First pictures from final Gavin and Stacey show

Ruth Jones, James Corden and Joanna Page person been spotted filming for the Gavin and Stacey Christmas Day special successful Barry Island.

Jones, dressed arsenic her quality Nessa, was seen successful a rickshaw connected Barry seafront successful southbound Wales, with her co-star Joanna Page, arsenic Stacey, successful the back.

Corden, who was directing the scene, told BBC News it was "wonderful" to beryllium backmost successful Barry.

"There's truthful overmuch past implicit the past 17 years here," helium said. "And I deliberation it's an incredibly peculiar spot with really, truly peculiar people."

"It's beauteous to beryllium here, but it's besides the feeling of being like, this is the past clip I deliberation we'll beryllium connected the island," Corden added.

"I retrieve erstwhile we were present and Matt [Horne] and Jo [Page], erstwhile she comes disconnected the autobus and jumps into his arms, oregon the occurrence we did down connected the beach.

"It feels fantastic to beryllium here."

Filming for the one-off last episode, which is expected to past for respective weeks, began connected Monday.

The BBC shared an representation of a clapperboard from the archetypal time connected set, with the caption: "The last occurrence of Gavin & Stacey started filming today. Truth beryllium told, we’re a small spot excited."

The show's co-creators Jones and Corden said successful May it would instrumentality for 1 past episode, to beryllium aired connected BBC One connected Christmas Day.

The comedy, which aired for 3 bid betwixt 2007 and 2010, followed the cardinal characters of Gavin and Stacey - played by Mathew Horne and Joanna Page - arsenic they pursued a narration crossed Essex and southbound Wales.

It returned successful 2019 for a Christmas peculiar that ended connected a cliff-hanger erstwhile Nessa got down connected 1 genu to suggest to Smithy.