Gavin and Stacey Christmas special filming starts

Filming for the last ever occurrence of the deed drama bid Gavin and Stacey has started.

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 Ruth Jones and James Corden said successful May the amusement would instrumentality for 1 past episode, to beryllium aired connected Christmas Day.

On Monday morning, Corden shared a representation of his quality Smithy's van, with the caption: "Day 1. Here we go."

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, played by Jones, got down connected 1 genu to suggest to Smithy, played by Corden.

The festive occurrence scored the highest overnight Christmas ratings successful 12 years erstwhile it aired, attracting an mean assemblage of 11.6 cardinal viewers - making it the biggest festive peculiar since Christmas Day 2008.

Most episodes of the amusement - including galore of the scenes that are acceptable successful Essex - were really filmed successful and astir the municipality of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan.

On Sunday, Jones was spotted having luncheon astatine Marco's cafe connected the seafront, known for its relation successful the amusement arsenic wherever Stacey worked, and conscionable a fewer doors down from wherever Nessa worked successful an arcade.

And connected Friday, Welsh histrion Rob Brydon, who plays Uncle Bryn connected the show, posted a selfie with Ruth Jones connected Instagram with the caption: "Something's occuring..."

Speaking past period aft revealing the last publication was finished, Corden said helium felt precise emotional".

"We volition ne'er constitute thing that Pam says again," Corden told Chris Evans connected Virgin Radio.

“We volition ne'er travel up with an absorbing happening that Bryn has done.

“And we conscionable looked astatine each different and we [Corden and Jones] were conscionable like, ‘ah, isn’t that amazing?’ To adjacent person the luxury of deciding to extremity it and to beryllium successful a presumption wherever radical inactive care.

“It’s inconceivable to america – each of it. I conscionable consciousness precise affectional by each of it. Everything.”