Rob Brydon Laurence Olivier. His character Bryn West in "Gavin & Stacey", written by Ruth Jones and James Corden, allowed him to return to his South Wales roots. In this role Brydon performed the 2009 Comic Relief charity single, "(Barry) Islands in the Stream", with Ruth Jones (both actors appearing as their characters from "Gavin & Stacey") and singer Tom Jones. It reached No.1 in the UK singles chart on 15 March 2009. In 2010 Brydon starred alongside Steve Coogan in Michael Winterbottom's partially improvised BBC Two sitcom series "The Trip," in which both actors played fictionalized versions of their public personas
Ruth Jones deal with Transworld after a bidding war between ten publishing companies. The novel went into the Sunday Times bestseller list at no 7 after just three days of sales, before reaching the number one slot for two consecutive weeks. In October 2018 Ruth Jones will be returning to the stage after a twelve-year absence in a new play The Nightingales by William Gaminara, produced by Jenny Topper and Bath Theatre Royal. Jones was judged the "Best Female Comedy Newcomer" at the 2007 British Comedy Awards, and was also nominated for "Best Television Comedy Actress". She was also recipient of the