Ruth Jones in the title role, and wrote several episodes as well as co- writing episodes with Rob Gittins, Rob Evans, David Peet and Steve Speirs. Jones has stated that she was worried about comparisons to "Gavin and Stacey" when setting a second programme in Wales and the company originally thought to set it in Bristol, but the decision was made to set it in the Rhondda Valley 'I know people from the Valleys and it is just a joyously colourful place and full of characters.' A second series of "Stella" was filmed in summer 2012 and aired in early 2013. A
Paul Stacey has also worked with Lucio Battisti in La Sposa Occidentale (1990) and with Patricia Kaas on her album "Je Te Dis Vous" (1993), recorded at the Eel Pie Studios in Twickenham. Both Stacey brothers played on Tom Jones' "Praise and Blame tour in November 2010. In 2011, Stacey was musical director for the play "Backbeat" at the Duke of York's Theatre, London. In 2017, he co-produced/engineered Steven Wilson's album "To the Bone", also playing a guitar solo on track "Refuge". Stacey worked for Oasis in a number of different capacities between 1999 and 2008. Originally brought in to engineer "Standing