Just before filming wrapped, I saw Larry Lamb - better known as Gav's dad Mick - greet adoring fans in Dinas Powys, the true home of Pam and Mick's Billericay residence. Then, after months of writing about the show's reunion, I finally saw the episode that the world is waiting for. I can't wait for everyone else to see it, too.

The much-loved festive special sounds like it was as much fun for the cast to make as it is for us to rewatch every December.

Ruth Jones and James Corden, seen here on the set of the finale, have written every episode of Gavin & Stacey [Stephen Fildes/BBC] "It can't carry on after this," explains James Corden. "It just can't.