Gavin And Stacey's co-creator Ruth Jones responds after Christmas special rumours

zzzRuth Jones has dismissed rumours of a Gavin and Stacey Christmas special. .It comes after reports began circulating online earlier this week that a new episode was being filmed to air for this year's festive period - five years after a dramatic cliffhanger.

However, speaking on RTE Radio 1, Welsh actress Jones, who co-created the show with James Corden and starred as Nessa, confirmed it was 'sadly a rumour'. She questioned the source of these reports, saying: "Apparently there's a bidding war going on between the BBC and Netflix and I love it because it says 'a source says', who is this source?"

Jones added: "It's sadly a rumour... All I can say is, if there was something to say on that front, James and I would happily announce it, we would."

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She speculated that the rumours may have started when she was seen having lunch with Corden a few months ago, after he returned to the UK from America.

Ruth added: "“Then the next thing is ‘Oh my god they must be writing more Gavin And Stacey’, which is lovely,

“It’s lovely that people are so desperate for it because imagine if it was the opposite and were like ‘Oh, god, you’re not bringing that back again’.”

US outlet Deadline reported on Tuesday that a new special is in the making. It will be produced by Steve Coogan's Baby Cow, Ruth Jones' Tidy Productions and Fulwell 73, in which James Corden is a co-owner.

The comedy was all about Gavin and Stacey, played by Mathew Horne and Joanna Page, and their relationship journey across Essex and Wales.

Starting in 2007, the show ran for three series until 2010, then made a comeback for a Christmas special in 2019, where it picked up 10 years