James Corden shares emotional never-before-seen snaps from Gavin and Stacey filming after fans left in tears over finale
JAMES Corden has shared unseen behind-the-scenes photos from Gavin and Stacey, after gaining an emotional response from fans following the Christmas Day finale.
The Gavin & Stacey Christmas special spelled the end of Ruth Jones and James Corden‘s series for ever – 17 years after it was first created.
Overnight figures show Gavin & Stacey attracted the largest Christmas Day audience since 2008 – with 12.5million viewers and climbing.
Part two of the 2019 BBC special was must-watch telly and delivered an unforgettable final episode.
Fans broke down in tears as Nessa and Smithy finally said: “I do” after a shock twist.
Meanwhile Stacey and Jason’s mum Gwen found love with Nessa’s ex, Dave Coaches.
And viewers were on tenterhooks waiting to hear the truth behind Uncle Bryn and Jason’s fabled fishing trip – but the story remains untold.
The saga closed with a moving montage of the gang celebrating at the couple’s low-key pub wedding.
Writer Ruth Jones, who plays Nessa, said simply: “I hope we did you proud.” She added: “I’m not going to lie, I’m feeling a bit drained!”
Meanwhile, James said: “Tears all around. It was probably the most emotional film set I’ve ever been on and it was kind of wonderful.”
Taking to Instagram, James has shared unseen behind-the-scenes photos filming the finale.
The images capture heartfelt moments with cast members, showcasing the bond and joy shared during filming.
There’s James and Ruth walking down the streets of Barry, Wales together, and the cast on a coach as they race to the docks.
There a photo of the girls in the cast celebrating the hen do.
While the boys pose in their West Ham football shirts and enjoy drinking together for Smithy’s stag.
James reflected on the journey of creating the beloved show, describing the finale as a meaningful farewell to the cherished characters.
He captioned the post: “Here’s some behind the scenes photos from the special. Thank you so much to everyone who watched last night. It means more than you’ll know. All my love, James x”
However, fans were quick to spot a “missing” character from the BBC show.
Gavin and Stacey's Best Moments
With the news that the show is set to make an exciting return to screens, let's take a look at some of the comedy programme's biggest and best moments...
- Smithy and Rudi’s American Boy rap – No one will ever forget when James Corden and Sheridan Smith rapped perfectly word for word the Kanye West and Estelle hit American Boy as they walked across the car park on the phone to Gavin.
- Pam’s Vegetarian faux pas – Despite loving a cheesburger, Pam found herself caught up in a web of unexpected lies when she claimed to be Vegetarian. She is forced to keep up the secret throughout the entire show and uses hubby Mick to help her scoff meat. She is later rumbled when Stacey catches her in the act as she scoffs ham in the kitchen. Stacey says to her: “Is that ham, Pam!?… “I’ve seen you, Pam. A scotch egg here, a bit of bacon there, putting those regular sausages into the Linda McCartney box”.
- THAT fishing trip – It remains one of the biggest mysteries in Gavin and Stacey history as to just exactly what did happen on the ill-fated fishing trip. Bryn appears to be hiding a secret as to an occurance between him and his nephew Jason which has left relations fractures. Ness’ on-off boyfriend, Dave, is the only other person to know the whole truth. Bryn did appear to allude to him and Jason lying together naked to keep warm as he said to Dave: “We’re going to have this out, once and for all, man to man, you may know what happened, David, but you don’t know why it happened! It was freezing cold, it was! And when you are that cold…”
- Islands in the Stream – No one can ever forget the classic Karaoke performance of Islands in the Stream. Nessa and Bryn performed the track in front of all their nearest and dearest. It saw the whole pub burst into some line-dancing as they enjoyed a boozy night out.
- The Xmas special proposal – In 2019, fans were left overjoyed when the show made a comeback but it ended on the ultimate cliffhanger. Nessa asked Smithy if she would marry him as she finally laid bare her feelings for him. Fans were gutted as the show then cut straight to the credits as they never found out just how Smithy answered. Will all be revealed in the brand new episode?
Some viewers will remember Barry’s own Del Boy, Dick Powell, who has popped up throughout the series, flogging random wares.
He’s sold everything from Black Market sat navs to meat he’s stolen from the slaughterhouse.
Dick is also the only resident on the Island who speaks only Welsh.
Despite appearing in two episodes and being mentioned many times throughout the show, the dodgy salesman was not in the finale.
Co-creator Ruth Jones revealed they managed to include Dick in the final script – but it didn’t make the final cut.
“I think in the original script we had Dick Powell. There just wasn’t room for him, God bless him,” she said at the press event.
Gavin & Stacey The Finale is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.