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
Gavin Friday 2010. On 6 April 2010 Record company Rubyworks announced they signed Gavin Friday and that a new album is on its way. The new CD is titled "catholic" and was released in Ireland on Good Friday: 22 April 2011. Friday's first acting experience was in the Kirsten Sheridan film "Disco Pigs" (2001), in which he played a bit part. In 2005 Gavin Friday played Billy Hatchett in the Neil Jordan film "Breakfast on Pluto" based on Irish author Patrick McCabe's book, which had been influenced by Friday's album "Shag Tobacco". On the soundtrack he sings "Wig Wam Bam" and "Sand",