Gavin and Stacey
Season Two, Episode Seven
Sunday 20 April 2008 on BBC-3

Stacey returns to Essex to sort things out with Gavin, but things are not looking good. Over in Barry meanwhile. Nessa goes into labour a month early can Gavin find Smithy and get him to Barry in time or will they miss the birth ?

Ruth will be appearing in adaptations of Tess Of The D'Urbervilles (as Joan Durbeyfield, Tess' mother) and Little Dorrit (as Flora). (edit) When at Porthcawl Comprehensive School, Ruth played Eliza Doolittle in the school's production of My Fair Lady. (edit) Ruth is the youngest of four children. Her mother, Hannah, was a doctor and her father, Richard, was a businessman. (edit) Ruth is married to a self-development counselor called David Peet and has three stepchildren aged between 19 and 23 (called Fiona, Louise and Alex). (edit) Ruth has worked on two previous shows with fellow Welsh actress Eve Myles (Tales From Pleasure Beach and Eastenders: Dot's Story); however, their scenes in the Torchwood episode Adrift is the first time they share screen-time together. (edit)

Ruth Jones: I loved my time as a student – Warwick is a campus university and I know that's not everyone's cup of tea but I liked the fact that we all lived in our own little world. The only sad thing was that the three years were over too quickly! It's horrible when it's all over because you have to sort of grow up. Going to drama school was a bit of a shock because I realised my 15 hours of lectures at Warwick was a breeze compared to a 40-hour week of rehearsals, voice classes, dance and stage combat lessons. Incidentally, I was rubbish at stage combat. Hardly surprising. (edit) Ruth Jones: I'd love to present Antiques Roadshow. When the expert says, "And if you took that to auction, I think you'd get £200 for that," and they go, "Really?", I'd love to then go, "No, you're not really pleased about that, are you? That's crap, you were hoping for five grand!" (edit) Ruth Jones: (when asked what the best thing about being Welsh is) Tom Jones is a fellow countryman and we have a fantastic range of accents. I'm patriotic, not nationalistic. I'm not anti-English or any of that nonsense. (edit) Ruth Jones: I once got a letter from a guy who was in prison when I was in Fat Friends and my character was on an exercise regime. He said he would be happy to help me with some exercise routines when he was home on leave from his open prison! (edit) Ruth Jones: I love Cardiff - it's a great place to live. I go to London twice a week so I get the best of both worlds really. (edit)

Star
Fat Friends Kelly Chadwick	Gavin and Stacey Nessa
I'm With Stupid (UK) Jean	Nighty Night Linda
Saxondale Magz

Recurring Role
Little Britain Myfanwy

Guest Star
As Time Goes By Pardon? Gilly	Comedy Lab Knife & Wife
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross Gordon Ramsay, Ruth Jones, James Corden, Girls Aloud, Alicia Keys. Herself	Human Remains All Over My Glasses Elaine
Mayo Episode 5 Cat Andrews	Midsomer Murders Bad Tidings Rachel Rose

Writer
Gavin and Stacey Episode Five	Gavin and Stacey Episode Six
Gavin and Stacey Episode Three	Gavin and Stacey Episode Four
Gavin and Stacey Episode Two	Gavin and Stacey Episode One