Sky have today confirmed the commissioning of a fifth season of their hit comedy-drama Stella. Set in Wales, the series stars Gavin & Stacey's Ruth Jones in the lead role of its eponymous protagonist, along with Doctor Who's Catrin Stewart, Cemetery Junction's Steve Spiers and The Office's Patrick Baladi (no sign of James Corden yet in any greater capacity than a cameo, but at least there's a further opportunity now!).
Suffice to say that this particular effort from Jones only qualifies as "bang tidy" for a certain viewer demographic, yet it has evidently sustained its popularity on Sky's flagship broadcaster enough to last nearly half a decade. What with the seemingly weekly cancellations of countless other great programmes, if nothing else, it's reassuring to know that subtler and often more engaging projects such as this are being kept afloat for future instalments. The current run of Stella is broadcasting weekly on Friday nights, with a bumper-length Christmas Special also planned for the end of 2014. For all the latest news on Ruth Jones' work and industry developments on the small-screen front in general, keep it On-Screen in the weeks ahead...
Stella continues with the sixth episode of Season Three tomorrow, February 28th, returns for a Christmas Special this Christmas (bet you didn't see that one coming, eh?) and will air its fourth season on Sky1 in Spring 2015.
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