- By Rowenna Hoskin
- BBC Information
All the unique solid returned for the Christmas particular
Gavin and Stacey is returning… or is it?
On Tuesday, US TV and movie web site Deadline reported that the hit sitcom is ready to return to the screens for a one-off particular in December.
Nevertheless, there was no official affirmation by BBC Studios over the comedy set in Barry and Essex.
The present’s Rob Brydon – who performs Uncle Bryn – stated he’d “adore it if it had been true” however “so far as I am conscious it is one other hearsay”.
Chatting with BBC Radio 4’s As we speak Programme, Brydon stated: “I get requested about this on each interview I ever do, however so far as I am conscious it is one other hearsay.”
Co-creator Ruth Jones has additionally performed down the hypothesis, saying it was “sadly a hearsay”.
Chatting with Irish station RTE Radio 1, she added: “All I can say is, if there was one thing to say on that entrance, James [Corden] and I’d fortunately announce it, we’d.”
Different solid members are at nighttime.
Requested in regards to the report on BBC One’s Morning Stay, Steffan Rhodri, who performs Dave, stated he had “no information to impart”.
The present follows the lives of Essex boy Gavin, performed by Matthew Horne, and Barry woman Stacey, performed by Joanna Web page.
Their greatest pals Smithy and Nessa – performed by the present’s writers James Corden and Ruth Jones – additionally strike up an unlikely relationship.
The solid of the present across the time of the Christmas particular in 2019
Regardless of apparently disliking each other, the pair have a son collectively, Neil “the Child” Noel Edmond Smith.
Deadline reported that almost all of the primary solid are anticipated to return for the particular, together with Rob Brydon, who performs Stacey’s eccentric Uncle Bryn, and Alison Steadman and Larry Lamb, who play Gavin’s dad and mom Pamela and Mick.
The present is presently in pre-production, with filming on account of start in a couple of months’ time, Deadline reported, including that it was being produced by Steve Coogan’s Child Cow, Jones’ Tidy Productions and Fulwell 73, which is co-owned by Corden.
The 2019 Christmas particular, which ended with Nessa declaring her love for Smithy, was the UK’s most-watched scripted TV programme of the 2010s, with 17.1 million viewers.
