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Wales Online
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Gavin and Stacey star makes it clear show will never return
Gavin and Stacey star makes it clear show will never return Larry Lamb has ruled out a reboot of the hit BBC show, admitting the cast and crew have realised the Christmas special was the 'end' of the series The actor is nodding to the much loved TV series on his first ever book tour. Fans of Gavin and Stacey may have finally recovered after the Christmas series finale, but a key actor from the beloved series has quashed any lingering hopes for a revival. Larry Lamb, known for his role as Mick Shipman in the BBC's cherished sitcom for 17 years, described last year's Christmas special as an "extraordinary experience." The festive episode achieved a staggering 19.11 million views, and is even up for a memorable moment award at this year's BAFTAs for the iconic wedding scene. He told BBC Essex: "At the time, we all thought it probably won't be the end, I'm sure we will be doing it again, but gradually what's happened over the months, what I've realised is that was the end." For the latest TV and showbiz gossip sign up to our newsletter . While he acknowledged the sadness in concluding the show, he said that it was the right way to finish the much loved series He said: "That scene in the wedding - that's up for the moment of the year. "It was the way to end this story, you can't keep going on with it. Ruth and James brought it to a grand finale." Larry Lamb who plays Mick Shipman in Gavin & Stacey stole the show with his heartfelt speech (Image: BBC/GS TV Productions Ltd/Tom Jackson ) Article continues below Larry Lamb expressed that Mick will always be a part of him, and he's incorporating a Gavin and Stacey twist into his upcoming tour promoting his new book, 'All Wrapped Up'. He said in a release: "For the past 17 years, it's been such an honour to play the ever-popular Mick Shipman, Gavin's dad. Fans of the show often ask me what it's like to work on a TV or film set – and I hope that my novel gives them a glimpse into that world." Although he's embarking on fresh ventures, Lamb's fondness for the series is evident, particularly with the theme of his book tour. Larry told BBC Essex: 'I've chosen to start my book tour in Billericay, and end in Barry Island, in tribute to the fans of Gavin and Stacey and the unwavering support that each of the local communities have shown us over the years." The tour will kick off at The Reading Rooms in Billericay, Essex on Friday 16th May, and will end at the famous Marco's Café in Barry Island later this year. His tour also includes visiting The Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, The Mold Bookshop in Mold, Flintshire and The Hours in Brecon before finishing the tour in the iconic café where Stacey worked in the sitcom. Earlier this year fans were sent in to meltdown as the cast had a mini reunion to toast the launch of his debut novel. Larry Lamb's debut novel All Wrapped Up is available to buy online and in all good bookstores. (Image: Pete Jones - All Wrapped Up is available to buy now online and in all good bookstores. ) In attendance was his on screen wife Alison Steadman (aka Pam Shipman), Melanie Walters (Gwen ), and Ade Scarborough (Pete Sutcliffe). Read more here. Article continues below
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gavin and Stacey star says show will not return
Larry Lamb has announced that he is going on a book tour with a quirky twist [Jamie Simonds/BBC] It looks like Gavin and Stacey fans will never know what happened on that fishing trip after a star of the comedy put any reboot speculations to bed. Larry Lamb, who played Mick Shipman on the BBC's hit show for 17 years, said filming the Christmas episode last year was an "extraordinary experience.". He added: "At the time, we all thought it probably won't be the end, I'm sure we will be doing it again, but gradually what's happened over the months, what I've realised is that was the end." ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement Lamb said he would always carry a part of Mick with him, and his upcoming tour for his new book, All Wrapped Up, has a Gavin and Stacey theme. The final episode aired on BBC One on Christmas Day 2024 [PA Images] The Christmas episode of the show racked up 19.11 million views, and Lamb said while it was sad it ended, it was a "masterpiece, no doubt about it". He added: "That scene in the wedding - that's up for the moment of the year. "It was the way to end this story, you can't keep going on with it. Ruth and James brought it to a grand finale." While he has moved on to a new chapter (Lamb has written a new book about a film crew in the Caribbean who have a series of problems), he clearly will always have a soft spot for the show, as seen with his new book tour. ADVERTISEMENT Advertisement "We're starting in Billericay in the reading rooms and we're going to finish in Barry in Marcos' cafe at a date to be arranged," he said. In between, Lamb will visit several other bookshops and read extracts of his new novel. "It's an adventure, it is all about a film crew going to a Caribbean island to make a film, and from the minute they set off, things go wrong," he revealed. "It's letting me show people the inside story of what film and television is all about because that is something I have been asked countless times." Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. More on this story
BBC News
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Gavin and Stacey star says BBC show will not return
Gavin and Stacey star says show will not return 12 minutes ago Share Save Shivani Chaudhari BBC News, Essex Share Save Jamie Simonds/BBC Larry Lamb has announced that he is going on a book tour with a quirky twist It looks like Gavin and Stacey fans will never know what happened on that fishing trip after a star of the comedy put any reboot speculations to bed. Larry Lamb, who played Mick Shipman on the BBC's hit show for 17 years, said filming the Christmas episode last year was an "extraordinary experience.". He added: "At the time, we all thought it probably won't be the end, I'm sure we will be doing it again, but gradually what's happened over the months, what I've realised is that was the end." Lamb said he would always carry a part of Mick with him, and his upcoming tour for his new book, All Wrapped Up, has a Gavin and Stacey theme. PA Images The final episode aired on BBC One on Christmas Day 2024 The Christmas episode of the show racked up 19.11 million views, and Lamb said while it was sad it ended, it was a "masterpiece, no doubt about it". He added: "That scene in the wedding - that's up for the moment of the year. "It was the way to end this story, you can't keep going on with it. Ruth and James brought it to a grand finale." While he has moved on to a new chapter (Lamb has written a new book about a film crew in the Caribbean who have a series of problems), he clearly will always have a soft spot for the show, as seen with his new book tour. "We're starting in Billericay in the reading rooms and we're going to finish in Barry in Marcos' cafe at a date to be arranged," he said. In between, Lamb will visit several other bookshops and read extracts of his new novel. "It's an adventure, it is all about a film crew going to a Caribbean island to make a film, and from the minute they set off, things go wrong," he revealed. "It's letting me show people the inside story of what film and television is all about because that is something I have been asked countless times."
The Independent
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Gavin & Stacey's Larry Lamb on how the end of one story is the start of another
Larry Lamb is sad but relieved Gavin & Stacey has finished. The actor who played Mick Shipman, Gavin's dad, in the popular TV series, thinks the story of a girl from south Wales and a boy from Essex who fall in love, and the relationships that evolve between their friends and family, was aptly completed in the finale on Christmas Day last year. 'In a funny, sad sort of way I'm relieved that it's finished because in the end people were desperate to see the end of it, and then to know that the whole thing's all been wrapped up, the story's told, and it's had its life. 'You know, that's what I like about it – we can all sit back and say this is a completed story.' And one completed story has swiftly led to another for Lamb, 77, who's used his time away from stage and screen to write his first novel, All Wrapped Up. And although becoming an author isn't the form of creativity Lamb has excelled at for half a century, his book's subject matter hasn't strayed far from what he knows and loves, as it's centred round an inside look at the film industry. The novel tells the story of a first assistant director and his crew battling to stop their film production falling apart as they endure a series of problems including power struggles on and off set, and a crew member mysteriously vanishing. 'It's a way of telling people what my life is all about,' says Lamb. 'The thing that interests me most is the camaraderie among the teams that make films. So I made it an adventure story set behind the scenes on a film in the Caribbean – it's the book I always knew I wanted to write.' He explains that years ago he did an acting job in the Caribbean, and before the end things started to go wrong. 'So I had the feeling of how I'd set it,' he says. 'What I wanted to do was show that the film and television businesses aren't all about the actors. It's all about the people that go in every day to do a job. 'They make the films, they're the ones that really get stuck in all the time, and they work on every single scene that's on the screen and every single scene that isn't on the screen. When I was working on Gavin & Stacey, you get so close to the crew, and the crew get so close to you. 'You can be working on a job with actors who you never really see, but you'll see the crew every day. They really are the unsung heroes – but they're not qualified as heroes, they're just regular working people doing a job, and they're the people I really, really love.' Lamb, who's also well-known for playing Archie Mitchell in EastEnders, says he was very disciplined about writing the book, penning at least 1,000 words a day over a 14-week period. And as well as writing about an industry he knows so well, some of the people in the book are also based on characters he knows. 'Characters come out from somebody in your past, maybe somebody you've worked with,' he explains. 'The production manager in the book is a Spanish woman called Monica, and she's a very strong character who's always looking after everybody. And while she's about six foot tall, her character is Peggy Mitchell from EastEnders. That's who I drew the character from – somebody who always wanted to get everybody looked after, who always insisted on everybody working as a team.' And he says he's tried to include elements of Gavin & Stacey's winning formula in his writing too. 'Gavin and Stacey was about love – a normal, loving family, and I've tried to instil that in my book, that sense of being a community. Everybody is attached to each other, you all help each other, and if anything goes wrong, you all work to pull through. It's come off that feeling of all those years of working with those people together, and then taking bits of it and putting it into the book.' So does he plan to write more novels? 'I'm sure there's a lot more in me,' he declares, stressing that any further books will definitely be tales from behind-the-scenes of the film industry. 'It's what I know about – I spent 50 years in it and understand what it is about it that I really like. It's about love and hate and dramas and relationships and intensities. It's about people making mistakes and then putting them right. It's about living right on the edge a lot of the time, and it's just like regular people doing their jobs. 'It's me illustrating for people that do regular jobs that this is another way of earning a living, and I find it deeply, deeply fascinating.' Lamb agrees that his novel new career direction is very solitary compared to acting, but he points out that there are solitary elements to the thespian world too, explaining: 'A lot of the time that you're preparing for an acting job you spend on your own. You're learning lines, you're practising what you're going to be doing. It's not always a group thing – you travel to jobs on your own, you stay somewhere on your own. There's definitely a solitary element to it as well.' Although Lamb says he enjoys writing, fans of his acting need not worry, as he already has roles in the pipeline, and certainly has no plans to retire, or even take it easy. 'No point, is there?' he insists. 'I'd be sitting around wondering what to do. I've just got to keep myself busy, and acting has been a big part of my life.' Recent media reports have suggested Lamb may have proposed a Gavin & Stacey film to BBC director general Tim Davie. But although he says he did indeed mention putting Gavin & Stacey in cinemas to Davie, he didn't mean a whole new film. 'That's me saying to Tim Davie that someone had suggested to me they should just take what we've done, the finale, and put it out in the cinemas,' he explains. 'There was never any mention of making a film – there's no more film to be made.' All Wrapped Up by Larry Lamb is published by Softwood Books, priced £9.99. Available now.
