Gavin & Stacey live for the "Top of the Pops 2009 Red Nose Day" special. There have been two charity episodes depicted as a "spin-off" of "Gavin & Stacey" called "Smithy", starring James Corden as the title character. For Sport Relief 2010 on 19 March 2010, Corden appeared again as Smithy in a long sketch about coaching. Corden had previously recorded a live 9 minute segment during the December 2009 BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony. It sees Smithy being presented with the Coach of the Year Award for his unsung coaching influence on several British sports stars. As he jokes
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