Gavin and Stacey star Steffan Rhodri has teased a “very touching” final scene for the hit sitcom, which returns to the BBC for a Christmas special this year.
The show’s final ever episode is due to air on Christmas Day and Rhodri, who plays Dave Coaches in the show, teased that the final scene could prove emotional for viewers.
He told Metro: “My character Dave is a bit of an outsider…But they planned it so that with the last scene we did, which is the ending, we were all together and it was very touching.”
He continued: “I can’t tell you anything about the Christmas special other than I’m in it. I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
“I didn’t do the one five years ago so it’s 17 years since I’ve done it. It was like putting on a pair of old trousers. It was really lovely to hang out with them again.”
Last month, the first look at the cast in the upcoming Gavin & Stacey special was shared.
A picture from the show was shared, which you can see below, and featured James Corden (Smithy), Mat Horne (Gavin), Joanna Page (Stacey) and Ruth Jones (Nessa).
‘Gavin & Stacey: The Finale’ stars Smithy (James Corden), Gavin (Mathew Horne), Stacey (Joanna Page), Nessa (Ruth Jones) CREDIT: BBC/Fulwell73 & Tidy Productions/Tom Jackson
Plot details have also been revealed for the final ever episode. Larry Lamb, who plays Gavin’s father Mick in the show, recently said that while it’s airing on Christmas Day and labelled a Christmas special, it won’t be set at Christmas.
The synopsis for the show now appears to confirm this, as there is no mention of the festive season.
Set five years after Nessa proposed to Smithy, the final episode will see Bryn (Rob Brydon) “packing the Picasso in readiness for a trip to Essex; Stacey and Gavin are looking for new ways to spice up their seventeen year marriage and Gwen (Melanie Walters) is behaving most strangely. Nessa’s started a new business venture and Neil the Baby’s (Oscar Hartland) about to begin an apprenticeship with his dad.
Meanwhile, over in Billericay, “Pam (Alison Steadman) is stressing out at the prospect of playing hostess, not helped by a newly retired Mick practicing his golf swings in the living room and there have been more ups and downs in Pete (Adrian Scarborough) and Dawn’s (Julia Davis) relationship”.
The synopsis also hints that we may well finally find out what happened on Bryn and Jason’s (Robert Wilfort) mysterious fishing trip.
The episode follows 2019’s Christmas special, itself the first new Gavin And Stacey episode in almost a decade. Co-creators and co-writers Ruth Jones and James Corden confirmed news of the special in May, following leaked reports in February.
The cast officially started filming the finale in September before it was finally wrapped up in October.
Steadman, recently described the finale as “the best fun ever”. She told The Guardian, “I feel really proud. I mean, the last Christmas special got a huge audience. People stop me now in the street all the time: ‘Can’t wait. Can’t wait for Christmas Day!’ I hope we don’t let them down!”
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