Overview
- James Nesbitt, Fay Ripley, John Thomson and Cel Spellman reunited on Gaby Roslin’s Reasons To Be Joyful podcast to discuss the show’s future.
- Cast members said public interest remains strong, with Nesbitt noting he is regularly asked when the series will be back.
- Thomson proposed a one-off Christmas special as a low-risk way to gauge demand, citing Gavin & Stacey’s successful reunion model.
- The series ran from 1997 to 2003, returned in 2016, and paused after its ninth run in 2020 under a plan to revisit the characters in later life.
- ITV has not announced a renewal or timetable, and creator Mike Bullen’s 2020 intent to document the characters’ ‘third age’ remains the guiding framework.