Gavin and Stacey finale scores highest Christmas Day scores since 2008

The Gavin And Stacey finale has achieved the best Christmas audiences since 2008, the BBC has mentioned.

The emotional farewell to the favored sitcom, which noticed characters Smithy and Nessa lastly get their pleased ending, attracted a mean viewers of 12.3 million, based on at this time’s figures.

It surpassed the 2019 Christmas particular – which had a nightly viewers of 11.6 million – by greater than half 1,000,000 viewers.

It was additionally essentially the most watched present on the BBC schedule, with new Wallace and Gromit movie Vengeance Most Fowl coming in second place with a mean in a single day viewers of 9.4 million, whereas the king’s speech attracted a mean of 5 million viewers.

Followers have been eagerly awaiting the ultimate installment of the sequence for 5 years after the 2019 festive version ended on a dramatic cliffhanger as Vanessa “Nessa” Jenkins (Ruth Jones) received down on one knee to admit her love for Neil. Smithy” Smith (James Corden).

Wednesday evening’s finale kicked off in Billericay, Essex and Barry, South Wales, because the household of Stacey Shipman (Joanna Web page) and her husband Gavin (Mathew Horne) put together for a marriage – believed to be between Smithy and Nessa.

Nevertheless, followers have been initially upset to find the marriage was between Smithy and Sonia – his girlfriend from the 2019 Christmas Day episode – performed by Laura Aikman.

Wednesday’s particular revealed that Nessa’s earlier proposal was reduce off earlier than Smithy may give his reply and the 2 by no means mentioned it once more.

Quick ahead to the marriage day and, after a sequence of bridezilla moments, ring bearer and greatest man Gavin tells Smithy through the ceremony that he thinks he is making a mistake by marrying Sonia.

After many visitors – together with child Neil, Smithy and Nessa’s teenage son – arise when requested if anybody else opposes the wedding, Smithy realizes he has to admit his real love and leaves Sonia an deserted spouse.

The gang then race towards time to achieve Nessa earlier than she leaves Southampton Dock to work on the ships, whereas child Neil prepares to maneuver to Essex to begin an apprenticeship together with his father.

After a well-known on-and-off relationship, Smithy proposes to Nessa and the ultimate scene includes a heartwarming montage of a low-key marriage ceremony, with Nessa sporting a black costume and the couple lastly getting their fortunately ever after.

The sequence, written by Corden and Jones, initially aired between 2007 and 2010, and returned in 2019 for a particular episode which on the time held the report for the best Christmas audiences since 2008.

The present attracted an extra 5.5 million viewers the next week, bringing the viewers to 17.1 million, based on consolidated figures launched on January 2, 2020.

It grew to become the most important scripted present of the last decade, the most well-liked Christmas present of the last decade and the ninth largest transmission of the last decade, the BBC mentioned on the time.

He additionally gained the Affect Award on the Nationwide Tv Awards (NTA) in 2020.

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BBC head of content material Charlotte Moore mentioned: “Christmas Day on the BBC introduced hundreds of thousands collectively and noticed Gavin and Stacey triumph.

“Ruth Jones and James Corden created a magical finale that followers will cherish without end. Their beautifully written comedy creation is a present all about household, love and pleasure and it has confirmed to be the must-see tv occasion of the 12 months.

– The documentary Gavin And Stacey: A Fond Farewell will probably be broadcast at 7pm on New Yr’s Day on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.