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Gavin and Stacey: 'Barry Island on the up but will never be posh'

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' Barry Island is on the up but it'll never be posh,' says BBC meteorologist Derek Brockway .

The final episode of Gavin and Stacey will air on Christmas Day , 17 years since it first hit our screens.

Barry Island was once a popular holiday resort with south Wales ' miners, who would head there with their families during miners' fortnight.

The final episode of Gavin and Stacey will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One at 21:00 GMT on 25 December .

Ellie Jones , a customer assistant at Marco's Cafe , has lived in Barry all her life.

She said she enjoyed watching Gavin 's Essex born-and-bred parents slowly soften towards her home town.

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75

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69

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84

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informal

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English

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30

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short-lived

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