Gavin and Stacey is over. After 17 years, three seasons and two special episodes, we finally have an ending. So how did it all go down with the Shipmans and the West clans? For those who would love a recap, aren't planning to watch or simply love a spoiler, here's exactly how the show ended…

There’s a moment in the Gavin and Stacey finale when Smithy and his gaggle of stags are stood in a nightclub watching the foam party happen in front of them. There’s a sudden realisation that this chapter of their life that they once enjoyed so much is over, and they simply must move on. This is how I feel about the BBC show itself.

The creators of Gavin and Stacey went to such lengths to conceal the plot of the Christmas special that a key cast member didn’t tell her parents she was in it.