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
Kerry Stacey Kerry Stacey Kerry Stacey (born in 1977) is an English actress who is best known for playing Toni Daggert in ITV's "Emmerdale". Stacey has had a role on BBC1's Doctors, she commented "I play a character whose sister has committed suicide and she is reeling from that. She's very mixed up about the suicide. She's quite a dark character,". Television 2009, Television, Ebony, Ebony's Yard (Rehearsed Reading), BBC Comedy 2009, Television, Leanne Gates, Doctors, BBC, Mark Chadbourn 2005, Television, Toni Daggert, Emmerdale (Regular 2005-07), Yorkshire Television, Various Television, Angie, Afternoon Play, BBC Television, John Greening Television, Beth, Doctors, BBC Television,