If, like us, you’re still in denial that Gavin and Stacey has ended forever, we have something to remedy that. Well, perhaps it won’t ease the denial, but it’ll certainly give you a fix of one of the most beloved characters. What we all believed to be Ruth Jones’s final appearance as Nessa Jenkins aired on Christmas Day when the BBC sitcom aired its last-ever episode to a whopping 12million viewers.
Image Credit: Metro [James Corden, Mathew Horne, Joanna Page and Ruth Jones leaning against a brick wall in Gavin and Stacey]
However, it has now been confirmed that Nessa will return for one last appearance, just days after she and Smithy (James Corden) tied the knot following 17 years of will they, won’t they. Digging out her bob-style wig and leather skirt, Ruth will reprise the character during Radio 4’s centenary on the BBC on New Year’s Day.
Image Credit: Metro [LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 12: Ruth Jones attends the Booker Prize 2024 winner ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London, United Kingdom on November 12, 2024. The Booker Prize is the world's most significant award for the best sustained work of fiction written in English by authors from anywhere in the world and published in the UK or Ireland, which has brought recognition, reward and readership to outstanding fiction for over five decades. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu via Getty Images)]
Nessa will be on hand to read out the Shipping Forecast, which is a Met Office broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for seas around the British Isles. Joking about Nessa’s extensive employment history, Ruth, 58, said: ‘Nessa has got quite a colourful history, and one of her jobs was on the high seas.
Image Credit: Metro [Undated BBC Handout Photo from Gavin and Stacey: The Finale.Pictured: Gavin (MATHEW HORNE), Pam (ALISON STEADMAN), Smithy (JAMES CORDEN), Nessa (RUTH JONES), Stacey (JOANNA PAGE). 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 Shipping Forecast was always very important and useful to her.’. She will join Dame Ellen MacArthur and The Archers’ Eddie Grundy for the celebrations. Former Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh, aka Hayley Cropper, plus Stephen Fry and Adrian Dunbar will also be involved.
Image Credit: Metro [Television programme : Gavin and Stacey S1 - Picture shows (L-R) Mathew Horne as Gavin, Joanna Page as Stacey, James Corden as Smithy and Ruth Jones as Nessa]
Completing the line-up will be comedian and Chaser Paul Sinha, poet Imtiaz Dharker, and writers Ian McMillan and Val McDermid, along with Damon Albarn. Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya said: ‘As well as providing crucial information for seafarers over the years, the Shipping Forecast is also a cherished ritual that distills the essence of Radio 4 for so many of our listeners.
Image Credit: Metro [Ruth Jones as Nessa and James Corden as Smithy in Gavin and Stacey]
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