Margaret John Timewasting" and played Mrs Stone, the school secretary, in the original ten series of "King Street Junior" from 1985 to 1998. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, she appeared in such television programmes as: "Coronation Street", "Dixon of Dock Green", "Z-Cars", "Doctor Who", "Little Britain", "Emmerdale", "Last of the Summer Wine", "Crossroads", "Gavin & Stacey" and "The Mighty Boosh". In the early 1980s, she enjoyed a long run on ITV's daily soap opera "Crossroads" as doctors' receptionist Marian Owen. Between 2007 and 2010, she portrayed Doris in "Gavin & Stacey". At the 18th BAFTA Cymru Film, Television
Gavin & Stacey acclaimed as a hit breakthrough show for BBC Three, becoming the most nominated show in the 2007 British Comedy Awards. To date it has won several awards, including the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) Audience Award, and the British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Award, both in 2008. The programme has also been well received in several other countries in which it has aired. A US remake titled "Us & Them" was scheduled to air on Fox in the 2013–14 US TV season, but was shut down mid-production and no episodes were broadcast. The show follows the romance between Gavin,