{"id":2183487,"date":"2026-10-07T09:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2183487"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:37:42","slug":"ted-lassos-hannah-waddingham-to-star-in-gavin-and-staceys-duos-the-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2183487","title":{"rendered":"Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham to star in Gavin and Stacey’s duo’s The Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Choir is Ruth Jones and James Corden’s first project together since the Gavin and Stacey finale on Christmas Day 2024<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Gavin and Stacey co-creators Ruth Jones and James Corden have revealed details about their new TV comedy drama series The Choir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The eight-episode show will air on Apple TV and feature guest appearances by Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham, X-Men’s James McAvoy and Harry Potter’s Jim Broadbent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The series follows brother Ben (Corden) and sister Lisa (Jones), who have not seen each other for several years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The pair previously said the idea came from their family connection to choirs, with Corden’s mum and Jones’ sister both members of one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ben has been living abroad, while Lisa has continued living in their small town where “nothing ever happens”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But when events take a sorry turn, Ben is forced to return to “a life he never wanted, a town he never liked and a family from which he’s estranged”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The cast includes Tom Davis, Rosie Sheehy, Susan Brown, Jason Watkins, Alexandira Riley, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Tom Edden, Gary Lamont, Emily Lloyd-Saini, Stephen Leask, Luiis Rouf, Jo Foster, Evie Jones and Farrah Abbassy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jones and Corden are executive producers for the series, which is now in production and set to air in 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jones previously said: “We both feel that choirs, amateur choirs especially, bring people together in a way that maybe nothing else does.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There was just this idea to bring this group of characters together from different backgrounds, all sorts of different things going on in their lives.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Corden added they wanted “to try and make a show about community and the importance of community”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s just about a group of people that come together every week and enjoy and sing, and it’s really about the life that’s within that,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gavin and Stacey ran for three series, and three Christmas specials, between 2007 and 2024<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When Jones and Corden first met in 2000, they never imagined it would lead to 22 episodes of a record-breaking TV show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The pair were filming Fat Friends at the Crowne Plaza in Leeds and formed an unexpected friendship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They then co-wrote Gavin and Stacey, in which they played Vanessa “Nessa” Jenkins and Neil “Smithy” Smith, the best friends of the title characters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The hit comedy ran for three series, and three Christmas specials, between 2007 and 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Their memoir was published on 9 October – almost a year on from the show’s record-breaking finale on Christmas Day 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ruth Jones has been working on another comedy with Steve Speirs about two people who strike up an unlikely friendship<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Alongside their new collaboration, Jones recently appeared in new Netflix series Run Away – based on the Harlan Coben novel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She has also teamed up with Steve Speirs in a six-part comedy series called Better Later, about the challenges of relationships in middle age.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Jones recently portrayed Mrs Bennet in another comedy series, The Other Bennet Sister, which was inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, while Corden has just finished a stint on Broadway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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