RUTH Jones is set to make her return as the iconic Vanessa Shanessa Jenkins, better known as Nessa, in the Gavin and Stacey finale on Christmas day.
But Ruth has been married to TV producer David Peet for years – here’s what we know about their relationship.
David is a writer, producer and executive producer, best known for co-creating the British comedy-drama Stella.
Stella starred Ruthas the titular character, as she tried to juggle the drama and demands of love and life, airing in 2012, originally on Sky 1.
In 2008, David Peet co-founded Tidy Productions with Ruth.
Together, the two produced the Ruth Jones’ Sunday Brunch which Ruth presented on BBC Radio Wales in 2008-2009.
The company also made two 90-minute dramas for S4C as well as light-entertainment shows for BBC Wales.
It was also Tidy Productions which made the 58 episodes of Stella. When the series came out in 2012, it was Ruth’s first major hit since Gavin & Stacey.
Alongside her husband, she executive produced the comedy series. Not only that, Jones starred in the title role and wrote several of the episodes.
David also worked on the Gavin and Stacey 2019 Christmas special.
Ruth and David met when they both filming the pilot episode of a BBC comedy pilot.
But, David was in a relationship at the time, married with three children.
Ruth confessed in an interview that her husband wasn’t single when they first met therefore there was an overlap between their dating and his splitting up with his wife.
The Gavin and Stacey star said: “Affairs cause a lot of pain, they’re not something one aspires to do.
“You don’t aspire to cause pain to people in their life.”
Ruth and David married in 1999, and she is the stepmother to his three children from his previous marriage: Fiona who is 35, Louise who is 33 and Alex who is 31.
Five years after Nessa got down on her knee in Barry and proposed to Smithy, fans have been desperate to see what happened next.
Tomorrow on Christmas day, the final ever episode of Gavin and Stacye is set to air on BBC One.
The special will air from 9pm on the channel.
The last special in 2019 was the most-watched comedy in 17 years, attracting 18.49 million viewers.
Whilst very little is known about what will happen in this final episode, fans cannot wait to see it.
The official plot we know so far, according to the BBC website, sees the gang go for an Essex Christmas.
Pam is stressed, Pete and Dawn are back on the rocks and Gavin and Stacey are looking for ways to spice up their marriage.
Ruth and her co-creator James Corden have confirmed that this is the last ever time these characters will be seen.
