Q 01/05

Which notorious Englishmen lent their surnames to Gavin & Stacey's Shipman, West and Sutcliffe families?

A) Football managers

B) Train robbers

C) Serial murderers

D) Victorian novelists

Answer · why

C) Serial murderers

Serial murderers Harold Shipman, Fred West and Peter Sutcliffe supplied the surnames, and on screen Doris remarks that Stacey has swapped one notoriou...

Q 02/05

Which singer-songwriter's 2005 single 'Run' opens every episode of Gavin & Stacey?

A) Stephen Fretwell

B) Tom Baxter

C) Damien Rice

D) Paolo Nutini

Answer · why

A) Stephen Fretwell

Stephen Fretwell's 'Run' only reached No. 79 in the UK chart, and Q once called him 'Scunthorpe's finest export... ever'; his song 'Darling Don't' lat...

Q 03/05

Which duet did Gavin & Stacey's Bryn and Nessa take to number one for Comic Relief?

A) Don't Go Breaking My Heart

B) Islands in the Stream

C) Something Stupid

D) I Got You Babe

Answer · why

B) Islands in the Stream

Islands in the Stream came with a Comic Relief sketch that sent Bryn and Nessa to the World Karaoke Championships in Las Vegas, where Tom Jones joins ...

Q 04/05

Pam and Mick's Essex home in Gavin & Stacey was filmed in Wales, but which town is it set in?

A) Basildon

B) Billericay

C) Chelmsford

D) Brentwood

Answer · why

B) Billericay

Billericay is the Shipmans' town on screen, but their house was really in Dinas Powys, and the show went on to boost tourism in nearby Barry.

Q 05/05

Gavin & Stacey's 2019 special drew Britain's biggest comedy audience since which sitcom?

A) The Vicar of Dibley

B) Only Fools and Horses

C) The Royle Family

D) Men Behaving Badly

Answer · why

B) Only Fools and Horses

Only Fools and Horses drew 17.4 million with its penultimate Christmas special in 2002, and the 2019 Gavin & Stacey cliffhanger was only resolved in t...