Gavin and Stacey came to its emotional end with a feature-length finale on Christmas night. Seventeen years after the much-loved BBC comedy arrived on our screens, its climax was the most eagerly anticipated 90 minutes of the festive schedules.

The Gavin and Stacey finale attracted an average of 12.3 million TV viewers - the largest Christmas Day audience in more than a decade, overnight data shows. The new Wallace and Gromit film also attracted a large audience,