Gavin and Stacey fans convinced beloved character will be ‘killed off’ following cryptic message

Pierra Willix

Published December 20, 2024 10:38am Updated December 24, 2024 7:09am

Undated BBC Handout Photo from Gavin and Stacey: The Finale. Pictured: Smithy (JAMES CORDEN), Gavin (MATHEW HORNE), Stacey (JOANNA PAGE), Nessa (RUTH JONES). PA Feature SHOWBIZ TV Gavin And Stacey. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA???Feature SHOWBIZ TV Gavin And Stacey. PA Photo. Picture crNOTE TO EDITORS: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ TV Gavin And Stacey. edit should read: BBC/Toffee International Ltd./Tom Jackson. WARNING: Use of this copyright image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures' BBC Digital Picture Service. In particular, this image may only be published in print for editorial use during the publicity period (the weeks immediately leading up to and including the transmission week of the relevant programme or event and three review weeks following) for the purpose of publicising the programme, person or service pictured and provided the BBC and the copyright holder in the caption are credited. Any use of this image on the internet and other online communication services will require a separate prior agreement with BBC Pictures. For any other purpose whatsoever, including advertising and commercial prior written approval from the copyright holder will be required. — James Corden has made a bold declaration about the end of Gavin and Stacey (Picture: BBC/ Toffee International Ltd./ Tom Jackson/ PA Wire)

Gavin and Stacey fans are convinced a beloved character will be killed off in the the final ever episode.

James Corden recently declared the show ‘cannot carry on’ after the upcoming Christmas Day special, and now viewers are worried we could be set for a devastating goodbye.

Next week the last episode will air, with James previously teasing it would be ‘hard to watch’, while Ruth ‘guaranteed we will definitely not be coming back’ after this.

‘It can’t carry on, it genuinely can’t,’ James has now added in a recent interview on The Graham Norton Show.

‘And you’ll realise that there’s certain moments that happen in the episode, which make it very, very clear that the show cannot carry on.’

‘what does james corden mean that we’ll understand why the story of gavin and stacey can’t go on anymore?????? i’ve a feeling someone is acc gonna die 😭😭😭 #grahamnorton,’ wrote @ANDREWG4RFIELD on X.

Ruth Jones and James Corden attend a BBC launch event for Gavin and Stacey: The Finale, at Ham Yard Hotel in London. Picture date: Wednesday December 18, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SHOWBIZ GavinAndStacey. Photo credit should read: Ian West/PA Wire — The show’s creator and star said ‘it cannot carry on’ (Picture: Ian West/ PA Wire)

‘Apparently someone dies in the “last ever” Gavin and Stacey,’ said @shirlpuzz, while @_nicoladavies added: ‘Is anyone else thinking that Gavin will die because you literally can’t have Gavin and Stacey without Gavin 🤔 I’m calling it.’

‘After watching #grahamnorton I’m now worried that someone is going to die in the Gavin and Stacey reunion,’ agreed @SClubBethan, as @betbinch wrote: ‘I can 100% see it happening. They wouldn’t be the first sitcom to do it!’

The comedy series first hit screens in 2007 and followed Mathew Horne’s Gavin Shipman and Joanna Page’s Stacey West relationship as their families – from Essex and Barry Island– got to know each other.

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The show, which also starred creators Ruth Jones and James Corden as Nessa and Smithy, left fans with a cliffhanger with an unanswered proposal during the 2019 Christmas special, and now the finale could bring about more shocks.

‘We as writers wouldn’t know how to carry on that story. We feel very, very proud of it. We’ve really given it everything we could have given it,’ James said when speaking to Fleur, James and Matt for a Hits Radio Christmas special.

Speaking about working on the finale, James said it ‘came with a lot of pressure…the idea of being so definite and announcing that this is it, it’s going to end’.

Undated BBC Handout Photo from Gavin and Stacey: The Finale. Pictured: Stacey (JOANNA PAGE), Jason (ROBERT WILFORT), Nessa (RUTH JONES), Smithy (JAMES CORDEN), Gavin (MATHEW HORNE). PA Feature SHOWBIZ TV Gavin And Stacey. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA???Feature SHOWBIZ TV Gavin And Stacey. PA Photo. Picture crNOTE TO EDITORS: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ TV Gavin And Stacey. edit should read: BBC/Toffee International Ltd./Tom Jackson. WARNING: Use of this copyright image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures' BBC Digital Picture Service. In particular, this image may only be published in print for editorial use during the publicity period (the weeks immediately leading up to and including the transmission week of the relevant programme or event and three review weeks following) for the purpose of publicising the programme, person or service pictured and provided the BBC and the copyright holder in the caption are credited. Any use of this image on the internet and other online communication services will require a separate prior agreement with BBC Pictures. For any other purpose whatsoever, including advertising and commercial prior written approval from the copyright holder will be required. — The final ever episode will air next week (Picture: PA Wire)

He added he felt responsibility to ‘get it right, serve the characters, serve the audience and make sure everybody feels satisfied by it’.

He continued: ‘And I think right now in this moment, of course there’s nerves. You hope that people just feel that this is the right way to say goodbye to these characters that have been in our lives for so long.’

Although he continued to stay coy on the show’s storyline, James did reveal the Christmas special wasn’t actually set during the festive season.

Undated BBC Handout Photo from Gavin and Stacey: The Finale. Pictured: Pictured: Nessa (RUTH JONES), Stacey (JOANNA PAGE), Gwen (MELANIE WALTERS), Bryn (ROB BRYDON), Gavin (MATHEW HORNE). PA Feature SHOWBIZ TV Gavin And Stacey. WARNING: This picture must only be used to accompany PA???Feature SHOWBIZ TV Gavin And Stacey. PA Photo. Picture crNOTE TO EDITORS: This picture must only be used to accompany PA Feature SHOWBIZ TV Gavin And Stacey. edit should read: BBC/Toffee International Ltd./Tom Jackson. WARNING: Use of this copyright image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures' BBC Digital Picture Service. In particular, this image may only be published in print for editorial use during the publicity period (the weeks immediately leading up to and including the transmission week of the relevant programme or event and three review weeks following) for the purpose of publicising the programme, person or service pictured and provided the BBC and the copyright holder in the caption are credited. Any use of this image on the internet and other online communication services will require a separate prior agreement with BBC Pictures. For any other purpose whatsoever, including advertising and commercial prior written approval from the copyright holder will be required. — The BBC has teased what will unfold in the special (Picture: PA Wire)

However, the BBC did recently provide fans with an idea of what would unfold, teasing: ‘In Barry, Bryn’s packing the Picasso in readiness for a trip to Essex.

‘Soon enough, Gavin, Stacey, and the rest of their family and friends are seen in high spirits with another get together at Pam and Mick’s house.

‘This time it looks like Bryn will be giving limbo a go. Clearly, Pam and Mick are playing host this time around, but why are they partying?’

It was also revealed that in Billericay Pam is ‘stressing out at the prospect of playing hostess, not helped by a newly retired Mick practising his golf swings in the living room and there have been more ups and downs in Pete and Dawn’s relationship’.

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Gavin and Stacey: The Finale will air at 9pm on Christmas Day on BBC One and iPlayer. The documentary Gavin and Stacey: A Fond Farewell will be shown at 7pm on New Year’s Day on BBC One and iPlayer.

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