When people watch it, they will see why it will be, without question, the last time you will see these characters’

GAVIN and Stacey’s original name has been revealed – as James Corden admitted the show was almost ditched five years before the final episode. Fans of the BBC comedy were treated to an

Gavin And Stacey star James Corden has said his character Neil "Smithy" Smith and Vanessa "Nessa" Jenkins had to "end together" in the series' final episode on Christmas Day.

Corden and his co-creator Ruth Jones — or Smithy and Nessa to some — were emotional waving goodbye to their enduringly popular sitcom, which aired its final episode on Dec. 25.

Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones have opened up about the series' final episode and why the BBC sitcom can never return after the Christmas Day special

The Finale will air on Christmas day, signalling the final end to one of Britain’s best-loved sitcoms. Created back in the early noughties by comedians Ruth Jones and James Corden – who met while working on Fat Friends – the show originally aired from 2007 to 2010,

Gavin and Stacey returned for one final time this festive season with James Corden and Ruth Jones penning the script for the hotly-anticipated special in a very unusual way

JAMES Corden and Ruth Jones revealed that the new Christmas Gavin and Stacey episode won’t be the final instalment of the popular show. Gavin and Stacey fans can’t wait for the brand

Since then, writers and actors Ruth Jones and James Corden have given viewers another last-ever treat, sharing behind-the-scenes details in Wednesday’s Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell documentary. In that episode, James revealed that a line uttered seasons ago by his character, Smithy, meant he and Nessa (Ruth) had to “end up together.”

Corden also revealed that the character of Sonia, who Smithy is seen preparing to marry at the start of the finale, was brought back because she "wasn't in people's minds". "No-one would ever say, did he choose Nessa or Sonia?