Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special 2019

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Sorry if there’s already a thread on this but I couldn’t find one.

Anyone else excited about this? I’m really looking forward to it, especially after seeing the trailer yesterday! There were no kids in the trailer though (unless I missed them) so not sure what’s happened to Neil the baby and Stacey’s bump! Apparently Uncle Bryn is hosting Christmas this year....

Just watched it again. Loved it. Ruth Jones’ acting when she confessed her live for Smithy... that flash of soft vulnerability in an outwardly «hard» character... beautiful.

Love. Ffs why do I always miss the o?? 🤬

And that they referred to Pete’s mum - they put flowers on her grave ❤️

Yes, it was lovely that they acknowledged Margaret John and Edna Dore.

James Corden and Ruth Jones spent Christmas together with their families, and watched it. They’re genuinely close mates it seems. And a very good writing partnership!

Just watched it for the second time.

I love how cute Neil the Baby was

Gavin has not aged well.

Why was Bryn being mean to Gwen?!

You can definitely tell that JC is an A Lister now, he just wasn’t able to pull off the Smithy character in the way he used to. He’s looking good though with his weight loss and a tan

I love Pam!!!

I used to really dislike Stacey but I didn’t mind her at all in this episode and I liked the scene she did with Gavin when she was talking to him about keeping their flame burning etc. I think a lot of married couples with young children would really identify with how she was feeling.

I loved Ness and Baby Neil going carol singing!!!! I love the fact he had a tea-towel on his head and a stuffed toy sheep under his arm

It must be hard to be a multi millionaire chat show host and have met people such as Michelle Obama then come back to filming in Barry Island ( nothing wrong with Barry but it's hardly L A) it must feel a bit surreal however down to earth you are! I'm not knocking him or any of them , his done really well, but it must make life a bit odd at times!! ( i will never know of course! )
It must change you as a person.

Loved it. Praying for a new series.

There’s a behind the scenes on YouTube that was on BBC Breakfast and you see James and Ruth taking selfies with fans during filming in Barry. Ruth does Nessa then which must be quite handy if people come up to her on a bad day as she can be a bit rude but get away with it as it’s Nessa.

Ruth does Nessa then which must be quite handy if people come up to her on a bad day as she can be a bit rude but get away with it as it’s Nessa.

Yes! Check out the last Graham Norton. They did a great interview where she said how as RJ she's v quiet and polite but when she puts on Ness she gets what she wants.

Loved “he’s ruined the good name of Peter Sutcliffe”!

James Corden’s been doing that sports quiz show on Sky until recently so I assume he spent loads of time in the UK over the years.

I enjoyed it but there was a little too much in it to feel as natural as the originals. I can see why that happened. I would have sacrificed some of the Gavin and Stacey on the island scene to make the rest of it flow a bit better I think.

But loads of lovely bits and we need to watch it again. We watched the old Christmas special last week for about the 50th time and noticed a joke we’d never heard before.

The only bit I really disliked was the fishing trip moment. It felt really overplayed and in there for the sake of it.

"he's ruined the good name of Peter Sutcliffe"

It was only when DH and I were watching the previous series on catch up that I realised the families are all named after serial killers. Can't believe I missed that first time around

I thought the kids names were somehow related to royalty, well Harry and Meg(h)an anyway, though not Caitlyn (maybe Caitlyn Jenner).

Same here ritatherockfairy, not that but i only cottoned onto Shipmans.

I feel my knowledge of serial killers is lacking!!

If you watch the original series again, Doris comments on it at their wedding. Something along the lines of it being unfortunate Stacey has spent years dreaming of being free of the surname West only to marry into the Shipmans. Her companion says something about it being six of one and half a dozen of the other and she replies 'It wasn't six, it was hundreds of them!'

And Caitlin -Cait - Kate.

Well that comment evidently passed me by completely!!

My little terraced house also has steps down to the kitchen. So did the one I grew up in! Honestly, only on MN would someone question something that's so incredibly commonplace in victorian-era working class homes!

Sounds like a reason to go watch them all again!

I'm watching series 1 again & Smithy has a silly voice when talking on the phone to Lucy, doesn't he?

Stacey's hen night-PC Lovelength

My little Lulubellamozarella!

"waiting to take Lucy to netball, to trampolining, forgot the maps at Lucy's-she was colouring them in"

'She collects them. Them and Sylvanian Families'

I didn't like it much when it first came out.

Really enjoying it now though.

Just watched the wedding-loved Pam's outfit.

Ah I loved it! Pretty sure Ruth Jones does most of the leg-work with the writing. Wonder if they wrote in Smithy’s attempts at posh to counter the US affect.

Gwen looks amazing!

I just watched it tfoay.

Loved it. Very funny in a lot of places.

I didn't expect that cliffhanger though. I do hope there is another episode or series lined up..