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Rob Brydon: “Saying goodbye to Gavin & Stacey was emotional. We all love each other.”

For Rob Brydon, saying goodbye to his Gavin & Stacey family was always going to be a wrench. But even he was surprised how emotional filming the sitcom’s last ever episode – to be shown on Christmas Day – turned out to be. “I thought it would be emotional at the end, and indeed itContinue reading “Rob Brydon: “Saying goodbye to Gavin & Stacey was emotional. We all love each other.””

A Portrait of Terror

The ghost stories of M R James have been a spooky festive favourite for more than a century. Dating back to the days when the Cambridge scholar would read aloud to friends and students in his rooms at King’s College on Christmas Eve, James’ spine-chilling tales would later become a regular fixture of the BBC’sContinue reading “A Portrait of Terror”

David Baddiel: “There are versions of me out there that aren’t me.”

David Baddiel is talking to Weekend on the day his son Ezra turns 18. (Don’t worry, he’s at school – we haven’t gatecrashed his birthday party or anything.) With his daughter Dolly now 21, it means that one of Britain’s bestselling children’s authors – among many other things – is no longer a father toContinue reading “David Baddiel: “There are versions of me out there that aren’t me.””