ness,played by actress and co-writer Ruth Jones (Little Britain, Fat Friends, Nighty Night) my favourite character. She never cracks a smile but has lived more lives than a cat and drops in scintilating detail to deadpan effect. She drives a 6.5 ton truck, has produced news programmes for the BBC, and lives with Noel from Hearsay. In the last series, she recalls how she got married and woke up the next morning "in bed with one of Gladys Knight's Pips". As for Smithy and his unfeasibly young girlfriend ("I'm meeting her after guides to talk it through"), he oozes charisma and comedy in his almost accidental and sordid affair with Ness, now pregnant with his child. There isn't room here to list how each charcter has their own set of foibles and quirks, but not a scene is wasted and I could, and do, watch it again and again. The best comedy to emerge in decades. By the way, we often stay with friends in Barry Island and we love making up Gavin and Stacey tours (Ness's change booth, the coach stop to London). If you haven't seen it-watch it- you'll be so glad you did. Five stars from me, six if I could.
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