Is it just me or does anyone else have the urge to watch the festive special of Gavin & Stacey each and every year? Back in 2008, the show got mighty rowdy in the scene when they all have a beer round the Shipmans and Gavlar makes his special announcement.
Fast forward an entire decade and it seems Gav, I mean, Mathew Horne, is still getting himself in those tricky situations - it seems he's just cheated death after being hit by a train on a booze-fuelled night out.
The 40-year-old actor was clipped by the East Midlands Trains passenger service on a pedestrian crossing which caused him to be thrown backwards, according to the Sun.
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Horne was in Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, and was walking back to his parents' house when the mishap occurred but he didn't need hospital treatment and was only left with a 'bit of a scratch'.
A friend of Horne's told the Sun: "It was a miracle."
Meanwhile the duty manager at The Nelson pub where he had been drinking added: "It was a really, really unfortunate accident and it could have been a lot worse.
"We are all glad that it wasn't. He was obviously very shaken up but he's alright now. He's got a bit of a scratch on him but no underlying issue there whatsoever."
The duty manager continued: "Mathew wasn't taken to hospital. The police had to be called just because of the nature of the incident. But they were just glad that he wasn't harmed."
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A villager said: "He was clipped by a train and knocked backwards. He had a miraculous escape."
British Transport Police also confirmed the incident, with a spokesman saying: "The incident was reported to police at 22.37pm and is being treated as non-suspicious.
"Officers attended the incident along with paramedics and a person was escorted away from the scene."
Mathew Horne played one half of Gavin & Stacey (you don't need to guess which one).
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In better news for fans of the show, Rob Brydon (aka Uncle Bryn) spoke of his interest in a Gavin & Stacey comeback.
He hinted to the Sun that he believed there could be room for a one-off special, saying: "If James and Ruth want to do it then I think we'd all do it. It's them really.
"I think it's a real balance between 'let's leave it on a high, people love it', but there's also a big feeling of 'oh it would be so lovely to get back together and do a special'."
And it seems to be something Nessa, I mean Ruth Jones, has also been thinking (and talking to her co-writer James Corden about).
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She told the Daily Star: "James and I were talking about this [the characters] the other day. I think Baby Neil, who is now probably about 11... Nessa is training him down the slots."
Come on, guys - what screams 'do it' more than your pal dodging death?
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