The lush life of James & Ruth  What occurred when President
Obama met 'Nessa', the first lady of Barry Island? Carole
Cadwalladr gets the answer, and much more, from the creators of
Gavin & Stacey as the well-loved series return for a third run
gavin & stacey Ruth Jones and James Corden on Barry Island.
Photograph: Suki Dhanda  How lovely it is to be on the seafront
in Barry Island on a bright and blustery day enjoying proper
Welsh weather – clouds on the horizon, torrential rain just
minutes away – looking out over the beach on which Ruth Jones
and James Corden are cavorting like a pair of unruly toddlers.
They're friends and co-writers but around these parts they're
simply Nessa and Smithy, the characters they created and play in
Gavin & Stacey, which is filmed here on Barry Island where
they're welcomed back like the homecoming king and queen. A
small crowd is gathering. A bunch of schoolgirls dive into
Island Leisure, the arcades where Nessa works in the series, and
buy "Oh! What's occurrin'?" carrier ba