OMG. Gavin & Stacey will reportedly return once again for a Christmas 2024 special, five years after their last reunion episode. Oh! Gwyn! We can't cope! Here's everything we know about the reported episode so far.
When was the Gavin & Stacey 2024 Christmas special announced?
Deadline first shared the news in February 2024. Apparently, the plan is to film one new episode this summer, to air in December. As fans of the show will know, the last episode ended on a major cliffhanger, when Nessa proposed to Smithy on Christmas Day. The screen then faded to black before we got a chance to hear his answer.
Then, on 3rd May 2024, James Corden and Ruth Jones confirmed (!) the news of the new episode, writing on Instagram, "Some news… It’s official!!! We have finished writing the last ever episode of Gavin and Stacey. See you on Christmas Day, BBC One. Love Ruth and James ❤️" OMG.
They also confirmed it would be the final ever episode, holding up a script which said Gavin & Stacey: The Finale.
Who will star in the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special?
The report says "the majority of the main cast will likely return for the special", including James Corden and Ruth Jones, who play Smithy and Nessa, as well as Matthew Horne and Joanna Page, who play the titular roles. Apparently, even Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Larry Lamb and Julia Davis are on board, too.
Days after the news broke, Ruth Jones addressed the rumours and said we might have to wait a while to see if Smithy said yes to Nessa. "Who is this source? Where does this stuff come from?" she said in an interview with RTÉ Radio 1. "It's lovely that people love it and are so desperate... it's sadly a rumour. All I can say is if there was something to say on that front, James and I would happily announce it," she continued.
Joanna Page then appeared on The One Show on 28th January 2024, and shared something similar. "I don't know anything at all," the actor, who plays Stacey, told presenters Jermaine Jenas and Alex Jones. "I've got no other information, sorry, I've got no exciting information."
Sounds like they were misdirecting us!
What have the cast said about doing more Gavin & Stacey?
Over the years, the cast have been asked time and time again whether they'll make more Gavin & Stacey, with James Corden speaking about the prospect back in September 2023. "I genuinely don’t know if we’ll ever do another one," he told Sky News at the time.
"I think Ruth and I would love to make something together again… I really don’t know with Gavin & Stacey. I think we feel so proud of that last special. I think, in a way, those characters, they live on, they carry on, they’re still out there somewhere living and breathing. Their lives carry on and we just sort of get together and open this portal and find out.
"Some people say to me, ‘I want to know what happens’. And I go, 'so do I!'"
When will Gavin & Stacey: the finale air?
While confirming the special episode was happening, James Corden and Ruth Jones revealed it was scheduled for Christmas Day on BBC One.
We can't WAIT.
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