Gavin & Stacey and the trouble with sitcom revivals

Much-loved series to return for Christmas special but is TV's past best left behind?

Ruth Jones, Mathew Horne, Joanna Page and James Corden in Gavin & Stacey in 2010
Ruth Jones, Mathew Horne, Joanna Page and James Corden in Gavin & Stacey in 2010
(Image credit: Collection Christophel / Alamy Stock Photo)

A final episode of the comedy series "Gavin & Stacey" will air on Christmas Day, James Corden and Ruth Jones have announced.

"It's official!" wrote the actor and former chat show host on Instagram, "we have finished writing the last ever episode of 'Gavin and Stacey'".

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.