Gavin and Stacey boss issues fresh update on final ever episode after Ruth Jones ‘leaked death spoilers’ to fans
GAVIN and Stacey’s boss has issued a fresh update to fans on the show’s final ever series after Ruth Jones ‘leaked’ death spoilers.
The beloved BBC comedy is returning for one last episode this Christmas, bringing the show to an end.
Ruth Jones and James Corden previously revealed how they’d penned the special, confirming The Sun’s original story.
With the pair keeping the script under lock and key, the head of BBC comedy has said he’s not even laid eyes on it yet.
Jon Petrie said: “They are really keeping it under wraps and don’t want people to see it outside of their very, very tight circle until they’re 100% certain of it.”
He continued to tell the Daily Mail: “I think it will be hard when they are filming it because it’s such a huge show and everyone will want to watch, everyone in all the locations where it’s shot, it will be obvious what’s being shot.”
His comments come after Ruth, 57, revealed how she was ‘leaking’ the ending of the show to fans.
The actress is adored by millions of fans for her role as Nessa Jenkins in the hit BBC sitcom.
She told the Wondery podcast Brydon & podcast: “A couple of people at the stage door, say ‘What’s going to happen, is Smithy going to say yes?’
“And I go to them, ‘Do you seriously want me to tell you what’s going to happen in the Christmas Special?’ And they go ‘yes!’. And I go ‘but you don’t, because what happens on Christmas Day when you come to watch it, you’ll know what’s going to happen.’ And they go, ‘please tell me’.
“So, I go (jokingly) ‘there’s going to be helicopter crash, most of the cast are going to get killed’, and I just make stuff up!”
Fans are eager to learn what happens next after being left on a cliffhanger in 2019.
Nessa finally popped the question to Smithy and asked him to marry her, but viewers didn’t get to see his answer.
Gavin and Stacey best moments
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 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 cheeseburger, Pam found herself caught up in a web of unexpected lies when she claimed to be a 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’s history as to just exactly what happened on the ill-fated fishing trip. Bryn appears to be hiding a secret as to an occurrence 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 it all be revealed in the brand-new episode?