Last ever Gavin and Stacey’s Christmas special to bring back huge character

THE last ever Gavin and Stacey will be bringing back a huge character for the Christmas special.

The creators of the smash hit comedy – James Corden and Ruth Jones – are said to be in talks with one of the show’s most iconic guest stars.

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Actress Sheridan Smith is reportedly in “informal discussions” about reprising her role of Ruth ‘Rudi’ Smith.

An insider told the Sunday Mirror: “The script for Gavin & Stacey: The Finale includes all of the show’s major players – including Smithy’s sister Rudi. 

“Nothing has been signed and conversations are still very much ongoing – especially as the filming date has not been set.

“But all of the stops are being pulled out to make sure the whole cast are there, and in the coming weeks the production team hope to pin down everyone’s availability. 

“Sheridan and James are still friendly – they recently bumped into each other at the Variety Club Awards and got on really well. So the hope is that she will be able to be part of it.”

Sheridan’s character did not appear in the 2019 Christmas special but the hopes are that she will reprise her role for the show’s big goodbye.

Hit BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey was co-created and written by James and Ruth, who also starred as Smithy and Nessa, the respective best friends of the titular couple Gavin (Matthew Horne) and Stacey (Joanna Page).

The series ran from 2007 to 2010, with its first Christmas special airing on BBC One in 2008. 

However, it returned almost a decade later for another epic Christmas special in 2019.

Viewers went wild over their fan-favourite characters returning to the small screen, but the episode finished on a major cliffhanger.

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?

Nessa proposed to Smithy, but the episode ended before he could give his answer.

Now they are desperate for James and Ruth to continue the story.

PA:Press Association