Stella is a British comedy-drama filmed in the Rhondda valleys that aired on Sky One from 2012 to 2017. It was created by David Peet and Ruth Jones, who plays the role of the titular character and appears alongside a cast ensemble which includes Patrick Baladi. The sixth and final series premiered on 13 September 2017 and concluded with a 70-minute finale on 18 October 2017. Various celebrities make guest cameos, with former Wales rugby union international Scott Quinnell making the most appearances.

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Stella
Genre	Comedy-drama
Created by	Ruth Jones David Peet
Written by	Rob Evans Ruth Jones * Steve Speirs * David Peet * Ben Edwards *Simon Ludders * Matt Barry * Kayleigh Llewellyn
Directed by	Tony Dow Simon Massey
Starring	Ruth Jones Patrick Baladi Elizabeth Berrington Mark Lewis Jones Kenny Doughty Owen Teale Craig Gallivan Bethan Witcomb Catrin Stewart Justin Davies Di Botcher
Opening theme	And Then She Smiles by The Mock Turtles
Composers	Simon H Jones Mark Thomas
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6 (plus 2 Christmas specials)
No. of episodes	58 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Tilusha Ghelani Ruth Jones Jon Mountague David Peet
Producer	Spencer Campbell
Editors	Peter Hallworth Sara Jones John Richards
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts) 90 minutes (inc. adverts) (2014 special & 2016 special) 70 minutes (inc. adverts) (Series finale)
Production company	Tidy Productions
Original release
Network	Sky One
Release	6 January 2012 (2012-01-06) – 18 October 2017 (2017-10-18)

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Stella focuses on the ups and downs in the life of a struggling mother of three living in the fictional Welsh town of Pontyberry, earning a living doing the laundry and ironing for the locals. Stella’s eldest son, Luke, is serving a prison sentence for joyriding; daughter, Emma, completely besotted with boyfriend Sunil, wants to leave school without doing her exams; and youngest, Ben, is working on his family tree, which brings back a familiar face from Stella’s past and sends shockwaves throughout the valley.

Along for the bumpy ride are Stella’s best friend Paula, a functioning alcoholic funeral director married to Stella’s brother Dai, an ex-serviceman injured on duty; Stella’s dim, but well-meaning ex-husband Karl, father to Emma and Ben and now with the much-younger Nadine; and lollipop man and youth rugby coach Alan, Stella’s old schoolfriend who has had unrequited love for her since their schooldays.

The series was largely filmed in Ferndale in the Rhondda Valley in Wales.^[1]