Gavin & Stacey Friends". Corden claims to have been inspired by the story of his own real life best friend Gavin, who met his wife over the phone at work, and arranged to meet. They presented it to the BBC as a one-off play, but the BBC instead asked for a full series. The roles of Gavin and Stacey were cast through an auditioning process, but were almost immediately given to Mathew Horne and Joanna Page on the strength of their chemistry together. The roles of Nessa and Smithy were written by Corden and Jones for themselves. Some roles were written with certain
Stacey Dooley across Canada investigating the various factors which played a part in the disappearance and murder of over 1200 Native American women. Stacey also narrated a documentary "The Natives: This Is Our America" where she investigated the lives of young Native Americans, and the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. In 2017, Stacey presented "The Pets Factor" for CBBC. In April 2018 Stacey took part in a BBC show "Celebrities on the NHS Front-line" to celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS. In the 2018 series of "Stacey Dooley Investigates", she travelled to Russia, Florida, Iraq, and Hungary to explore more challenging issues