Gavin & Stacey fans were hoping to finally discover what happened between Uncle Bryn (Rob Brydon) and Stacey’s brother Jason (Robert Wilfort) on that mysterious fishing trip
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A key cast member had explained why details of Gavin And Stacey fishing trip were not revealed in the finale. For close to two decades there has been an ongoing joke in the hit BBC sitcom centered around Stacey’s Uncle Bryn (Rob Brydon) and her brother Jason (Robert Wilfort).
At one point during the finale it looked set that Dave Coaches would finally let slip what occurred as he also apparently knows what happened that fateful day. But just as he prepared to let slip an omlette started burning and the conversation was stopped.
Actor Robert Wilfort says he is pleased the secret was never told on screen and now never will be. At a special screening of the finale for cast and crew he said: “I’d like to say now and forever, the joke has always been you don’t find out what happens on the fishing trip. I’m sorry everybody, but that has always been the joke and it always will be because it’s funny. It’s funnier that way. And I was so pleased that we didn’t reveal it – because we’ve never known what it is.”
Other key storylines were finished in the finale though as Smithy and Nessa did get married, but only after Smithy proposed when Nessa refused to do it a second time.
In an iconic scene, Smithy, played by co-creator James Corden, said: “It’s okay. Nessa, wait! Look, I don’t know what it is or why it is or when this thing that was nothing became something. And right now it’s everything.
But it did. And I know it’s been messy and not perfect. But that’s because we’re messy and not perfect. But I love you, Nessa. I always have. I mean, not always, but most of the time. And I get it. You don’t have to ask me. I’ll ask you. Nessa, I love you. Will you marry me?”
The finale was set to be the most watched show of the year and attracted millions to BBC1. The hit TV series last returned in 2019 for a special that scored the highest overnight Christmas ratings in 12 years.
It attracted an average audience of 11.6 million viewers, making it the biggest festive special since Christmas Day 2008. By the New Year, it had been viewed by 17.1 million people, making it the biggest scripted programme of the decade at the time. It also won the impact award at the National Television Awards in 2020.
The show was co-created by Corden and Jones, and the 90-minute special was written and executively produced by them.
* Gavin And Stacey: The Finale is available on BBC iPlayer. The documentary Gavin And Stacey: A Fond Farewell will be shown at 7pm on New Year’s Day on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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