Gavin And Stacey’s Mathew Horne was finally seen on set filming for the upcoming Christmas special on Thursday.

Mathew, who portrays Gavin in the hit BBC sitcom, also reunited for the first time with James Corden, who plays Smithy, after their famous feud.

The actor got straight back into filming as he was seen filming a freak bike accident with his on-screen wife Joanna Page, aka Stacey.

Rob Brydon (Uncle Bryn) was also seen back on set filming scenes for the second time in a row.

Corden – who was the directing filming and hasn’t yet started filming himself – was seen chatting away with Mathew on his first day back. 

Gavin And Stacey’s Mathew Horne was finally seen on set filming for the upcoming Christmas special on Thursday

Mathew, who portrays Gavin in the hit BBC sitcom, also reunited for the first time with James Corden, who plays Smithy, after their famous feud

Mathew got stuck into filming scenes of a bike crash for the Christmas special of the sitcom

Rob Brydon (Uncle Bryn) was also seen back on set filming with Melanie Walters (Gwen) on Wednesday

Known as the ‘Gavalar’ and ‘Smithster’, there looked to be no tension between James and Mathew on set, despite their feud many years ago. 

James and Mathew went on to work together as comedy partners on projects including the critically-panned movie Lesbian Vampire Killers after Gavin And Stacey wrapped up.

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Hoping to make it as a TV duo they also hosted comedy show Horne and Corden in 2009, yet this also received woeful reviews from critics.

As their career together failed to take off, the pair stopped working together and began to drift apart with rumours of a feud circling them both.

While James found success on the West End stage in One Man, Two Guvnors, and then headed over to America to begin hosting the Late Late Show in 2015, Mathew remained in the UK working on TV projects.

Speculation on the pair’s friendship continued to grow as many fans feared they had fallen out.

During an appearance on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories in 2011, James discussed their relationship as he admitted they had drifted but there was never a pivotal fall out.

As James was asked whether he kept up with Mat, he replied: ‘Err, we talk occasionally, yeah.’

The actor got straight back into filming as he was seen on set with Joanna Page, aka Stacey

Known as the ‘Gavalar’ and ‘Smithster’, there looked to be no tension between James and Mathew on set, despite their feud many years ago

James – who was the directing filming and hasn’t yet started filming himself – was seen chatting away with Mathew on his first day back filming

Mathew sported beige trousers and a blue padded coat, teamed with a helmet as he prepared for the bike scene

James stuck up a peace sign as he continued directing the Christmas special episode

James showed Rob and Joanna how he wanted scenes to be done

Joanna looked in high spirits as she was back on set, wearing a floral dress and brown boots

Mathew was in high spirits throughout the rainy day on set

At the time of their rift, James and Mathew stopped working together and began to drift apart 

While James headed over to America to begin hosting the Late Late Show in 2015, Mathew remained in the UK working on TV projects

James and Mathew reunited for the Gavin And Stacey Christmas special back in 2019 and Mat squashed any rumours of a feud

After both insisting there was never a feud, they are reuniting once again for the final ever episode of the sitcom set to air this Christmas

The fab four – including Mathew (second from right), were last seen in 2019’s Christmas Special in which Nessa proposed to Smithy and the episode ended before he answered

Piers then revealed that Mat was asked to take part in the programme but chose not to. Faltering, James continued: ‘I didn’t know that, but I can understand.’

Expressing regret for how quickly they got caught up in everything post Gavin And Stacey, he confirmed ‘We never fell out, it was never that. We were one person for a long time. If I have one regret, it was we just rushed those things.

‘We did our own sketch show but the reaction was fierce. It was hard to go through that. We were riding this amazing wave and then it just dropped. In one year we spent 263 days together and we went from that to nothing.’

Riding the LA wave, James hosted the Late Late Show until 2023, as he made a name for himself across the pond with his iconic Carpool Karaoke’s and Spill Your Guts challenge.

James and Mat reunited for the Gavin And Stacey Christmas special back in 2019 and Mathew squashed any rumours of a feud.

When asked about the ‘feud’ by MailOnline at the launch episode, Mat insisted the claims were entirely were fabricated – with no animosity in place.

As MailOnline asked the actor: ‘After rumours of a feud, did you feel the need to address the claims when you reunited earlier this year’, Mathew simply insisted the claims were made up, as he joined the whole cast except James at the press conference.

After both insisting there was never a feud between the pair, they are reuniting once again for the final ever episode of the sitcom set to air this Christmas.