While there is no Gavin & Stacey Christmas special this year for us to get excited about, people will know that the show is regularly binged over the festive period. It's an easy watch, something you can really wind down to after one too many pigs in blankets.

So it's no surprise that people are noticing something from the BBC programme that they didn't know before: namely that Miss Trunchbull from Matilda plays the role of Smithy's mum.