Gavin and Stacey: The End Tearing up the UK record books.
According to the BBC, the final episode of the British sitcom saga has now been watched by 19.3 million people, making it the most watched scripted show since records began some 23 years ago. It broke the viewing record for the 2019 Christmas special – which reached 18.5 million viewers in 28 days – in less than half the time, having premiered just nine days earlier.
The Christmas Day finale was watched by 12.3 million viewers live, surpassing the previous Christmas special five years ago, and a further 7 million have since tuned in for the 90-minute finale, which tied up the series' very exciting loose end. James Corden Smithy and Ruth Jones Nessa Relationship. Deadline revealed that the ending has been in development for about a year and was confirmed last May.
“We have been overwhelmed by the audience response to our show and these amazing viewing numbers,” Corden and Jones said. Gavin and Stacey It truly belongs to the public and we are thrilled that so many people enjoyed watching it this Christmas. Many thanks to Charlotte Moore and the BBC for supporting us over the past 17 years.
Moore, who runs BBC content and is also basking in the ratings glow Traitors This week she described the numbers as “truly remarkable and unprecedented”.
Produced by Corden's Fulwell 73 and John's Tidy Productions, the finale took place five years after Nyssa proposed to Smithy, but it turned out that Smithy was engaged to someone else, his hated flame from the previous Christmas special, Sonya. Cue chaos, disillusionment, and the return of all that is usual Gavin and Stacey Faces including Rob Brydon, Larry Lamb, Alison Steadman and Russell Tovey. The show had one of the BBC's best Christmases in years, having also had huge success with the new Wallace and Gromit.
