Gavin and Stacey’s Joanna Page returns to TV in new series TODAY – days after hit sitcom finally came to an end
GAVIN and Stacey’s Joanna Page makes her TV return TODAY in a brand new series – days after the beloved show ended for good.
The Welsh actress, 47, played Stacey on and off from 2007 until the BBC sitcom’s finale on Christmas Day 2024.
She now steps into a new role, as presenter of Joanna Page’s Wild Life.
The show combines Joanna’s love for creatures with her ‘animal-magic’ personality.
It debuts at 6.30pm today (January 6) on BBC Two.
Joanna learns how to become a wildlife rescue volunteer, as well as the three R’s: Rescue, Rehab, and Release.
To prepare, Joanna worked at Wildlife Aid, one of the UK’s leading wildlife hospitals.
She previously said: “I’m so proud of this series and what I was able to achieve.
“I feel more equipped and excited to welcome wildlife into my own garden and can’t wait for viewers to see a different side to me.
“It’s also an amazingly educational series.
“I’m hoping that audiences will be able to go away and create little safe havens in their outdoor spaces for our wonderful wildlife species we have here across the UK”.
More than 19 million people have tuned into Gavin and Stacey’s finale since it aired on Christmas Day.
Viewers finally learned Smithy’s answer to Nessa’s 2019 proposal – and who both characters ended up with.
Elsewhere, Joanna recalled bidding farewell to the beloved show for a final time.
She said: “Being on set for the last time with everybody for the last day was traumatic. I knew I was going to cry as soon as I walked on set.
Gavin and Stacey's Best Moments
With the news that the show is set to make an exciting return to screens, let's take a look at some of the comedy programme's biggest and best moments...
- Smithy and Rudi’s American Boy rap – No one will ever forget when James Corden and Sheridan Smith rapped perfectly word for word the Kanye West and Estelle hit American Boy as they walked across the car park on the phone to Gavin.
- Pam’s Vegetarian faux pas – Despite loving a cheesburger, Pam found herself caught up in a web of unexpected lies when she claimed to be Vegetarian. She is forced to keep up the secret throughout the entire show and uses hubby Mick to help her scoff meat. She is later rumbled when Stacey catches her in the act as she scoffs ham in the kitchen. Stacey says to her: “Is that ham, Pam!?… “I’ve seen you, Pam. A scotch egg here, a bit of bacon there, putting those regular sausages into the Linda McCartney box”.
- THAT fishing trip – It remains one of the biggest mysteries in Gavin and Stacey history as to just exactly what did happen on the ill-fated fishing trip. Bryn appears to be hiding a secret as to an occurance between him and his nephew Jason which has left relations fractures. Ness’ on-off boyfriend, Dave, is the only other person to know the whole truth. Bryn did appear to allude to him and Jason lying together naked to keep warm as he said to Dave: “We’re going to have this out, once and for all, man to man, you may know what happened, David, but you don’t know why it happened! It was freezing cold, it was! And when you are that cold…”
- Islands in the Stream – No one can ever forget the classic Karaoke performance of Islands in the Stream. Nessa and Bryn performed the track in front of all their nearest and dearest. It saw the whole pub burst into some line-dancing as they enjoyed a boozy night out.
- The Xmas special proposal – In 2019, fans were left overjoyed when the show made a comeback but it ended on the ultimate cliffhanger. Nessa asked Smithy if she would marry him as she finally laid bare her feelings for him. Fans were gutted as the show then cut straight to the credits as they never found out just how Smithy answered. Will all be revealed in the brand new episode?
“I saw Steve’s face, our first AD, and I just burst out crying.
“Then I saw Sophie Hebron, our second AD, and I burst out crying again.
“So then I went into my trailer and Julia Davis came in and sat with me, and I couldn’t stop crying, because it just felt it was such a huge journey that was ending.”
Joanna Page’s Wild Life airs at 6.30pm tonight, on BBC Two.