Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones take pleasure in Royal Society Television Awards reunion however lose out on high prize in shock snub
Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones reunited at the Royal Television Society awards on Tuesday.
The Smithy and Nessa actors embraced as they posed for snaps on the blue carpet at the event, held at Grosvenor House hotel in London.
James, 46, was dapper in head-to-toe black, showing off some new glasses, while Ruth, 58, opted for a £95 emerald green Godiva dress with lace sleeves.
The comedy writers were nominated for best scripted comedy for the final Gavin & Stacey: The Finale which won critical acclaim when it was broadcast at Christmas and became one of the most watched scripted TV shows of the century.
But in a shock snub, the show lost out to BBC Three sitcom Things You Should Have Done, created and written by Lucia Keskin.
Channel 4‘s We Are Lady Parts was also nominated in the best scripted comedy category.
Gavin And Stacey stars James Corden and Ruth Jones reunited at the Royal Television Society awards on Tuesday, held at Grosvenor House hotel in London
The comedy writers were nominated for best scripted comedy for the final Gavin & Stacey but in a shock snub, the show lost out to BBC Three sitcom Things You Should Have Done
According to official Barb ratings figures, Gavin & Stacey had been seen by 20.9m viewers.
That beats the last special in 2019 which at the same stage had an audience of 17.92m, rising to 18.49m after a month.
The sitcom brought in a whopping 12.3million viewers on Christmas Day, clinching the festive ratings top spot.
And in the weeks that followed it gained a huge boost to its audience, reaching 20.9million viewers after 28 days – breaking its own record from the 2019 Christmas special of 18.5million viewers in the same time period.
However its post-broadcast ratings have been gazumped by another BBC show, the iconic Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
The animation aired hours before Gavin and Stacey on Christmas Day but came second place behind the sitcom for the most on-the-day viewers.
The 90 minute 2024 special resolved the cliff hanger from five years before, when Nessa asked Smithy to marry her.
The series, which debuted back in 2007 concluded with on/off lovers Smithy and Nessa finally declaring their love for one another and tying the knot, but not without a few hiccups along the way.
The Smithy and Nessa actors embraced as they posed for snaps on the blue carpet
The night’s winner Things You Should Have Done stars Lucia Keskin as a ‘stay-at-home-daughter’ who is left to fend for herself after her parents unexpectedly die
Lucia was also at the ceremony to see her acclaimed comedy scoop the major prize
While fans tuned into the episode to see whether Smithy had accepted Nessa’s proposal from the 2019 Christmas Special, a five-year time jump revealed that he was indeed set to tie the knot, but all was not as it seemed.
It was revealed that Smithy had instead got engaged to his girlfriend Sonia, who failed to impress the Shipman/West clan when she met them in the last festive episode, with actress Laura Aikman’s return to the show kept a closely-guarded secret.
Fans were also treated to the surprise return of Sheridan Smith as Smithy’s sister Rudi, and Pam Ferris as his mum Cath.
Elsewhere in the RTS Awards nominations, The Traitors has received a nod in both the Entertainment and Entertainment Performance categories, with Claudia Winkleman getting a nomination for her hosting of the show.
The comedy writers were nominated for best scripted comedy for the final Gavin & Stacey: The Finale which won critical acclaim when it was broadcast at Christmas
James, 46, was dapper in head-to-toe black, showing off some new glasses, while Ruth, 58, opted for a chic emerald green dress with lace sleeves
The sitcom brought in a whopping 12.3million viewers on Christmas Day, clinching the festive ratings top spot
She will face off against Ant and Dec in the entertainment performance category, and Ant & Dec‘s Saturday Night Takeaway will go head to head with The Traitors in the entertainment category.
Historical drama Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light will compete with BBC‘s Industry and Netflix Supacell for the best drama series gong.
The nominations were hosted by television presenter Gaby Roslin on the RTS YouTube channel.
Comedian Tom Allen has returned to host the ceremony this year.
