Rob Brydon Laurence Olivier. His character Bryn West in "Gavin & Stacey", written by Ruth Jones and James Corden, allowed him to return to his South Wales roots. In this role Brydon performed the 2009 Comic Relief charity single, "(Barry) Islands in the Stream", with Ruth Jones (both actors appearing as their characters from "Gavin & Stacey") and singer Tom Jones. It reached No.1 in the UK singles chart on 15 March 2009. In 2010 Brydon starred alongside Steve Coogan in Michael Winterbottom's partially improvised BBC Two sitcom series "The Trip," in which both actors played fictionalized versions of their public personas
Diarmuid Gavin screened the television show "I Want a Garden". In 2011, RTE launched "Dirty Old Towns" with Gavin as co-presenter, and a second series aired in 2012. Gavin presented an episode of "Great British Garden Revival" on BBC Two in 2014. In 2018, Gavin judged the Young Landscapers Award at the BBC "Gardeners’ World Live" show. In autumn 2004, Gavin participated in BBC One's "Strictly Come Dancing" and in summer 2006, "Only Fools on Horses". In 2010, Gavin took part in the first series of the ITV reality competition "71 Degrees North" and was the third celebrity to become eliminated on