Gavin and Stacey star admits they ‘can really see why’ show is ending-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

A Gavin and Stacey star ‘can see why’ the show’s time is up (Picture: Toffee International Ltd/Tom Jackson/PA Wire)

Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page has said she understands why the beloved BBC sitcom is drawing to a close with its Christmas special this year.

The show is based around the 47-year-old’s Welsh character Stacey’s long-distance relationship with Essex boy Gavin (Mathew Horne) with the focus shifting to Nessa (Ruth Jones) and Smithy’s (James Corden) blossoming romance.

After last appearing on our screens five years ago with a one-off festive special, Gavin and Stacey is returning for a final send-off, with Joanna admitting she ‘can see why’ its ending.

She told the Radio Times: ‘I would love to come back every year, but I genuinely don’t think there will ever be any more and I can really see why.’

On Monday, the BBC unveiled the first look pictures of Gavin and Stacey: The Finale and eagled-eyed fans were on the lookout for any indication Smithy said yes to Nessa’s proposal after the cliffhanger in 2019.

However, the broacaster was one step ahead and in pictures of Nessa, including one of her dancing jubilantly with Stacey with a bottle of red wine in hand, they had blurred her fingers to obscure if she was wearing a ring or not.

Joanna said she was certain the special would be a fullstop on the show (Picture: Baby Cow)

The show is based off her character Stacey’s long-distance relationship with Gavin (Picture: Baby Cow)

The cast are also keeping the exact plot of the final episode under wraps but have teased a few details, including James who described it as the ‘culmination of a 20-year love story.’

‘Hopefully it shows, if nothing else, that love is complicated and messy and for everyone,’ he previously told The Big Issue.

James also suggested there would be a funeral in the last episode at the Global Gala Gift on October 28.

According to Hello!, he reportedly told the audience that he had been editing the show that day, and that the scenes were ‘hard to watch.’

He added: ’But was there a funeral? Maybe yes. Maybe no!’

The BBC recently unveiled the first look pictures of the special (Picture: Toffee International Ltd/Tom Jackson/PA Wire)

But they had blurred out Nessa’s hands so fans couldn’t work out if she’d tied the knot (Picture: Toffee International Ltd/Tom Jackson/PA Wire)

Steffan Rhodri – best known as coach driver Dave ‘Coaches’ Gooch – also gave Metro preview of how the last ever scene will come together.

‘My character Dave is a bit of an outsider,’ he explained. ‘But they planned it so that with the last scene we did, which is the ending, we were all together and it was very touching.’

He added: ‘I can’t tell you anything about the Christmas special other than I’m in it. I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I didn’t do the one five years ago so it’s 17 years since I’ve done it.

‘It was like putting on a pair of old trousers. It was really lovely to hang out with them again.’

The last Christmas special aired five years ago in 2019 (PictureTom Jackson/BBC/PA Wire)

The hit TV series aired between 2007 and 2010 and returned in 2019 with a one-off festive special, which won the impact award at the National Television Awards the following year.

It 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 most-watched scripted programme of the decade at the time.

The full interview can be read in the Christmas issue of Radio Times.

Gavin And Stacey: The Finale will air at 9pm on Christmas Day on BBC One and iPlayer. 

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