Gavin and Stacey Christmas special confirms major update for ‘last time ever’-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

And that’s a wrap! (Picture: BBC)

Filming for Gavin and Stacey has officially come to an end, it’s been confirmed.

The beloved BBC sitcom, starring Joanna Page and Mathew Horne, is returning with one last episode this Christmas.

Details over the script have been kept tightly under wraps so far, though plot theories have emerged as the actors have been caught filming by fans.

And the BBC has now confirmed that filming for the special has wrapped up.

A picture of a clapper board reading ‘Gavin & Stacey The Finale’, showed the 80th scene had been filmed.

‘And that’s a wrap… for the last time ever. See you on Christmas Day!’ the caption read.

Gavin and Stacey last aired in 2019 (Picture: BBC/GS TV Productions Ltd/Tom Ja)

The hit TV series aired for three series between 2007 and 2010 and made a comeback in 2019 for a one-off festive episode which ended on a cliff-hanger when Ruth Jones’s character Nessa proposed to Neil ‘Smithy’ Smith, played by James Corden.

After the five-year wait of not knowing what happened in their relationship, pictures from the set in Barry Island revealed that Smithy seemingly came to his senses and said ‘yes’ and that they’ll finally get their happily ever after.

We have yet to know what happens to Nessa and Smithy (Picture: BABY COW)

Cats actor James, 46, announced the show’s 2024 return in an Instagram post in May by sharing an image of him and Ruth with a script titled Gavin And Stacey: The Finale.

The original cast, including Alison Steadman, Larry Lamb, Melanie Walters and Rob Brydon, have all been spotted filming in Wales and other locations.

The 2019 Christmas episode scored the highest overnight Christmas ratings in 12 years, attracting an average audience of 11.6 million viewers, making it the biggest festive special since Christmas Day 2008.

By the new year, it had been viewed by 17.1 million people, making it the biggest scripted programme of the decade at the time.

It went on to win the impact award at the National Television Awards in 2020.

The festive final episode of Gavin And Stacey will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One on December 25.

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