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The Gavin and Stacey Christmas special was the UK's most-watched scripted TV programme of the 2010s, new audience figures show. In total, 17.1 million viewers tuned in to the comeback episode live or on catch-up during the subsequent week, according to the consolidated ratings.And it was the most-watched comedy since Only Fools and Horses in 2002.
The new episode of Gavin & Stacey, written by and starring James Corden and Ruth Jones, was the centrepiece of BBC One's Christmas schedule and revisited Gavin, Stacey, Smithy, Nessa and their clans nearly 10 years after they left our screens.
How, ?
Yes, it’s wasn’t that good. Nobody at the BBC will admit it because of the huge amount they paid the producers. £££££££
I thought it was brilliant ! Would love some more episodes!
Got to admit was really looking forward to it but I was left deflated & disappointed........🙄
Comedy? Derek and Clive is comedy - not this lame drivel
And it was truly brilliant, just watched it on catch up!👍🏼💋
There was nothing else on
Does help when the t.v line up is so bad year on year this stole the show easily (not to take anything away from it but try putting some decent viewing on bbc!)
S1E1: 2 couples, virtual strangers, meet, drink staggering amounts of alcohol, proceed to have sex in a hotel room, including one male having an anal insertion of a toilet brush handle😂 2019 Christmas special: mild extortion by carol singers and a xmas pud shortage; hilarious🤔
It may be but what about the answerdissapointed
Really
Thank god I recorded it. After 15 mins I could delete it! What utter drivel. ☹
Has Corden in . Never watched an episode
....and it didn't let us down. I loved it!
I watched it because there wasn't much else it doesn't mean it was good. It was very average in fact
BUT IT WAS TOTALLY SH1T
Comedy you say?
You commissioned this tripe but dropped Count Arthur Strong. BBC idiots.
Not in my home it wasn’t. James Condom is just a one trick pony and as funny as diarrhoea in a wedding dress.
Got to be a follow on episode after that finish
More BBC propaganda to convince us they're worth the fee. Funny how no one in my circle watched it, and can't seem to find anyone on social media who watched it either
Its shite too. No accounting for taste I suppose
I don't believe it
I didn't watch it and won't watch it. Why? Because of the use of the Pogues song. You wouldn't use a song with the 'N' word in it would you? So why use one with Faggot in it? BBC standards are BS now days.
Can’t stand it
Probably because it wasn't a repeat
Overrated rubbish
No
Shows the state of British comedy if this is the best that brits can come up with
Is that counted as ‘been watched all the way through’ or switched over part way? 🤔. Although tbh we had it on as background noise whilst we waited for the next programme to start 🙄 for a fair bit of it
TracyAlban It was wonderful .
Congratulations JKCorden mfhorne jopage_ larrylamb47 and everyone else involved
It was cringeworthy, just a rehash of all the ‘popular” phrases, inept overacting, stupid cliffhangers, yes that is plural 🤷🏻♂️! And it looked like the script had been written on the back of a cigarette packet, just asking the cast to regurgitate old dialogue from previous shows.🤨
And probably the most disappointing too.
Utter shite
Not seen an episode and intend to keep it like that.
Please do not encourage Corden, us cinema goers have to put up with far too much Corden saturation lately thanks to lazy casting directors who seem to think he is the only Englishman in Hollywood 🤦♀️
I loves it I do 🥰
BBCOne Love Gavin & Stacey and loved this Christmas special. I think a lot of people would be happier if they tried to find joy, instead of expecting it to fall in their laps.
See what happens when BBC makes good shows abs not copy cat shows
Probably because there was rubbish on all the other channels
To be fair that tells you something about the state of comedy writing now. Why don’t we have comedy writers like we used to?
Since when has Gavin and Stacey been a comedy,come to think of it when has anything with Corden or Horne in it been comedy.
Tv over Christmas was absolutely dire
It was shite, much like the rest of the xmas tv schedule. Awful, this year
It just goes to show how little else there was worth watching over the Christmas holidays
So then JKCorden, still think people don’t want to know what happens?
Some episodes are really funny some not soo much. But overall it's a good comedy I like it. GavinAndStacey
Highlight of my Christmas. Long awaited and didn’t disappoint.
Fuck all else on worth watching 🙄
I watched it for the first time over Christmas and it just wasn’t funny.
It was excellent !
Is it aye 🙄
How is this possible?
🙄moan moan f*kin moan!! I loved it! And yes, I’ll be watching the next one too....so there 😝
never watched GavinandStacy before , watched this xmas special, loved it so much so watched every episode from start to finish 🥰 best comedy in last 20 years !
Proud to say I've never watched it.
Comedy ?
I'm a bit weird as I didn't get what the fuss was about. My kids (in there early 20's) were raving about it days before. Was it a sitcom or soap? It sort of ticked both boxes but not convincingly.
My choice is 'Miranda': week before and after New Yeat Eve.👍🏻
Alexa, show me hell
More proof you shouldnt let alot of the general public vote
But it will never be a true masterpiece, never remembered in years to come, it will never match Only Fools and Horses...
Who’s in it ..
Well tv over xmas was shit all kids stuff on when they have 100 of kids channels why did we have to have there crap on all day. Trying to find something for my dementia residents on xmas day was bloody hard work
BBC News really scraping the barrel.
It was shit. A Christmas Carol was the best thing on TV this Christmas
Never seen it because cordon just gets on my tits. Just not funny at all. He thinks he’s hilarious. He’s not.
the country needs this maybe the last thing the uk can be proud of!!
There was nowt else on the. First time I'd seen it...Clearly have to watch from series 1 to get it.
There needs to be another.. they can't leave us hanging like that!! doeshesayyestoness
Only because there's no Only Fools and Horses anymore
Clearly nothing worth watching at xmas time
The death of comedy in all its glory 😔😔
bbccomedy Ohhh god... How?... Just proves that we have over over 200 channels and streaming of numerous of programs that must be really shite
Not in my house
BBCScotlandNews Utter shite.
Its shows we do want comedy and itv don't do comedy anymore...don't ask me why. itv repeated everything they could apart from the soaps..and when it came to films a distinct lack of imagination..just catered for James Bond fans rant over...well done BBC..👏
'Comedy'
It was also crap
Loved it, was brilliant
I watched 5 minutes of it and it was as funny as seeing a new born baby being pickled!
Over rated shite by the BBC.
I thought it was really good but the best TV reunion this year was mermhart and friends
ThisIsJustSad 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ this is the best the Brits can do ? OMG 😆
It wasn't very good though
For the first 10 minutes?
Stick to Morecombe and Wise, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, The Two Ronnies, Russ Abbott, and many more repeat Classic BritishComedy
Ohh then you’ve never watched Stella 😂😂😂
When does the asteroid arrive?
And the most disappointing.......
It’s the first funny thing on the BBC for last 10 years
Christ we have very low standards in this country
SteveARees This is why there has to be a 4th series
Shows how bad comedy has become!
There will be more once it’s on Netflix
This years tv viewing was very poor compared to previous years.
Probably because there was little else to watch. I for one won’t be watching this again. It was awful.
And has bn repeated quite a few times already to point of ppl will know the script off by heart.
But it was rubbish, just silly boys
Was good but wasn’t any other competition
And now series four please....
If that was the best it shows the rest of tv was utter crap 💩😳
Load of 💩
Don’t get too carried away... we only watched it because there was nothing else on. Rubbish Christmas all soaps and repeats. And the Eastends adverts full of doom just about summed it up
Is it just me ,or was it total crap
Not by me it wasn't. Some people are more discerning.
Really? Surprised at that ,it's a load of shite!
I don’t know Y
CRAP
How can you be surprised with the rubbish you currently broadcast
😳....🤯
Perfect proof the country has gone to
Except is wasn’t funny!
Big difference between most watched episode and biggest.....
Only because everything else was repeats of repeats which were repeats of earlier repeats.
Wonder if it’s the same 17 million who voted Brexit? It’s just as inexplicable. 🤷♂️💩
Fulwell73 I don't understand how something so popular I find so equally dull and unfunny although I suppose Mrs Browns Boys is also popular and that's worse than hemorrhoids. I love British comedies but I can't get into that programme and I've tried. Got nothing against Wales either...
My God their are some easily pleased people out there. Total trash.
Most Watched.... it was the ONLY comedy for 17 years.... no wonder. The BBC wastes our fee on strictly!!! Christmas TV is dead and buried years ago.....
Ridiculous claim
Bollocks. 😂
The viewing figures are this who watched it on the night, not include were the programs recorded to watch later so figures not really a true reflection. I have never seen one it was on in the Dining room but in the other wings we had Coronation St Emmerdale we are soooo lucky
How sad is that this country is really fooooked up ..👎
God alone know's why...
BBCScotlandNews Moan, Moan, Moan,Moan, Moan. What else would you like to Moan about.
Got to be because there was nothing else on. People just dont switch off their tellies. It's like listening figures for the radio when everyone has the cradio on for back round noise. And they say what great figures
It just needs to go on ITV the best channel
Loved it. We want more!!
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Complete and utter shite
bbccomedy So everyone that didn’t enjoy it sat and watched anyway? Well breaking news folks.....you have a choice! Why sit and watch just to slag it off after?!
I loved it and have also downloaded it so I can watch it again and again. Brilliant writing from Ruth Jones and James Corden
bbccomedy This is why we can’t have nice things anymore.
bbccomedy Most watched 17 years ago was probably only fools and horses xmas special 2003
bbcthree The sheer amount of angry boomers in this thread is genuinely incredible
bbccomedy I love the entire Gavin and Stacey series, and look forward to more. Thanks BBCcomedy for bringing it back. GavinandStacey
Gavin and Stacey then Craig David, wasn’t a great festive period.
Pathetic
Hadnt seen it before. Ended up binging on previous series.... Fabulous ❤️
It was rubbish
Really disappointed - it was dreadful
Nah ... Man Utd vs Arsenal was a better comedy to be fair 🤷♂️
Britain and it's 'sheep culture'
gavin & stacy’s a comedy
Never watched it, never will. Can’t stand that bloke.GavinandStacy
And the competition was what? Expect most of the 17m were disappointed.
BBCScotlandNews Bring back the Krankie’s
No it’s not.
bbcthree This is not news
Didn’t watch it don’t like cordon
More please
Didn't do it for me, seemed a bit bitty.
you will never go broke underestimating the taste of the British public...
GavinandStacey Christmas2019 It`s for us down to earth Brits.🙄British The nuances are brilliant.😀 humour Romeo Done! Dave channel did us proud yesterday! Many 2009 episodes ! 😀 All you haters can eff off to Radio 4!😮
Don't beleive it. I watched no BBC the whole of xmas
Because it was the only thing on the bbc schedule that had been made in the last 17 years! 🙄🤔😀
It was about as funny as cataracts
Sick of seeing that shit every feed I turn to. Load of white.
Let’s face it , there was nothing else on worth watching .. It was ok but not earth shattering , pretty much just a vehicle to get a 4th series signed off so the rest of the cast could get back to earning some cash again ..
I way watched 10 mins or so, changed channel. Maybe I've had a humor by-pass
Dont know why? It was bloody awful.
BBCs last big swan song. You'll be subscription soon enough. Now that Brexit is getting done, folks will focus their attention of the BBCs fervent anti brexit nonsense they had to endure for years.
BBC was better than the competition at least they produce drama and comedy (on terrestrial) it's just the competition is always abysmal.
Don’t know why as I started to watch it out of curiosity about the fuss and it was rubbish!
It's just a pity that it was shite!
Goez to prove how much shite is on TV these days and why the likes of Netflix is doing so well
BBCOne To be fair it didn't have a lot of competition. Your schedule this Christmas has been abysmal.
Only because there was nothing worth watching on all the other channels .
Of course it is! Until this year we just had repeats of Two Ronnies or Only Fools and Horses. Great to see a new show.
How do they measure these ratings, no one I know watched it.
Only because Fools and Horses is finished !!
Ah bit did the majority watch 5 mins and think I can't take anymore of this shite , like me ?
Nothing else on !!
I can't imagine how many cocks someone like Corden has had to ram down his throat to achieve his global success. Lowest Common Denominator.
bbccomedy Personally, I thought it was brilliant and picked up perfectly from the last series. Lots of people seem to think the “I’ve never watched Gavin & Stacy” or “it was a let down” makes them look cool, pity it just makes them look like arses!
BBCOne Well that sums up the state of TV comedy at this moment in time, G&S was poor and seemed lazy imho.
It’s the only TV comedy screened over Xmas that had been made in the last 17 years
Shite comedy.
And this is why we still have a Tory Government
Obviously I'm missing something. Bang average. Give me Only Fools any day of the week.
BBCScotlandNews I blame Brexit for this catastrophe.
Rubbish!
BBCScotlandNews Must be a lot of easily pleased people out there MindlessGarbage
bbccomedy It’s only been 9 days since it’s aired. Pretty tall claims there. 😅
BBCOne Bring back Fools and Horses for a 2020 Xmas special and that number will be blown out the water 😂
Smithy must say yes.....
BBCScotlandNews Never watched an episode.
BBCOne Only cos there was different shite on all channels!
BBCOne And what other comedy show was on? Pretty safe bet it was going to be a huge success. Can't stand it myself.
I didn't understand any of it, can we have subtitles next time.
bbccomedy
Still shit.
bbccomedy What they should have done was record Corden and Jones reuniting and being paid loads to write it, and then realising the magic has gone. A kind of reality version of TheSunshineBoys
It’s one of those brilliantly written and acted exposés of Little Britain that so spot on. Makes me smile from beginning to end.
😴
Didn't watch it myself but friends who did said it was shit 💩
Really ?
Comedy?
I call bullshit 😂😂😂
BBCOne JKCorden - this enough for a few more specials?
I'll call b******t on that
Flog a dead horse Christmas specials are what the BBC excell in
hazza_t00
It was sh*t!
I thought it was very good. Could never understand the haters
BBCOne Let’s face it there was bugger else on tv to watch
even though it was a total load of shite
It’s a comedy? I didn’t get that
Show how poor modern day comedy is
Was it because there was nothing else on?
Is this NEWS? It was on days ago and this NEWS broke the morning after. Get on the same page bbcnews. You're pathetic.
it was shite!
I couldn't be bothered
Cause there was fuck all else on
Proving that people watch anything when stuffed with turkey
Only because nothing else decent on ! And it’s BBC
Total rubbish
not by me, got bored after 5mins or less....
Missed it...………..due to the fact that I watch YouTube more than ever and also I am now addicted to …………………….Tik Tok
Sums it all up doesn’t it?
Never seen the programme. Don’t suppose I will. So can’t comment
Please define 'comedy'.
Did I miss the funny bits?
Load of shite.
Ok,it’s not Gavin and Stacey but it made me laugh ever more than Corden could
That does not mean it was any good ?
It was dire .
I just despair at this BBC crap. I want my licence fee back!
Think comedy stretches it a bit turned over after 20minutes bored me.
I've never watched it until this year. Lasted five minutes, what a load of crap. I'm sure the viewing figures probably include me and many like me. I haven't met anyone who watched it all yet.
Don't understand the hype around GavinandStacey I'm sure if you contacted those who watched you would get a lot of disappointed people
75% of UK didn't watch it. Hardly Morecambe & Wise is it?
Goes to show there was fuck all else on for people to watch 😂😂
no accounting for stupidity
Comedy? That's stretching it a bit...
It was brilliant
Hype
Not me
Either: a) This used to be much funnier b) My tastes have become more refined c) Some combination of both
It makes me sad to think more people watched this tripe than watched Blue Planet 2 or Planet Earth 2 when they were on. The dumbing down of the population into mindless sitcom and reality TV-watching simpletons is well underway.
There wasn’t anything else on tbf 😐
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Just a shame it was a massive letdown.
It's that funny I didn't watch it
Never seen the appeal, personally. And I'm Welsh too.
Aye, cause there was fuck else on !
Chubby irritating yuk. Get out of my house and off my tv
I'd never watched G&S until this came on, I won't be watching it again.
Best shit out of total crap
I seen it, was not that good,
It was very disappointing after all the hype 😕
Shows how woeful the output has been for that 17 years.
Are the large viewing figures due to its popularity or the sheer lack of anything else new or interesting on TV across this xmas period.. I would say its the latter.
To be fair it’s not been a high bar to surpass!
Shows how Xmas TV has gone down hill rapidly.
NotNews
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'I have never watched an episode!' 'Comedy?' 'Hard pass' Oh sod off. People like it. Good for them!
Gavin and Stacy is about as funny as a dose of scabies
Comedy
Never watched it. Never will. Too chav for me.
What came second?
Don’t get the hype
It wasn’t as good as i thought it would be tbh i think they bled it dry a bit too much showing , but i did enjoy it .
Utter shite
Have never watched an episode 😲
The same intellectually challenged people watching, as voted conservative? Words fail me on just how lame this programme is. I despair.
Who?
Still not worth £155 a year
Comedy? If you say so .......
Part of my life I will never get back. It was shite.
It was a pile of shit, then again so was the original series
O dear missed it like all the other pass episodes 😁😁😁😁
Never seen it so can't really comment, though I do recognise that bloke in the photo and he is an annoying twerp.
Brilliant
A clear indication of the moronic state of the country.
Fatty Arbuckle was the one that did it ...
Doesn't mean it was funny.
It was awesome!
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