James Corden and Ruth Jones have told the truth about the strange writing process behind the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special.
The English presenter, 46, and the Welsh actress, 58, both writers of the long-awaited episode, will hit screens for the last time with Gavin and Stacey: The Finale on One on BBC One on Wednesday.
The duo joined hosts Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby on Capital FM’s breakfast show for an in-depth chat ahead of the special launch.
They admitted to using unorthodox methods to get inspiration, such as when a bag of chocolate buttons ended up fueling a writing session in a Heathrow airport hotel.
“There are a lot of hotel rooms we’ve written in,” James said.
Ruth interjected: “One of the particularly exotic ones was that I was in Scotland last year and we only had one day so we could both write, and we had to make the most of the time we had, so I flew there to Heathrow from Inverness.
James Corden (pictured), 46, and Ruth Jones, 58, have opened up about the bizarre writing process behind the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special.
Ruth (pictured) and the TV favorite joined hosts Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby on Capital FM’s breakfast show for a revealing chat ahead of the special launch.
“I took the Heathrow Express and we booked a day in a runway-side hotel and it wasn’t our most productive day, was it?” James added.
“Looking back now, it seems like a mistake, but at the time we were so close to doing it we thought, let’s just try to do it.”
“We often try to write six to ten pages a day and on that day, I think we wrote a page and a half.”
Chris asked if they used ‘post-it notes for writing scripts and Ruth quickly joked: ‘We have sticky notes, but they are not very detailed.
‘I meet them from time to time and they literally have like two words. In that sense we are not very adults.
The beloved TV presenter admitted that his hotel’s writing rooms looked like a “mess”, adding: “I often say that if someone walked by the window and looked at Ruth and me, they would most likely see two people taking a nap.” two open bags with chocolate buttons, post-its placed randomly on a wall and you’d look and never think ‘oh, they must be writing a hit show’.
‘You’d be thinking ‘that looks like a disaster’.
The English presenter and Welsh actress, both writers of the special, will hit screens for the final time with Gavin and Stacey: The Finale on One on BBC One on Wednesday.
They admitted to being used to unorthodox methods of getting inspiration, such as when a bag of chocolate buttons ended up fueling a writing session in a Heathrow airport hotel.
“I took the Heathrow Express and we booked a day in a hotel next to the runway and it wasn’t our most productive day, was it?” added James (pictured together this month).
It comes shortly after James revealed he plans to work on another TV show with Ruth.
The pair appeared on Heart Radio with Jason King and Emma Bunton to discuss the highly anticipated upcoming episode.
Jason told them: ‘I hope to see you again soon! This is the end!’
Emma chimed in: ‘Of course we will, these two are always busy right? Will you write something else together?
James confirmed: “We’d like to,” as Ruth smiled at the presenters.
Jason asked, ‘Should we leave it like that?’
Emma fumed: ‘No! I want to know when. When are you going to start writing!’
“It might take us a while, it might take us a while,” James told them.
It comes shortly after James revealed he plans to work on ANOTHER TV show with Ruth.
The pair appeared on Heart Radio with Jason King and Emma Bunton to discuss the highly anticipated upcoming episode.
Ruth and James have worked together on Gavin and Stacey for several years.
“We have to come up with a new idea, but we’re definitely, definitely going to try it.”
Gavin and Stacey has been a huge fan favorite over the years, since its premiere in 2007.
There have been three successful series over three years.
The drama concluded in 2010, but returned nine years later for a Christmas special in 2019.
James, Ruth, Mathew Horne, Joanna Pag, Larry Lamb, Alison Steadman and Rob Brydon have reprized their iconic roles in the drama.
Fans were delighted when they found out there would be another special this holiday season.
Gavin and Stacey: The Finale airs tonight at 9pm on BBC One.
Listen to Capital Breakfast with Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby Monday to Friday from 6:00am to 10:00am across the UK on air and on Global Player, the official Capital app.