Huge Gavin and Stacey star appears in Strictly audience as they reveal surprise friendship to contestant

GAVIN and Stacey prima Joanna Page made a astonishment quality connected Strictly Come Dancing past night.

The histrion was supporting 1 of her adjacent pals arsenic helium took the the BBC ballroom dancefloor for the archetypal time.

Joanna was successful attendance successful bid to cheer connected Wynne Evans arsenic helium revealed their astonishment personage friendship.

She shared a snap of herself each glammed up alongside her hubby James Thornton arsenic they headed disconnected to ticker the GoCompare advert star.

Joanna donned a elemental pink formal whilst James looked crisp and astute successful a suit with a loosely-buttoned achromatic garment for the evening.

The histrion and presenter captioned the snap: "Off to Strictly to enactment @wynneevans."

As Wynne yet took to the level connected the programme, Joanna could beryllium seen beaming arsenic she cheered him connected arsenic helium received his feedback from the judges.

His regular impressed arsenic helium ended up connected the apical fractional of the leaderboard contempt going past during the opening night.

Joanna and Wynne became pals aft being picked by the BBC to big the TV series, Wynne Evans and Joanna Page: Lost astatine Sea.

The amusement followed the brace arsenic they explored their autochthonal Welsh coastline, discovering a assortment of antithetic stories, recipes and radical from the past of Wales.

One infinitesimal from past night's Strictly that is apt to person near Joanna laughing was erstwhile the workplace descended into chaos arsenic Wynne called retired Paul Merson unrecorded connected air.

Following Paul's show to Vindaloo with Karen Hauer, helium headed upstairs to chat to Claudia Winkleman about the regular and to get his scores from the judges.

However, mid-way done the chat, the brace were interrupted by co-star, opera singer Wynne.

He called Paul retired unrecorded for repeatedly addressing him arsenic Gwyn during their clip spent sharing a dressing room with 1 another.

Shooting a subtle dig, helium said: "Can one conscionable congratulate Karen, right?

"Because I've been sharing a dressing with Mers for a fortnight, and helium inactive thinks my sanction is Gwyn, truthful however she taught him thing is beyond me."

The workplace descended into chaos arsenic they each burst retired laughing astatine Wynne's unexpected outburst.

Karen appeared to find the remark that comic that she buckled down to her knees arsenic she was seemingly near incapable to constitute herself aft the quip.

Claudia past remarked to Wynne "we emotion you" arsenic she continued connected with the amusement aft the moment.