\n James Corden and Ruth Jones, the writers and stars behind Gavin and Stacey, have been filming their new comedy drama, The Choir, in Lewes this week.\n<\/p>\n
\n Production is continuing in the town, with parts of Lewes transformed into the fictional English town of Alderswyck.\n<\/p>\n
\n Images taken by Lewes resident Kath Owston show Corden filming outside the Oxfam shop in the High Street, which has been converted into a Post Office for the programme.\n<\/p>\n
\n The former Lloyds Bank has been dressed as a fictional bank, while a nearby council building has become the \u201cAlderswyck Council Office\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n James Corden filming at the Oxfam on Lewes High Street, which has been rebranded as a Post Office for the shoot (Image: Kath Owston)\n<\/p>\n
\n Kath, who lives in South Street, said residents had known for several months that a major production was planning to film in the town.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: \u201cI live on South Street, which is one of the locations that they want to film on.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe got a letter asking if we would be interested in our house being used as the home where the James Corden and Ruth Jones characters live.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey were offering \u00a36,000! They put the letter through quite a few of the doors on South Street, so I think quite a few people replied saying they\u2019d be up for it.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Lewes is being rebranded as ‘Alderswyck’ for the new TV show (Image: Kath Owston)\n<\/p>\n
\n Although the production ultimately chose another property as the characters\u2019 home, Kath said her house would still play a role while filming takes place in South Street later this month.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: \u201cThey are going to use our house as a green room when James Corden is filming here on South Street, so that\u2019s exciting. We\u2019ll be hosting him here.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHe\u2019ll be using our downstairs to put his make-up on and have his cup of tea.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Kath photographed the activity in Lewes High Street and saw Corden filming outside the temporary Post Office.\n<\/p>\n
\n She also spotted him leaving Fitzroy House.\n<\/p>\n
\n James Corden filming in Lewes (Image: Kath Owston)\n<\/p>\n
\n She said she hoped the production would provide a welcome boost for the town and its businesses.\n<\/p>\n
\n Kath said: \u201cI\u2019ve been supporting the whole endeavour because I\u2019m very pro it. I know there have been a lot of residents and neighbours saying negative things, and people on social media being totally negative.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cBut I think, why can\u2019t you embrace some joy sometimes? This could be the next Gavin and Stacey.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It could bring in a lot of benefits for Lewes as a town, at a time when everybody\u2019s struggling and businesses are shutting.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI think it\u2019s a very positive thing.”\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n Kath described herself as a fan of Gavin and Stacey and said she was pleased to see its creators working together again.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: \u201cHe\u2019s great in Gavin and Stacey. I thought it was a terrific series and I\u2019m really pleased that they\u2019re doing another show.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Apple has confirmed that The Choir will be an eight-part comedy drama about family, friendship, love and music.\n<\/p>\n
\n It will be the first project created by Ruth Jones and James Corden together since Gavin and Stacey: The Finale.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pair will play estranged siblings Ben and Lisa, who have not seen each other for several years.\n<\/p>\n
\n A closed bank has also been rebranded for the filming (Image: Kath Owston)\n<\/p>\n
\n Ben has been living abroad, while Lisa has remained in the small English town where they grew up.\n<\/p>\n
\n Apple says the programme is now in production and is due to be shown around the world in 2027.\n<\/p>\n
\n It has not publicly confirmed a more precise release date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Corden and Ruth Jones, the writers and stars behind Gavin and Stacey, have been filming their new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-794076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}