Ruth Jones, the brains behind Gavin and Stacey, has finally spoken out on a "glaring continuity error" she discovered in the show's 2019 Christmas special. The festive episode, which left viewers hanging with Nessa's (played by Ruth herself) proposal to Smithy (James Corden), was a massive hit, drawing in 18.49 million people – making it the most-watched non-sporting event in a decade, and the top comedy in 17 years.
Fast forward to yesterday (December 25), and the much-anticipated final episode of the BBC series became the most-watched show on Christmas Day. However, Ruth recently revealed that she noticed a mistake in one of the show's classic jokes while tuning in five years after the dramatic 2019 festive special first aired.
In the build up to this year's episode, Ruth confessed on Magic Radio: "I watched the 2019 Christmas special the other night and I noticed a glaring continuity error. You know Pam leaves the Christmas puddings behind and forgets to take them because they have been otherwise occupied and they are mortified?.
"And Mick, being the calming force of the family, the voice of reason, says 'it's okay, we can go to a shop, there'll be one open'. So they go to get them on the way to the pub. Then Bryn turns up and he's got the Morrisons bag with the Christmas puddings in, and I think there were nine of them for dinner.".
"Then Jason arrives and he's stopped at the shop and he's picked up Christmas puddings as well. So the next morning, when they haven't got the Christmas puddings, one of them, and I can't remember who it is, says 'have we left nine Christmas puddings in the pub?' There's 18, there's double.".
