James Corden shares worries as ‘no one is laughing’ at new Gavin and Stacey

James Corden has shared his concern that few people are laughing at the final episode of Gavin and Stacey. Speaking on the Off The Telly podcast, James admitted there were times post filming that he wasn't sure whether a joke was funny or not.

This was despite the fact he had just been laughing. He described how there were moments when he would laugh, but others wouldn’t, leaving him concerned that the scene wasn't funny. However, he reasoned that this could have been because those watching had already seen the same clip several times.

James, 46, explained: “I don’t think it’s that you get fed up of it. What you start to worry is, because you have moments where you’ve been laughing. And then you’re in a room and no-one’s laughing, and the reason no-one’s laughing is because everyone’s seen it about 35 times. So then you start going ‘oh no, is it just not funny in any way?’”

James’ comments came ahead of the final episode of Gavin and Stacey which is set to be released later today after nearly 20 years entertaining the nation. Ahead of the final episode, several cast members, including James and Adrian Scarborough, who plays Pete Sutcliffe, reflected on how they felt about the denouement of a show that first aired in 2007.

Reflecting on BBC Breakfast, James talked about his mixed emotions when it came to shooting the episode. He said: "On one level, it's amazing and it's so joyous. Every day has just been so great and then you've got this overwhelming feeling that hits you, well, hits me, every couple of hours where you start going: 'Oh God, we're not going to be doing this again!'. It can't carry on after this. We can't see a way how it could, you'll have to wait and see!”

Meanwhile, Adrian opened up about a definitive note at the end of the script that emphasised that this was the final episode of Gavin and Stacey.

He told the Off The Telly podcast: “I like what they put at the end of the script - 'The End forever, and ever. Amen'. Also, I think it’s really, really brave to finish things because often I just think things go on a little bit too long.

“And I think with this, the best thing they could have done was just go, ‘We’ve got an ending’. Endings are good, moving on and moving onto new projects, which hopefully we’ll all be in.”