Gavin and Stacey cast 'in tears' as show wraps

Gavin and Stacey prima Alison Steadman has said aft filming the last scenes of the deed amusement "90% of america were successful tears".

The histrion told BBC's The One Show the formed had each been dreading the end.

The sitcom's co-creators, James Corden and Ruth Jones, confirmed successful May it would return for 1 past episode, which volition beryllium shown connected Christmas Day.

Filming began successful September, with fans queuing up to spot the stars astatine locations crossed the Vale of Glamorgan. It ended connected Monday night.

Filming the finale was emotional, said Steadman, who plays Gavin's mum Pam.

The 78-year-old added: "We've had a large 5 weeks, we lone finished connected Monday night," she said.

"But we were each dreading that last country erstwhile we finished.

"I deliberation 90% of america were successful tears, immoderate radical braved it, due to the fact that it's been truthful fantastic.

"We had a wrapper party, it was precise nice, it was lovely.

"We'll conscionable miss not filming it immoderate more, it was fabulous."

The amusement returned successful 2019 for a one-off festive episode, which ended with Ruth Jones' quality Nessa proposing to Neil "Smithy" Smith, played by James Corden.

Steadman recalled speechmaking the archetypal publication for the archetypal time.

"James and Ruth together, they are amazing, their scripts, truthful witty and funny," she said.

"When I work the archetypal country I thought I've got to bash this. I couldn't wait, I was going done the publication and they didn't fto maine down."

The 2019 occurrence had the highest overnight Christmas ratings successful 12 years, with an mean assemblage of 11.6 cardinal viewers, making it the biggest festive peculiar since 2008.

By the caller year, it had been viewed by 17.1 cardinal people, making it the biggest scripted programme of the decennary astatine the time.

The occurrence won the interaction grant astatine the 2020 National Television Awards.

After the last occurrence finished filming, the BBC posted connected X, formerly Twitter: "And that's a wrap... for the past clip ever."

Earlier connected Wednesday Steadman told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour: "It's been a existent acquisition implicit 17 years from erstwhile we did the archetypal series. It can't get amended than that, really.

"It has to spell down arsenic 1 of my astir favourite, amusive jobs."

Hundreds of fans of the sitcom person queued up to spot the stars of the amusement astatine well-known locations crossed the Vale of Glamorgan since filming began.

"We've travel down a fewer times implicit the past fewer weeks," said 61-year-old Karen Ash from Cwmbran, arsenic shooting wrapped astatine Pam and Mick's Essex house, which is really filmed a fewer miles distant from Barry, successful Dinas Powys.

"I've been to each location," said 22-year-old Owain Cleese, from Barry.

"I'm the biggest, biggest fan... I emotion them all, but I've got to say, who I miss the astir is Doris.

"It puts Barry connected the map. If radical travel from England they could travel and deliberation 'Oh, let’s spell to Barry. Oh, that's Gavin and Stacey's spot - let's spell there!'"

Gavin and Stacey primitively ran for 3 bid betwixt 2007 and 2010, and follows a young couple, played by Mathew Horne and Joanna Page, who prosecute a narration contempt 1 surviving successful Essex and the different successful Barry.

Some fans already deliberation they cognize what the caller amusement holds.

"I deliberation I mightiness person seen a spoiler - but I'm not prepared to say," said Karen.

"I’m not going to archer you what my ending is - it's a spoiler. I deliberation it is anyway!"

The last occurrence of Gavin And Stacey volition aerial connected BBC iPlayer and BBC One on 25 December.