Plot details and the name of James Corden and Ruth Jones' new show have reportedly been revealed.
The pair, who co-wrote the iconic British sitcom Gavin & Stacey, are working on their new project after the show's finale.
The final episode aired on Christmas Day last year and was watched by around 19 million viewers, making it the most-watched TV programme on Christmas Day in 23 years.
Now, details about the duo's next project together have been revealed, including its name and plot.
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According to publisher Deadline, the show will be called The Choir and will star Corden and Jones once again.
The pair, who are long-term friends, starred as two of the main characters, Smithy and Nessa, in Gavin & Stacey.
Detailing the alleged plot of the new show, Deadline says: "Corden and Jones are playing the leads and exec producing The Choir and will star as brother and sister Ben and Lisa, who haven’t seen each other for several years.
"Ben has been living abroad, while Lisa has carried on in their small English town, where nothing ever happens.
"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."
It will be an eight-part comedy drama with filming reportedly due to begin next year.
What has James Corden and Ruth Jones been doing after Gavin & Stacey?
Both James Corden and Ruth Jones rose to fame as the co-writers and stars of Gavin & Stacey.
The BBC sitcom first aired in 2007 and tells the story of two families from Billericay in Essex and Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
The pair played Neil Noel Edmunds "Smithy" Smith and Vanessa Shanessa "Nessa" Jenkins in three series and three Christmas specials.
At this year’s TV Baftas, Ruth Jones won the best female performance in a comedy for her role in Gavin and Stacey.
It was recently revealed that she landed a role in a new BBC Drama series, which is being filmed in Wales.
Jones will play Mrs Bennet in an adaptation of Janice Hadlow’s novel The Other Bennet Sister for BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
She will be joined in the series by the likes of Richard E. Grant (Saltburn, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Loki), Indira Varma (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luther, The Night Manager) and Ella Bruccoleri (Call the Midwife, Bridgerton).
Together, James Corden and Ruth Jones are also set to release a new book, titled When Gavin Met Stacey And Everything In Between: A Story Of Love And Friendship.
It is not the pair's first book together, having released Gavin & Stacey: From Barry To Billericay in 2008, shortly after the show began.
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The new book is set for release on October 16, 2025, with an audiobook read by them also coming out.
Both Corden and Jones are also heading to the London Palladium and the Swansea Building Society Arena for a live conversation to celebrate the publication of the new book.
The show, titled When Gavin Met Stacey: An Evening with Ruth Jones and James Corden, will share memorable moments and behind-the-scenes secrets from the show.
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