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From the bumper cars on Barry Island to the nightclubs of Cardiff, Wales has played an integral role in the hit TV show Gavin & Stacey.It may be no surprise then that Welsh people are the sitcom's biggest fans, with over half (59%) of Wales' population watching the Christmas Day finale - compared to just 32% of those in rest of the UK - according to BBC viewing figures.

Welsh people are also twice as likely to have watched the finale twice, compared to viewers in the rest of the UK.So, truth be told, when all is said and done... why do Welshies love the show so much?Across the UK, 2.8m (4%) have watched the Christmas Day episode more than once, but in Wales that figure is 245,000, equivalent to 8% of the Welsh population.

Keen re-watcher Laura Davenport, 39, is on her fifth time watching the finale and said the figures come as no surprise to her.Born in Barry, where the show is set, and the founder of Scoop ice cream store in Barry Island, she said for many people in Wales the characters reflect those they know and love in their own lives.

"People may not like to admit it, but we all see a bit of ourselves in the characters," she said.

"Some people get quite offended and think it makes us look stupid, but it's Welsh humour and our ways of speaking.In over a dozen interviews, undocumented immigrants said it was a topic of heated discussion in their communities, WhatsApp groups and social media.

Some, like Gabriela, believe it won't impact them at all."I'm not scared at all, actually," she said. "That's for criminals to worry about. I pay taxes, and I work."

"In any case, I'm undocumented," she added. "[So] how would they even know about me?"In an election campaign where immigration loomed large as a major concern of US voters, Trump frequently pledged to deport migrants en masse from US soil from his first day in office if he were to return to the presidency.