{"id":13809,"date":"2026-07-14T11:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/14\/we-met-and-two-minutes-later-we-were-kissing-how-gavin-and-stacey-became-britains-most-bang-tidy-tv-couple-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T11:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T11:32:26","slug":"we-met-and-two-minutes-later-we-were-kissing-how-gavin-and-stacey-became-britains-most-bang-tidy-tv-couple-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/07\/14\/we-met-and-two-minutes-later-we-were-kissing-how-gavin-and-stacey-became-britains-most-bang-tidy-tv-couple-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We met and two minutes later we were kissing\u2019 \u2013 how Gavin and Stacey became Britain\u2019s most bang tidy TV couple Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To kick off Making Love, our new series in which the stars behind TV\u2019s hottest relationships relive their romances, Mathew Horne and Joanna Page talk about meeting the one, snogs with strangers \u2013 and saving people\u2019s lives<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a classic romcom story: Essex boy from Billericay meets Welsh girl from Barry, they declare their love in a coach station, he proposes in a train station before being dragged away by police and \u2013 with the help of a fake-vegetarian mum, a crackin\u2019 friend who had a fling with John Prescott and a top-secret fishing trip \u2013 they win the hearts of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Gavin &amp; Stacey was the 2007 love child of Ruth Jones and James Corden, following the ordinary couple played by Mathew Horne and Joanna Page. Their mates Nessa (Jones) and Smithy (Corden) became the \u201cwill they\/won\u2019t they?\u201d relationship of the show \u2013 and Gavin\u2019s parents, Pam (Alison Steadman) and Mick (Larry Lamb), were proof of everlasting love \u2013 but Gavin and Stacey were the pair we could all relate to. 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