Prezza to guest star in Gavin and Stacey

Prezza to guest star in Gavin and Stacey
Prezza to guest star in Gavin and Stacey (Image credit: PA Archive/Press Association Ima)

John Prescott is set to appear as a guest star in the series finale of Gavin and Stacey. The former deputy prime minister attends the wedding of man-eater Nessa, who has alluded to the Labour politician as a former flame in previous episodes. Writing on his blog, he said: "I've got to say I thoroughly enjoyed my cameo in Gavin and Stacey - I'd heard about this running joke about me and this woman called Nessa in the series. "Ruth (Jones), who plays Nessa, got in touch and asked if I'd be a sport and play a part." Ruth's brash Welsh character frequently jokes about her former lovers and sexual conquests. On her affair with Mr Prescott she said he gave her 'full use of one of the Jags'. When Nessa fell pregnant she even expressed regret he was not the baby's father. BBC bosses had kept the cameo secret but when the DVD of the third series was released this week, viewers spotted his face in the congregation. Mr Prescott added: "Well the secret's out... As for Nessa, I suppose I have to accept it appears I've lost out to a better man."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.