Margaret John Timewasting" and played Mrs Stone, the school secretary, in the original ten series of "King Street Junior" from 1985 to 1998. In a career that spanned more than fifty years, she appeared in such television programmes as: "Coronation Street", "Dixon of Dock Green", "Z-Cars", "Doctor Who", "Little Britain", "Emmerdale", "Last of the Summer Wine", "Crossroads", "Gavin & Stacey" and "The Mighty Boosh". In the early 1980s, she enjoyed a long run on ITV's daily soap opera "Crossroads" as doctors' receptionist Marian Owen. Between 2007 and 2010, she portrayed Doris in "Gavin & Stacey". At the 18th BAFTA Cymru Film, Television
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