Just a few idle Gavin & Stacey news fragments I've picked up that don't have links and don't fit in the Daily News format.
First up, James Corden called in to the Chris Moyles breakfast show last week. They've become pals of late, you see. Moyles asked for a part in series three and rather than saying, “We're not doing series three”, “We'll only do series three if we have the right story” or the other usual responses, he said he'd talk to Ruth Jones about it and then had a big discussion about why Moyles would merit a cameo, given he's only seen half an episode. The response was “Seven million listeners”. Not conclusive, but encouraging, no? Thanks to my lovely wife for that little nugget.
Secondly, Jo Page was on The Paul O'Grady Show last week and mentioned that she and Corden have a scene to themselves for the first time in the Christmas Special, although it's still being written so she doesn't know what happens in it. Interesting, if not exactly inordinately big news, I know.
Speaking of JP, she's running a 5k to raise money for Cancer Research UK as part of the Race For Life on June 22nd. Why not go off and sponsor her? She, and various other celebs, explain all about it over on the ITV web site - she doesn't manage to persuade Fern Britten to join in though.
Related entries
- June 25, 2008: Results of the Swansea Race for Life
Joanna Page did the 5k Race For Life in 32 minutes.
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June 9, 2008 | Reply
Ah well I would, but I'm doing RforL the following Sunday. But I will just pop up here and say yes, do sponsor her, as Race for Life is a jolly good thing, if a little sexist as only girls get to do it. And if anyone is thinking of entering one, go for it. It's an incredibly moving experience, and you don't have to run, you can walk. I shall be doing a bit of both as I try to persuade my reluctant daughters that they really really can run 5k....
Plus of course. Cancer Research is a very good cause.
June 9, 2008 | Reply
Sorry Rob, that was me! I forgot to reenter my details.
June 9, 2008 | Reply
Congratulations! I'd be doing it, too, but there are obvious obstacles for me...
I figure, though, that if I can get lots of people to sponsor her on this one, then karmically it'll work out nicely and lots of people will sponsor me when I do the Run10k later in the year.
June 9, 2008 | Reply
Ooh are you a runner? Let me know and I'll sponsor you.
I've done RforL for the last two years. First time with my oldest who WOULDN'T run, which was rather stressful, but last year with the two big ones who managed to run about 3k of it. This year I am insisting they run it all, but fitting in training with them is a bit tricky as after school is busy etc. But we did run 3 miles last week, or rather they ran 2 and I bullied them round the last one!
Have you ever done the marathon? Am tempted again next year as the wonderful charity I ran for in 2005 is the Marathon charity next year (Tadworth Court's Children's Trust). Unfortunately my other half isn't keen for me to knacker myself out training. Can't think why....
June 9, 2008 | Reply
Haven't signed up for it yet, since we're not sure which one to go for but we'll probably be doing the Leeds Castle course on the 12th October. My wife did RforL last year, though, and she's going to be doing the Run 10k this year. She's a competitive sort, so tries to match me - so I keep having to up my maximums just to give her something to aim for!
Generally, I do 5k as my warm up down the gym, so that's about four to six 5ks a week (no kids, you see) and I've managed to get my PB down to 24'57" – a treadmill 5k, admittedly, and a time most proper runners would laugh at, I suspect (everyone I seem to meet these days is doing marathons and half-marathons). But any more than that and my knee starts to hurt (I'm getting old!), so I need to get myself some new shoes, since I think they're failing to give me proper support, before I go any further.
I did a 10k a couple of weeks ago in just shy of an hour, just to see if I could, which seemed fine and I probably could have kept on going. But I had to limp home afterwards and an hour's a long time in gym terms - goes from empty to crowded in no time - so I'm won't be doing that again in a hurry. Not til I get those new shoes...
June 9, 2008 | Reply
Forgot to say, I'll sponsor you, too!
June 9, 2008 | Reply
That's very nice of you Rob. Can't remember my justgiving info at the moment but will let you know. Basically I enter every year and say I'll give them the minimum cos I hate asking people for money. I then donate some money and my lovely twelve year old does all the hard work getting people to sponsor her.
Oh I know all about age related injuries. My back's never been the same post children and I suffer from sciatica, but that's much improved since I learnt how to swim crawl (I keep meaning to do a triathlon, but the training is not very conducive to family life). But... Rob. You really really must get out and run. It's such a better experience then running on the treadmill. I often run up to the downs (where I'll be doing RforL and its wonderful, especially in the autumn). Mind you, having gone to the Derby on Saturday it is also a bit dispiriting to see how fast those pesky horses run round the track...
Your time sounds very good to me. I am so slow and always at the back of the pack. But hey, I don't do it to win races...
June 9, 2008 | Reply
There's a park near us that I used to run round, but being SE London, I'm not so keen on it when it's dark. Fitting it into time schedules is also tricky, whereas I can go after work more or less every day to a gym. Besides, I'm only really doing it for warm-ups before weights - alternating with rowing, cross trainer, cycling, etc - and we don't really have the space for a full multi-gym at home...