Seventeen years ago, we – that is the half a million of us who tuned in to BBC Three on a Sunday night in May – were introduced to Gavin Shipman and Stacey West. He, a cheeky Essex boy, she an effusive girl from Barry, South Wales. There was no way of knowing then that the comedy named after them, Gavin & Stacey, would go on to tell one of the greatest love stories in TV history. What’s even more surprising, though, is that the love story wouldn’t actually be Gavin and Stacey’s.
In the five intervening years, inevitable changes had struck the Shipman-Wests: Mick (Larry Lamb) was now retired, driving Pam mad with his indoor golfing, while Uncle Brynn (Rob Brydon) had got a new roof rack for the Picasso. The beauty of Gavin & Stacey is in Corden and Jones’s ability to celebrate the provincial normality. Aside from references to Big Fat Sue having surgery in Turkey, a Charli XCX needle drop and Nessa’s vaping (cigarette in the other hand, naturally), this episode would have made just as much sense back in 2007.
Alison Steadman as Pam (Photo: Tom Jackson/BBC/Toffee International Ltd)The seaside town that is Wales's answer to Margate, with a container village and TV tours
Read MoreAs the families reunited for a traditional piss-up the night before Smithy’s stag do, I couldn’t help but shed a tear over the sheer familiarity and warmth these characters have fostered over the years. It wouldn’t be the last time I cried at the finale – by the end of the hour and a half, I had sobbed on five separate occasions.
This was a love letter not only to the beloved characters nurtured by these fabulous actors, but also to those of us who love them as much as they love each other. There were references to old jokes – the corn on the cob, the fishing trip, foam parties – and surprises that even the most diehard of fans wouldn’t have seen coming. I happen to think that Gwen and Dave Coaches make a beautiful couple.
Joanna Page as Stacey and Rob Brydon as Bryn (Photo: Tom Jackson/BBC/Toffee International Ltd)And so – as has become a Gavin & Stacey tradition, when Gavin raced to Barry to tell Stacey he loved her, when Smithy did the same to see Nessa give birth to his baby – a race against the clock to stop Nessa starting a new life “on the boats” began. Even with the anticipation building and a stunt involving a bus and a big bush took over the end of the episode, it kept its colloquial charm.
Cancel all the programmes, shut down all the channels. Television does not get better than this.
‘Gavin & Stacey: The Finale’ is streaming on BBC iPlayer
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