It’s been confirmed. Deadline’s scoop from earlier this 12 months that one other Gavin & Stacey Christmas particular was within the works has been rubberstamped and it will likely be the smash comedy’s ultimate ever.
Posting on Instagram up to now jiffy, co-creators James Corden and Ruth Jones wrote: “Some information… It’s official!!! We now have completed writing the final ever episode of Gavin and Stacey. See you on Christmas Day, BBC One. Love Ruth and James.”
Deadline had revealed that the episode was within the works a number of weeks again, though a number of members of the forged shortly sought to downplay our story. Child Cow, Corden’s Fulwell 73 and Ruth Jones’ Tidy Productions are behind the particular.
Gavin & Stacey is likely one of the beloved British sitcoms of all time and the 2019 Christmas particular was the most-watched present in a decade at greater than 18 million viewers.
The final Christmas particular, which aired almost 5 years in the past, ended with a cliffhanger, with Nessa (Jones) proposing to the ever-cheeky however loveable Smithy (Corden). That cliffhanger has led to undimmed chatter over the previous few years that Corden and Jones would return to the present, noise that has solely grown louder with Corden’s return to the UK as he ended his eight-year-long Late Late Present stint within the States.
We perceive cameras will roll over the summer time. Deadline is instructed that almost all of the primary forged will possible return. Apart from Corden and Jones, Gavin & Stacey stars Matthew Horne and Joanna Web page play titular roles together with an ensemble forged together with Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Larry Lamb and Julia Davis.
Following the ups and downs of the title characters and their much-loved household and pals, the present which introduced fame to the Welsh seaside city of Barry and the Essex city of Billericay began in 2007 as a small BBC Three sitcom however shortly grabbed a cult fanbase and was shifted to BBC One.
It ran for 3 seasons from 2007 to 2010, profitable a BAFTA alongside the best way, and likewise aired a much-loved Christmas particular in 2009. The BBC will likely be hoping Gavin & Stacey can hand a little bit of a lift to what has been a quiet couple of Christmases, with the most-viewed present in 2023 being the King’s Christmas message adopted by a Strictly Come Dancing particular watched by simply over 5 million.
The 2019 Christmas particular wasn’t with out controversy. The ep featured Nessa and Bryn, performed by Brydon, singing a karaoke duet of The Pogues’ ‘Fairytale of New York’ that included a homophobic slur, which wasn’t bleeped out. The slur has been faraway from BBC iPlayer and was faraway from repeats of the present the next 12 months.