Fans of are experiencing a mix of excitement and sadness as the countdown to the much-anticipated Christmas special ticks away, with less than a week to go. Fans are eager for the return of the beloved Ruth Jones and James Corden sitcom after a five-year hiatus, yet the co-creators have announced that this festive episode will be the show’s swansong.
However, Larry Lamb, who stars as the endearing Mick Shipman, stirred up speculation during his appearance on on Friday, December 20, suggesting the door might not be completely closed on the series. In conversation with the ITV panel, Kaye Edwards probed whether the Christmas Day special would indeed be our final visit to Gavin & Stacey’s world.
Larry’s response was unexpected as he replied: “I get asked this but every time we finish it’s always the last one! It’s like some old rock ‘n’ roller who’s going off for his last world tour you know – he’s been doing the last world tour for 40 years.”
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Gavin & Stacey star Larry Lamb on ITV’s Loose Women (Image: ITV)
He continued, hinting at the possibility of a revival: “I just can’t see that the golden goose is going to get killed. Sooner or later someone’s going to be knocking on the door saying ‘do you know, do you think you could do another one?'”
The 77-year-old actor also shared insights into the cast’s emotional reaction to the new script, revealing: “I knew from the moment I read it, this is something special. You’re going to get thrown up into the air, over and over again. It’s absolutely extraordinary,”reports .
Larry fondly recalled the emotional journey on set, sharing: “I sat with Alison (Steadman), we were side by side and by the end of it the pair of us were weeping.”
Alison Steadman as Pam and Larry Lamb as Mick in a 2009 episode of Gavin & Stacey (Image: BABYCOW)
His remarks came just hours after his Welsh co-star Joanna Page appeared as a guest presenter on ‘s Morning Live when she was adamant that it would be the final of Gavin & Stacey this Christmas.
Joanna, who plays Mick’s daughter-in-law Stacey, firmly stated: “It is the last last ever one, it has been so emotional, just saying goodbye to everybody. When I read the script and I saw that my first… I nearly, you nearly got me to say something then! But I saw that I’m sitting with Ruth, she’s playing the mouth organ and I’m in the rickshaw at the back, I was just like ‘oh we are back with a bang! ‘ this is brilliant.”
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