Gavin & Stacey in time for the Christmas rush, despite not all of the series having aired in the UK. There was some criticism, with Liberal Democrat media spokesperson Don Foster saying it devalued the licence fee. Despite this release, subsequent episodes still saw some of the show's highest viewing figures. Gavin & Stacey Gavin & Stacey is a British sitcom, written by James Corden and Ruth Jones, that follows the long-distance relationship of an Englishman and a Welsh woman. The merging of their quirky families forms the focus of the show. Mathew Horne and Joanna Page play the title characters, while the
Ruth Hale (playwright and actress) of theaters featuring a center stage (arena theaters or Theater in the round) throughout Utah and Arizona. The Hales were also playwrights. They wrote their first play together, "Handcart Trails," to save on the budget of a ward play production in Granger in the 1930s. This play was published in the "MIA Book of Plays" in 1940. Their play, "Melody Jones", was shown to a national audience by Kurt Television Theatre. Ruth Hale's grandchildren include: Ruth Hale (playwright and actress) Ruth Hale (October 14, 1908 – April 20, 2003) was an American playwright and actress. Hale was born in Granger,