Ruth Jones Wales including Rob Brydon and Steve Speirs. Soon after she joined an improv group in Bath; the group also included Julia Davis, with whom Jones would later appear in "Nighty Night" and "Gavin & Stacey". She first worked in TV and radio comedy for BBC Wales in 1991. Theatre roles with the RSC and The National Theatre were followed by her performance in the 1999 hit British film, "East Is East". After this Jones appeared on television as Kelly in four series of ITV's comedy "Fat Friends", where she met future "Gavin & Stacey" co-writer James Corden. She also appeared
Ruth Jones in "A Child's Christmases In Wales". In 2010 she starred in the BBC Four comedy "The Great Outdoors" alongside Mark Heap, and in December presented the first of four chat shows on BBC Two, "Ruth Jones' Christmas Cracker". In January 2011 she starred as Carry On actor Hattie Jacques in the BBC Four drama "Hattie", which tells the story of Jacques' affair with her young driver John Schofield while she was married to "Dad's Army" actor John Le Mesurier. In 2008, Jones co-founded Tidy Productions with producer David Peet. The company produced the series Jones presented on BBC Radio Wales