Rob Brydon Joy Jones (née Brydon), was a school teacher, and his father, Howard Jones, was a car dealer. He grew up in Baglan, with his younger brother Peter (born 1973). Brydon was educated at two independent schools: St. John's School in Porthcawl, which Eddie Izzard also attended, and Dumbarton House School in Swansea until the age of 14. This was followed by Porthcawl Comprehensive School, where he met Ruth Jones (with whom he later worked in "Gavin & Stacey") and became a member of the school's youth theatre group. While at Dumbarton, he once stole the lunch money of fellow pupil
Gavin Scott in Santa Monica, California, and recently finished writing the script of "Absolutely Anything" with Terry Jones. Gavin Scott Gavin Duncan Scott (born 1950) is an English novelist, broadcaster and writer of the Emmy-winning mini-series "The Mists of Avalon", "Small Soldiers", "The Borrowers" and "Legend of Earthsea". He spent ten years making films for British television before becoming a screenwriter, creating more than two hundred documentaries and short films for BBC and the commercial TV, including UK’s prestigious Channel 4. His first assignment in the United States was with George Lucas, developing and scripting "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles". His work