Former chat show host Corden, 46, announced the show’s return in an Instagram post on May 3 by sharing an image of himself and Jones with a 2024 script titled Gavin and Stacey: The finale. In July, he revealed that the script was finished.
The BBC this week announced that filming was under way by sharing a photo of a clapperboard, dated Sept 2, which said “Gavin & Stacey The Finale”.
In reference to a phrase often muttered by Steadman’s character, the caption read: “Oh. My. Christ.”
“The final episode of Gavin and Stacey started filming today,” it added. “Truth be told, we’re a little bit excited.”
Audience of 11.6 million
The 2019 festive episode scored the highest overnight Christmas ratings in 12 years, attracting an average audience of 11.6 million viewers, making it the biggest festive special since Christmas Day 2008.
By the new year, it had been viewed by 17.1 million people, making it the biggest scripted programme of the decade at the time.