"Gavin & Stacey": Catch BBC America's Latest, Sweetest Sitcom before It Gets the NBC Makeover

NBC already has snagged the rights to amp8220formatamp8221 the awardwinning BBC sitcom Gavin ampamp Stacey But before the peacock pecks it to pieces you can watch the original which just had its American premiere on cableamp8217s BBC America The halfhour comedy is on at 840 pm ET Tuesdays with episode No 2 running tonight Sept 2 Catch the first episode via cable ondemand and TiVoamp160Created and written by comedians Ruth Jones and James Corden the show follows the title couple played by the winsome Joanna Page and the justhandsomeenough Mathew Horne For six months Gavin and Stacey have flirted by phone from their desks at work Sheamp8217s in Wales heamp8217s in Essex When they finally arrange a date in London itamp8217s fireworks and happy bells as they fall in love at first sightamp160Not so true for the pals theyamp8217ve dragged along for the date chubby Smithy Corden and voluptuously aggressive Nessa Jones First they share slices of pizza then Smithy and Nessa share a dozen shots and then a wild rendezvous in the toilet of a hotel room Audible but thank goodness not visible on TVamp160Thereamp8217s something original endearing and very relatable about this show Itamp8217s not as cloyingly punchlineheavy as Friends or as openly smutty as Sex ampamp the City But it does have something to say to fans of those nowdefunct comedies And most of what itamp8217s saying is that love is messy and wonderful for the couple in the romance and not quite so exciting for everyone around them Gavin ampamp Stacey explores what happens when groups of completely disparate people come together solely because someone on each side of the equation is in a new relationshipamp160The title characters are refreshingly ordinary They wear cheap cardigans and bad haircuts Staceyamp8217s always looks like her blonde locks got caught in a ceiling fan How unglam how unGossip Girl unHillsamp160Each episode sans laugh track thank you whips by in a blur of heavilyaccented conversations that Welsh brogue takes some getting used to And with each week weamp8217ll see more and more of the colliding worlds of the loving couple Already Gavinamp8217s mom played by Alison Steadman is a standout When her husband teases her about going on the Atkins diet she begs him not to share the info with his golf pals amp8220Theyamp8217ll tell their wives and before long Iamp8217ll be known as Three Steaks Pamelaamp8221 she moansamp160And watch for Smithy and Nessa to hook up again no matter how much they insist theyamp8217re not attracted to each other With enough shots from the bar even they might be ready for a heady shot at loveamp160

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