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Gavin and Stacey co-creators Ruth Jones and James Corden have revealed details about their new TV comedy drama series The Choir.
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The eight-episode show will air on Apple TV and feature guest appearances by Ted Lasso's Hannah Waddingham, X-Men's James McAvoy and Harry Potter's Jim Broadbent.
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The series follows brother Ben (Corden) and sister Lisa (Jones), who have not seen each other for several years.
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The pair previously said the idea came from their family connection to choirs, with Corden's mum and Jones' sister both members of one.
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Ben has been living abroad, while Lisa has continued living in their small town where "nothing ever happens".
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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".
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The cast includes Tom Davis, Rosie Sheehy, Susan Brown, Jason Watkins, Alexandira Riley, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Tom Edden, Gary Lamont, Emily Lloyd-Saini, Stephen Leask, Luiis Rouf, Jo Foster, Evie Jones and Farrah Abbassy.
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Jones and Corden are executive producers for the series, which is now in production and set to air in 2027.
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Jones previously said: "We both feel that choirs, amateur choirs especially, bring people together in a way that maybe nothing else does.
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Corden added they wanted "to try and make a show about community and the importance of community".
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"It's just about a group of people that come together every week and enjoy and sing, and it's really about the life that's within that," he added.
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When Jones and Corden first met in 2000, they never imagined it would lead to 22 episodes of a record-breaking TV show.
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The pair were filming Fat Friends at the Crowne Plaza in Leeds and formed an unexpected friendship.
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They then co-wrote Gavin and Stacey, in which they played Vanessa "Nessa" Jenkins and Neil "Smithy" Smith, the best friends of the title characters
The hit comedy ran for three series, and three Christmas specials, between 2007 and 2024.
Their memoir was published on 9 October - almost a year on from the show's record-breaking finale on Christmas Day 2024.
Alongside their new collaboration, Jones recently appeared in new Netflix series Run Away - based on the Harlan Coben novel.
She has also teamed up with Steve Speirs in a six-part comedy series called Better Later, about the challenges of relationships in middle age.
Jones recently portrayed Mrs Bennet in another comedy series, The Other Bennet Sister, which was inspired by Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, while Corden has just finished a stint on Broadway.
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