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You ever heard the saying: you fall in love with the
first person you meet? Well, that happened with Romeo &
Juliet, Dharma & Greg (1997-2002, ABC) and now overseas
with Gavin & Stacey. Now available on DVD, all six episodes
of the award-winning show's first season follows the couple's
whirlwind courtship. ***
Gavin (Mathew Horne) & Stacey (Joanna Page) have spent
months talking to one another on the phone while at work,
and though they developed a close relatonship, they've never
met. This sets up the premise of the pilot, as the pair
meet face-to-face in London. Throughout the season, the
couple falls in love, gets engaged, meet their in-laws,
and began to discover things about each other. For instance,
Gavin finds out that Stacey was engaged -- six times! Can
their love overcome the obstacles ahead just in time for
the wedding -- that is, if there's ever going to be a wedding?
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Winner of the 2008 British Comedy Awards for "Best
TV Comedy", viewership for Gavin & Stacey has estimated
from a little over a half-million in season one to between
1.5 and almost two million in season two. The series is
currently in production for its third season, which Jones
said it will be the last, but there are plans of an American
version by ABC; no word yet on the casting as well as more
of the adaptation. ***
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