as viewers wondered whether Nessa and Smithy would tie the knot. But in the end, it was long-suffering Mick Shipman who stole the show in last year’s Gavin & Stacey Christmas special tear-jerker.

I stand among the 19.3million telly fans who tuned in to watch Nessa and Smithy finally find their fairytale on Gavin & Stacey this Christmas. Granted, it wasn’t groundbreaking. But just one ...

During the Christmas day Gavin and Stacey finale, fans were on the edge of their seats when Smithy's (James Corden) fiancée was revealed as Laura's character Sonia, rather than Ruth Jones' Nessa.

Gavin & Stacey star Larry ... on-screen characters Nessa and Smithy had a profound awkwardness to negotiate, culminating in that marriage proposal in the 2019 Christmas special, Ruth and James ...