Larry Lamb didn’t ever think ‘Gavin and Stacey’ would return.
The 71-year-old actor is to reprise his role as Mick Shipman in the popular BBC sitcom, which will return for a one-hour special episode on Christmas Day (25.12.19), and he was left shocked when co-writers James Corden (Smithy) and Ruth Jones (Nessa Jenkins) rang to ask about his availability for a potential return.
Speaking on ‘This Morning’, he said: "He [James] said, ‘I want to know it you’ll be available, it looks like we’re doing a Christmas special.’
"It was quite extraordinary. It was quite Hollywood-esque. Getting the call from this super-star over there in La La Land saying, ‘You’re gonna take a trip down memory lane.’ "
When asked if he thought the show would comeback, he replied: "No. I got to the point, where I just thought, ‘They’ve left this jewel as it was and they don’t want to go on.’
"They were only ever going to do one series anyway."
‘Gavin and Stacey’ – which stars Mathew Horne as Gavin and Joanna Page as Stacey – first aired in 2007 and then concluded after three seasons in 2010.
And former ‘EastEnders’ actor Larry has teased fans the Christmas special will be very poignant.
He said: "It’s amazing what he [James] and Ruth have managed to do.
"I just started to read the first sequence and I found myself crying.
"It was like running into someone who was a major part of your life and you’re just so happy about it, it didn’t matter what they were doing.
"It was just so poignant and I immediately was into the feeling of the whole thing."
Larry admitted filming will begin "not too long from now", and he thinks the reunion will be "extraordinary".
Larry Lamb didn’t think Gavin and Stacey would return
