Gavin and Stacey actor who performed ‘Neil the Baby’ waits for reunion

The youngster star who performed Baby Neil in TV’s Gavin and Stacey has revealed James Corden and Ruth Jones haven’t been in contact a few new Christmas particular.

Oscar Hartland, 15, is hoping the cellphone rings after listening to rumours that the solid of the hit household comedy had been getting again collectively yet another time.

Starstruck Oscar performed Neil as a child in 4 episodes and once more as a 10-year-old within the Christmas particular in 2019.

The teenager, from Caerphilly, South Wales, stated: ‘I used to be fairly chubby and I seemed a bit like Smithy and Nessa and it helped that I used to be Neil once I was a child.

‘I’d like to do it once more – I’m prepared if they’re.

Oscar Hartland, 15, is hoping the cellphone rings after listening to rumours that the solid of the hit household comedy had been getting again collectively yet another time

Oscar performed Neil alongside James Corden and Ruth Jones as a 10-year-old within the Christmas particular in 2019

He performed Neil as a child in 4 episodes. Picture exhibits him with mum and pa on the seashore in season three episode 5 (2009)

‘Everyone’s heard the rumours and the entire nation desires to see one other episode. I’d like to be a part of that.’

‘I do not wish to be a celebration pooper however I’ve heard nothing.’

Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin and Stacey has performed down speak of a brand new Christmas particular saying it’s ‘sadly a hearsay’.

Oscar, who’s learning for GCSEs this summer season, instructed how he is been nicknamed Neil by buddies and teammates at Caerphilly rugby membership the place he performs wing ahead.

He stated: ‘I get known as Neil on a regular basis, I’ve bought used to it. Friends, my barber, lots of people assume Neil is my actual life identify.

‘But one of many rugby dads calls me Hollywood as a result of he thinks that is the place I’ll find yourself.’

Oscar stated: ”I’d like to do it once more – I’m prepared if they’re’

Neil carrying the strip of his dad Smithy’s favorite soccer membership West Ham. James Corden can also be a lifelong West Ham fan

Father and son on the set of Gavin and Stacey for the Christmas particular in 2019. The episode had 17.1 million viewers – making it the most-watched scripted TV programme of the 2010s

The teenager, from Caerphilly, South Wales, stated: ‘I used to be fairly chubby and I seemed a bit like Smithy and Nessa and it helped that I used to be Neil once I was a child’

The basic BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey adopted the love story of Joanna Page and Mathew Horne’s characters as they navigated their household lives in Essex and Wales 

Oscar was given a month off faculty to movie the final Christmas particular however his lecturers gave him a stack of homework so he did not fall behind.

He stated: ‘I did not do one bit, I did not have the prospect, filming and getting my hair executed.

‘Every scene I had I used to be with Ruth. She was sensible with me.

‘I’d like to get a cellphone name asking me to participate in a brand new episode. I’d be over the moon.’

In the meantime Oscar is concentrating on a profession in music – his teen band Redwood City are because of launch their first single later this yr.

They have recorded at Rockfield Studios close to Monmouth the place Oasis recorded Wonderwall and Queen recorded Bohemian Rhapsody.

Oscar, a yr 10 pupil at St Martin’s Comprehensive School in Caerphilly, stated: ‘I bought to play the identical grand piano Freddie Mercury used for his or her greatest hit. That was an actual thrill.’

Oscar was given a month off faculty to movie the final Christmas particular however his lecturers gave him a stack of homework so he did not fall behind – however he stated he ‘did not do one bit’

Stars of Gavin and Stacey Ruth Jones, James Corden, Joanna Page and Mathew Horne pictured with Christmas decorations

Fans shared basic moments in gif format to specific their happiness when the Christmas particular was introduced

At the second he’s concentrating on a profession in music – his teen band Redwood City are because of launch their first single later this yr

Oscar is a yr 10 pupil at St Martin’s Comprehensive School in Caerphilly

His desires are to observe the profession of his idol, singer-songwriter Sam Fender, headline the Reading Festival and land an element in a future Star Wars movie

Oscar on the set of the Christmas particular in July 2019 with Stacey (performed by Joanna Page)

‘Coldplay recorded their most well-known tune Yellow there so it was an unbelievable place to be, contemplating I’m nonetheless solely 15.

‘We recorded a tune and made just a few demos through the two days we had been there.’

Rhythm guitarist and pianist Oscar and his band had been invited to the enduring studio after writing ‘a great deal of emails and letters’ asking if they may play there.

His desires are to observe the profession of his idol, singer-songwriter Sam Fender, headline the Reading Festival and land an element in a future Star Wars movie.

Proud mum Kirsty praised Oscar for his ambition and entrepreneurial abilities – he not will get pocket cash as a result of he makes money by giving guitar classes.

Oscar was the primary teenager to be picked within the blind audition of The Voice Kids in 2023. He was mentored by McFly singer and guitarist Danny Jones.

Oscar was the primary teenager to be picked within the blind audition of The Voice Kids in 2023

Oscar with Melanie Walters who performs Stacey’s mum Gwen West

Rhythm guitarist and pianist Oscar and his band had been invited to play at Rockfield Studios close to Monmouth the place Oasis recorded Wonderwall and Queen recorded Bohemian Rhapsody after writing ‘a great deal of emails and letters’ asking if they may play there

The final time Gavin and Stacey aired was in 2019, when a Christmas particular noticed Nessa – performed by Jones – get down on one knee and suggest to Cordon’s Smithy 

‘I reached the semi-finals or the battles because it’s recognized,’ stated Oscar. ‘It was an ideal expertise and gave some publicity to me and the band.

‘Since then we have performed at occasions with crowds as much as 7,000 individuals, it is loopy stuff.’

Oscar says he would put his musical profession on maintain if there was an opportunity of enjoying Neil as a 15-year-old. ‘I’m simply hoping the cellphone rings,’ he stated.

Speaking to an Irish radio station this week Ruth Jones stated: ‘All I can say is, if there was one thing to say on that entrance, James [Corden] and I’d fortunately announce it, we’d.’

That final Christmas particular was the UK’s most-watched scripted TV programme of the 2010s, with 17.1 million viewers.

The episode ended on a cliffhanger after Nessa, performed by Jones, proposed to Smithy, the character performed by the present’s creator James Corden.

But in response to Jones, his reply could by no means be revealed.

She stated: ‘I fairly like the concept of it simply lingering there and us questioning, ‘What did she say? Are they collectively?”

‘I believe she’s nonetheless working down the slots, in all probability teaching the Welsh rugby group, as a result of she’s excellent at that.’