James Corden reveals how he and Ruth Jones 'gave up' on Gavin & Stacey during writing for 'terrible' 2019 Christmas special By BETHAN EDWARDS FOR MAILONLINE Published: 18:29 EST, 1 January 2025 | Updated: 18:33 EST, 1 January 2025 e-mail 2 View comments James Corden has revealed that he and Ruth Jones nearly 'gave up' on bringing Gavin & Stacey back for the 2019 Christmas special as their first draft was 'terrible'. The creators, who play Smithy and Nessa on the hit BBC series, opened up about reuniting ahead of the first comeback in 2019 during A Fond Farewell documentary on Wednesday. James explained how initially their writing was 'awful' and they were thankful they hadn't called the BBC as they suddenly believed they could 'never do it again'.
TV presenter James said: 'For the 2019 one, I don't know if people know this but we gave up on it at one point. 'We had written maybe half way through and we read it and we were like this is rubbish, awful, terrible. 'It is extraordinary how close we were to just, I actually remember us saying to each other thank god we didn't call the BBC.
James Corden has revealed that he and Ruth Jones nearly 'gave up' on bringing Gavin & Stacey back for the 2019 Christmas special as it was originally 'terrible' James explained how initially their writing was 'awful' and they were thankful they hadn't called the BBC as they suddenly believed they could 'never do it again' 'So we ate dinner in my kitchen and I said look I think we owe it to the sh.
