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 special involves Stacey's family, along with Nessa and her partner, Dave Coaches (Steffan Rhodri), spending Christmas with Gavin's parents. Gavin reveals that he has found a job in Cardiff, which at first causes upset for Pam and Smithy, but they both learn to accept it. Gavin later admits to Smithy that he is moving to Barry with Stacey in order to save his marriage. Smithy also gets upset when he feels that Dave, who lives with the baby, Neil, is replacing him as a father. Smithy is furthermore unhappy after Dave proposes to Nessa (with the ring enclosed in a