Weather Tonight: 3°c Partly Cloudy Night Morning: 6°c Cloudy

News

RSS

Ruth Jones

Related pictures

Oh! Ruth Jones swaps Nessa for Stella in new comedy drama Ruth Jones to play comedy legend Hattie Jacques

Latest articles

Can you believe it, Gavlar? James Corden is all loved-up

04.01.11
With a Christmas Day engagement, fatherhood looming and a return to the National Theatre, James Corden is looking forward to 2011 as a much more peaceful, happy year, says Liz Hoggard... more

Top Gear's three wise men go to Bethlehem for Christmas special

22.11.10
Top Gear’s trio of presenters will follow in the tracks of the original three wise men in the show’s Christmas special... more

James Corden and his girlfriend expecting first child

29.09.10
Television funnyman James Corden and his girlfriend Julia Carey are "both very happy" after he announced they are expecting their first child... more

Emmerdale scoops 'amazing' hat-trick at TV Choice Awards

07.09.10
Top soap Emmerdale scored a hat-trick, landing three prizes at the TV Choice Awards... more

Oh! Ruth Jones swaps Nessa for Stella in new comedy drama

29.07.10
Ruth Jones, the Gavin And Stacey star and co-writer, penned a new TV comedy drama about a 40-something mother.... more

Sky challenges BBC's crown with own shows and £150m HBO deal

29.07.10
Sky challenges the BBC's status as the most powerful force in British broadcasting... more

Cheryl Cole crowned Glamour's Woman of the Year

09.06.10
Video: Cheryl Cole's status as the nation's celebrity queen was cemented after being crowned Woman of the Year at the Glamour Awards.... more

Ruth Jones to play comedy legend Hattie Jacques

17.05.10
Gavin And Stacey star Ruth Jones is to play Carry On comedy star Hattie Jacques for a BBC biopic.... more

Man finds 300 relatives in Mexico from great-grandfather's secret family

23.04.10
One man’s quest to follow in the footsteps of his adventurous great-grandfather uncovers a secret extended family of more than 300 people in South America... more

Gags come thick and fast at the C4 Comedy Gala

31.03.10
The C4 Comedy Gala in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital was right about its claim to be the biggest stand-up show in UK history... more

Trial judge attacks ‘ethos of sex banter’ at London police station

25.01.10
Senior judge attacks the 'ethos of sexual banter and impropriety' at a London police station... more

Derek Acorah's Michael Jackson seance named 2009 worst programme

20.01.10
Derek Acorah's Michael Jackson: The Live Seance has been named the worst programme of the past year... more

High hopes for Michael McIntyre and Alan Carr at Comedy Awards

18.11.09
Family comedy Outnumbered is leading the way at this year's British Comedy Awards, bagging five nominations.... more

Outnumbered is nominated in five categories at comedy awards

18.11.09
Family comedy Outnumbered is leading the way at this year’s British Comedy Awards, bagging five nominations... more

'Euphoric' X Factor Judge Dannii Minogue crowned TV queen at Cosmo Awards

12.11.09
Dannii Minogue has been named Cosmopolitan's Ultimate TV Personality of the Year 2009.... more

James Corden to make film with Ruth Jones

03.11.09
Gavin And Stacey funnyman James Corden has revealed his next project — a film with writing partner Ruth Jones.... more

Is Corden the new Gervais?

05.01.09
Why Gavin & Stacey’s co-creator James Corden is poised to be 2009’s major star ... more

Women taking the lead at Royal Court next year

06.11.08
Miranda Richardson, Jane Horrocks and Mark Rylance are among the stars of 2009 season at the Royal Court... more

Television and Radio

08.10.08
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents. ... more

That's what I call a costume drama! After the Tess Of The D'Urbervilles wardrobe went up in smoke, one man's mission to save the day

12.09.08
It's the BBC's autumn blockbuster. But in the middle of filming, all the costumes for Tess Of The D'Urbervilles went up in flames. It was down to one man to save the day.... more

Lovers? No, we're just fat friends...James Corden and Ruth Jones talk relationships

05.09.08
As Gavin & Stacey creators James Corden and Ruth Jones start work on their Christmas special, they talk to Weekend about their very unconventional relationship ... more

Bond girl Gemma to play Tess Of The d'Urbevilles as TV turns back to costume dramas

20.08.08
It is a truth universally acknowledged - especially among female viewers - that you can never have too many costume dramas. ... more

Gavin, Stacey ... and Dave - Cameron's secret crush on comedy star

16.08.08
Over 12 tumultuous months, GQ editor DYLAN JONES was given unprecedented access to David Cameron for a new book. Here is his intimate portrait of the Tory leader.... more

Peep show actor David Mitchell reveals his slimmer side...at Fat Pig first night

28.05.08
Peep show actor David Mitchell almost stole the show from actor Kris Marshall who recovered from being knocked over to make his debut in new play Fat Pig... more

Blowing his own trumpet - the boy who created Gavin and Stacey

04.05.08
He is known to millions of viewers as Smithy in the cult TV series Gavin & Stacey, and one of comedy’s hottest new talents. But to his former school friends he will always be the cheeky boy who played the cornet at the end-of-term concert... more

What would Hermione say? Daniel Radcliffe's smouldering onstage kiss - with a man!

26.02.08
In a scene that would have Hermione in quite a tizzy, Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe got hot and heavy with a male fan at an awards show in London... more

The gift of laughter - the best comedy DVDs

21.12.07
After groaning at the cracker jokes, raise some real belly laughs with the best of this year's comedy DVDs.... more

Is Katy Brand the new Catherine Tate?

19.10.07
Her spoof Lily Allen song on Radio 1 was mistaken for the real thing and her new TV series lampoons Amy Winehouse and Kate Moss - they deserve it, says comedy's latest star.... more

What next for Matt and David?

29.09.06
As their live show arrives in London, the UK's favourite comedy duo talk about their private lives, public adulation and what the future holds after Little Britain.... more


Don't Miss