Although Gavin and Stacey’s story has concluded, show co-creator Ruth Jones’ portrayal of Vanessa Shanessa Jenkins is far from over.

In this week’s finale, the entire crew hurried to Southampton to prevent Nessa from boarding a boat and spending the next several months at sea, leading to their eventual marriage.

A return to maritime life almost beckoned for Nessa, but Smithy stormed out of his own wedding to Sonia (Laura Aikman) after realizing she wasn’t the one for him.

Fans of Gavin and Stacey were pleased with the conclusion, and viewers enthusiastically praised the finale, believing they had given the program an excellent send-off.

Ruth Jones, on the other hand, isn’t finished playing Nessa since she’ll be doing another role as the character shortly.

You see, The Shipping Forecast will celebrate 100 years of radio broadcasting on New Year’s Day, with a number of celebrities invited to BBC Radio 4 to take part.

Julie Hesmondhalgh, Stephen Fry, Adrian Dunbar, and Dame Ellen MacArthur are among the celebrities who will offer their voices to the centenary celebrations, which will also feature Ruth Jones.
According to the BBC, when it is Jones’ time on The Shipping Forecast, she will invite Nessa back to read a portion of the show.

Given that one of Nessa’s numerous professions throughout her life has been working on ships, which she nearly returned to before Smithy caught up and proposed to her, it seems natural.

She stated, “Nessa has a colorful background, and one of her professions was on the high seas. The shipping forecast was always quite significant and valuable to her.”

Quizmaster Paul Sinha, poet Imtiaz Dharker, novelists Ian McMillan and Val McDermid, and musician Damon Albarn, who cited The Shipping Forecast in his Blur song ‘This is a Low,’ are also among those attending the centenary celebrations.

While the primary purpose of The Shipping Forecast, a Met Office production for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, is to inform sailors about weather conditions, it has also developed a cult following in the UK and around the world among people who prefer to listen to the distinctive broadcast over learning about what’s happening at sea.

Despite starting with the telegraph in 1867, Weather Shipping made its radio debut in 1924 and joined the BBC’s programming the following year.

The iconic 1963 song ‘Sailing By’ has become a vital component of the presentation, with the relaxing music signaling that it is time for The Shipping Forecast.