Gavin and Stacey's Ruth Jones and James Corden in tears ahead of final episode

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Ruth Jones and James Corden were visibly moved as they discussed reviving their beloved series for one last epic hurrah. At the BBC Christmas special's launch, the creators of Gavin and Stacey shared how they were "particularly nervous" about showing audiences the final chapter of a journey that spanned 17 years.However, their anxieties were soon eased following the warm reaction from fans that the extended holiday episode gained according to reports in the Mirror.When questioned about the enduring popularity of the show, which has enjoyed three series and three Christmas specials since 2007, James thought it might be down to "a lesson in patience".

He delved into the issue stating: "Particularly in TV, we talk about content and consumers and we talk about speed and we've decided that speed is the single most important thing in everything that you can do."The star observed: "You get young people now watching things at twice the speed that it was ever meant to be formatted at - but here's a show that ended 15 years ago and we waited ten years to tell another hour of story and waited five more years to end it."He concluded that, "Maybe the lesson for all of us, for people that write about television, for people that talk about television, for people that write television, is actually time and patience and care might be the answer for things to have a longevity outside of what we consume on our phones."Ruth, 58, explained her thoughts on the lasting appeal of the programme. "I don't think we knew really what the show was when we wrote the very first episode," she confessed."We knew where we were going in terms of the narrative, that we would end episode six with a wedding, but we got to know the characters as we went along