It’s time to bid goodbye to the West and Shipman clans as Gavin & Stacey signs off. 

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ll doubtless be aware that Gavin & Stacey is back for another Christmas Special.

Billed as the show’s finale, the bumper-sized outing promises to resolve the proposal cliffhanger of five years ago. It also threatens to reveal what happened on that much alluded to fishing trip (but we’re guessing that’s a tease.)

Here’s the synopsis for Gavin & Stacey: The Finale

It’s five years since we left Nessa down on one knee declaring her love for Smithy and asking him to marry her. And a lot has happened in those five years.

In Barry, Bryn’s packing the Picasso in readiness for a trip to Essex; Stacey and Gavin are looking for new ways to spice up their seventeen year marriage and Gwen is behaving most strangely. Nessa’s started a new business venture and Neil the Baby’s about to begin an apprenticeship with his dad.

Over in Billericay Pam is stressing out at the prospect of playing hostess, not helped by a newly retired Mick practicing his golf swings in the living room and there have been more ups and downs in Pete and Dawn’s relationship.

Join us on the journey to Barry and Billericay as we catch up with the Shipmans and the Wests for the very last time and maybe find out what exactly did happen on that fishing trip.

You can find the trailer for Gavin & Stacey: The Finale on the BBC iPlayer (and all over the BBC!).

The show is a Tidy and Fulwell73 production for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Gavin & Stacey: The Finale is created, written and executive produced by Ruth Jones and James Corden. The director is Christine Gernon and the producer is Sarah Fraser.

Also, the show’s entire back catalogue is available on BBC iPlayer.

Gavin & Stacey: The Finale airs at 9pm on Christmas Day. There’s also a behind the scenes documentary, as well as supporting radio programming too.