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Ruth Jones has broken her silence on a 'glaring continuity error' in Gavin and Stacey Christmas special

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Published 19:59 26 Dec 2024 GMT

Ruth Jones has broken her silence on a 'glaring continuity error' in Gavin and Stacey Christmas special

Ruth Jones has spoken about one particular 'error' five years on

Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin

Ruth Jones, the co-creator of Gavin & Stacey, has broken her silence on a ‘glaring continuity’ that she noticed in a rewatch of the show’s 2019 Christmas special.

As we received the wrap-up of the series on Christmas (25 December), many will likely remember the special from five years ago.

After all, it gave us the penultimate moment that set up last night's episode - will Nessa (Ruth Jones) and Smithy (James Corden) tie the knot?

Ultimately, people got what they wanted in that sense, however, those hoping the mystery surrounding the infamous fishing trip didn't get their wish unfortunately.

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Now that Nessa and Smithy have finally said 'I do', Gavin and Stacey fans will now have a different outlook on the 2019 special when rewatching it.

The same could also be said for the cast, however, for Jones, it's for an entirely different reason.

The finale last night ended with Smithy proposing to Nessa (BBC)
The finale last night ended with Smithy proposing to Nessa (BBC)

In an interview with Magic Radio, the star mentioned that she noticed a 'glaring continuity error' when revisiting the episode.

She said: “You know Pam leaves the Christmas puddings behind and forgets to take them because they have been otherwise occupied, and they are mortified?

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“And Mick, being the calming force of the family, the voice of reason, says 'it's okay, we can go to a shop, there'll be one open'.

“So they go to get them on the way to the pub. Then Bryn turns up and he's got the Morrisons bag with the Christmas puddings in, and I think there were nine of them for dinner.

“Then Jason arrives and he's stopped at the shop and he's picked up Christmas puddings as well.

She admitted the error in a chat with Magic radio (Magic)
She admitted the error in a chat with Magic radio (Magic)

“So the next morning, when they haven't got the Christmas puddings, one of them, and I can't remember who it is, says 'have we left nine Christmas puddings in the pub?'

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"There's 18, there's double.”

While normally the mistaken number of Christmas puddings wouldn’t be a source of media attention, it is always interesting when writers recognised their own errors in shows.

Meanwhile, Corden insisted that it wasn’t a mistake, saying: “Does Bryn say that they have bought nine? No.

"Nobody says how many they've bought, and also, you don't have a Christmas pudding each on Christmas Day.

“What I thought that happened is they'd bought four or five and then Jason turned up and bought four.”

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After the two shared their disagreement over the presence of continuity errors, fans in the comments were joining in with some they'd apparently noticed, too.

One person commented: “Also, in series 1, bryns citroen is a 55 plate desire. Season 2, it's an 02 plate LX”, to which someone replied: “Well spotted Marty, in the latst episode last nigt i belive it was a 53 plate.....”

While another said: "Another one is pam getting her lines wrong when first talking to gavin, instead of saying "make you come up" she said "make you come you up."

Featured Image Credit: BBC

Topics: Gavin And Stacey, James Corden, BBC, TV and Film, TV

Michael Slavin
Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin is LADbible's dedicated specialist Film and TV writer. Following his completion of a Masters in International Journalism at Salford University, he began working for the Warrington Guardian as a reporter. Throughout this he did freelance work about Entertainment for publications such as DiscussingFilm, where he was the Film and TV editor. Now, he is LAD's go to voice on all things Netflix, True Crime, and UK TV, as well as interviewing huge global stars such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Daisy Ridley, and Ben Stiller.

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