It's the end of an era for . The actor – who writes and stars in the hit sitcom, – has penned the final episode alongside Ruth Jones. Appearing on Virgin Radio this week, James, 45, confirmed that the script is now complete, leaving him "very emotional.
" "Rewriting is really difficult. Writing is really fun because you can just go 'anything can happen,'" he began. "But when you rewrite stuff, you're dealing with a lot of logistics and 'well, look we might not be able to shoot that, or this needs to be in this location, is there any way this can change?' "And frankly, it's too long.
So really what we have been doing the last few weeks really is just trying to make it as economical as possible. And we finished it yesterday." Recalling the moment he and Ruth realised they'd never pen another episode for the show, James said: "We've finished writing, we will never write anything that Pam [Alison Steadman's character] says again.
..We will never come up with an interesting thing that Bryn [Rob Brydon's character] has done.
"And we just looked at each other and we were just like, 'Ah, isn't that amazing?' To even have the luxury of deciding to end it and to be in a position where people still care. It's inconceivable to us – all of it. I just feel very emotional by all of it; everything.
" Back in May, James and Ruth confirmed that Gavin and Stacey would return with a final Christmas special airing in December 2024. Announcing the news on Instagram, the BBC shared a photo of th.