Ruth Jones in several BBC comedies, playing Myfanwy in "Little Britain", Magz in "Saxondale" and Linda in "Nighty Night". Jones achieved prominence in 2008 with the BBC sitcom "Gavin & Stacey", which she co-wrote with James Corden, and in which she took a lead role as Nessa Jenkins. The programme became a hit for BBC 3 and moved to BBC 1. Jones has said of it, "It wasn't as deliberate as us saying, 'Right, we're going to react against cynical comedy'. We just wrote what we wanted. And it just so happens that the show does generate a lot of warmth. People
Gavin & Stacey we haven't ruled out doing a "special" at some point in the future, but we're not doing one this Christmas.' Alison Steadman welcomed the suggestion, stating, 'A "special" would be great. I think another series... perhaps, the story's been told. But a "special" would be... I'd love that, I'd absolutely love it if that happened.' Appearing on the 2011 edition of the "Ruth Jones Christmas Box" for BBC, James Corden, a guest, talked with Jones about the possibility of writing another show. They both agreed that, one day, they would make a "special", although no date was set, as they