Joanna Page reveals iconic Gavin and Stacey scene was faked

Joanna Page has revealed an iconic scene from the ‘Gavin and Stacey’ 2008 Christmas special was faked.

The 46-year-old actress, who played Stacey Shipman in the classic BBC sitcom, admitted the scene in which Larry Lamb’s Mick Shipman plays the piano he was gifted by on-screen wife Pam (Alison Steadman) was not real, as the actor can’t play the instrument at all.

Speaking to The Sun newspaper's TVBiz column, she said: “Larry had piano lessons but it made no difference because he was absolutely dreadful at playing the keyboard. If you look closely at the end, he’s not actually touching the keys - his hands are hovering over them.”

Joanna also revealed that her four children, Eva, nine, Kit, seven, Noah, six and Boe, two, greatly prefer the 2008 festive special to the 2019 episode, simply because of the piano scene.

She explained: “They weren’t interested in watching the last Christmas special, the one they keep wanting to watch is the first one, they absolutely love it.

“The kids are like, ‘Can we watch the one where the man isn’t actually playing the keyboard?’ They think it’s hysterical.”

Although ‘Gavin and Stacey’ is one of the most beloved BBC shows of all time, the actress believes that the 2019 Christmas special will be the last time audiences see the characters together.

She recently told the MailOnline: “I can see them never doing any more because it was nice to leave it on a cliffhanger because it's up to the viewer to imagine what would have happened. So I can imagine them ending it like that.

“I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't get the call, and I wouldn't be surprised if I did. But all I can say is, if they were going to do another one I hope it's soon because we're all getting so old, I don't particularly want to see Stacey get that much older."