Gavin & Stacey to Sullivan as her housemate; a member of the band she initially lives with. Nessa had also claimed to have had an affair with Prescott. The initial series begins with the lives of the title characters, Gavin Shipman (Mathew Horne) and Stacey West (Joanna Page). Gavin is 28 and lives at home in Billericay, Essex, with his parents, Mick (Larry Lamb) and Pam (Alison Steadman). He and Stacey, along with their respective best friends Neil "Smithy" Smith (James Corden) and Nessa Jenkins (Ruth Jones), go out on a double date. The night ends with Gavin and Stacey returning to a
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",