Gavin and Stacey actor Oscar Hartland, who performed Neil the infant within the iconic BBC sitcom, has failed most of his GCSE outcomes however assured followers that he has all of it below management

Gavin and Stacey‘s Child Neil star has an surprising plan if all else fails.

Oscar Hartland, the 16-year-old actor who introduced Child Neil to life in Gavin and Stacey, did not cross his GCSEs however he is received another technique up his sleeve.

Oscar picked up his GCSE grades this week, although he walked away with two profitable outcomes reportedly attaining an A in music and scraped by means of in English, his two favoured disciplines, studies the Mirror.

He mentioned: “I received a whopping two! However I am proud of that, I needed a prime grade in music and that is what I received. I am the primary to confess I am not an instructional and if I am sincere, I did not strive that onerous.”

Chatting with the Mail On-line, he revealed his willpower to succeed as a musician in a bunch “the arduous approach,” stating: “Is an govt at one of many prime recording labels going to ask me about my GCSE outcomes? I do not assume so.”

Oscar burst onto the scene straight from start, that includes in 4 instalments of Gavin and Stacey as Neil the Child who was born from a quick encounter between Smithy and Nessa. He made his comeback to Britain’s beloved sitcom as 10 yr previous Neil the Child within the 2019 Christmas particular earlier than returning as a young person in 2024.

The proficient teen took centre stage within the ultimate episode final Christmas, performing the Beatles’ basic Blackbird on guitar to an unlimited viewers of 19.1 million viewers. Nonetheless, Oscar does not blame his disappointing GCSE efficiency at St Martin’s Complete in Caerphilly, South Wales, on the calls for of his tv work.

As a substitute he admits he merely “hated faculty” and confesses his thoughts “was all the time somewhere else” all through his training. The budding musician reckons the academic system fails pupils who aren’t naturally suited to tutorial examine.

The finale episode of Gavin and Stacey turned the UK’s most-watched Christmas Day tv programme in 23 years, based on figures launched earlier this yr. Official viewing statistics for the sitcom’s 90-minute send-off, which shaped the spotlight of BBC One’s 2024 Christmas lineup, reached 19.1 million.

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