Gavin and Stacey cast’s biggest transformations since first episode 17 years ago
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The countdown is on until Gavin and Stacey concludes forever (sob) on its 2024 Christmas special. It has been five long years since the comedy was last on our screens, leaving fans with a cliffhanger with an unanswered proposal after Nessa (Ruth Jones) popped the question to Smithy (James Corden).
But it has been a whole 17 years (gasp!) since the beloved BBC sitcom first aired – and a whole lot has changed for Gavin (Mathew Horne) and Stacey (Joanna Page) since they fell in love. There have been children, marriages, a move to Essex and Barry Island, and then back again, to name but a few huge life milestones over the past nearly two decades.
And that means there have been some huge transformations – Nessa becoming more vulnerable for one, since the first episode of Gavin and Stacey. As we prepare to watch the comedy series for a final time on Christmas day, here all all the characters then and now/.
Oh, what’s occurin’? Well, a lot actually for Nessa who has been on a romantic rollercoaster since the first episode. We first meet Nessa as Stacey’s chaperone when she meets Gavin, and his best friend, Smithy, for the first time in London. Everyone is now dying to know if she got hitched to Smithy after the last special ended on her proposing to him.
Smithy is still the same old Smithy – and still prizes hanging out with his best friend Gav-a-lar. However, the most noticeable change in his life is becoming a dad after Nessa gave birth to their child, Neil the baby. At the time of the last Christmas special, he was having relationship issues with his girlfriend Sonia (Laura Aikman).
