The Only Way Is Essex

Cast of The Only Way Is Essex

Seasons

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  Specials

  Dec 8, 2010

  14 episodes

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  Season 1

  Oct 10, 2010

  12 episodes

  The first series of The Only Way Is Essex, a British semi-reality television programme, began airing on 10 October 2010 on ITV2. The series concluded on 10 November 2010 after 10 episodes. A Christmas special aired on 24 December 2010 and is included on the Series 1 DVD.

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  Season 2

  Mar 20, 2011

  14 episodes

  The second series of The Only Way Is Essex, a British semi-reality television programme, began airing on 20 March 2011 on ITV2. The series concluded on 4 May 2011 and consisted of 14 episodes. This was the final series to feature Amy Childs.

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  Season 3

  Sep 25, 2011

  14 episodes

  The third series of The Only Way Is Essex, a British semi-reality television programme, began airing on 25 September 2011 on ITV2. The series concluded on 9 November 2011 after 14 episodes. A Christmas Special aired on 20 December 2011 and is included on the Series 3 DVD. This series marked the departures original cast members Kirk Norcross, Mark Wright, Harry Derbridge and Maria Fowler.

• S4

  Season 4

  Jan 29, 2012

  10 episodes

  The fourth series of The Only Way Is Essex, a British semi-reality television programme, began airing on 29 January 2012 on ITV2. also new characters are: Property Developer Georgina Dorsett, James ' Diags' Bennewith, Tom Kilbey and Ricky Rayment. Gemma Collins, Chloe Sims, Lauren Pope, Mario Falcone and Lucy Mecklenburgh were all promoted to the main cast from the 2011 Christmas Special, replacing Mark Wright, Kirk Norcross and Harry Derbidge. Georgio and Dino Georgiades returned for the fourth series after speculation they had been axed alongside Mick Norcross who will return for the first time without his son Kirk Norcross. The fourth series only consisted of 10 episodes concluding on 29 February. The series focused primarily on the relationships of Mario Falcone and Lucy Mecklenburgh, James "Arg" Argent and Lydia Bright, and focused greatly on newcomers Georgina Dorsett and Ricky Rayment, while continuing the format of the previous series. This was also the first series where the opening scenes changed to include silhouettes of the current characters, with the themetune playing on the background.

• S5

  Season 5

  Apr 15, 2012

  10 episodes

  The fifth series of The Only Way Is Essex, a British semi-reality television programme, began airing on 15 April 2012 on ITV2. Lauren Goodger appeared in the first 5 episodes before being suspended from the show, she returned in episode 9. The series concluded on 27 May 2012 after 10 episodes. An hour long special following the cast in Marbella aired on 13 June.

• S6

  Season 6

  Jul 22, 2012

  10 episodes

  The sixth series of The Only Way Is Essex, a British semi-reality television programme, began airing on 22 July 2012 on ITV2. The series concluded on 22 August 2012 after 10 episodes. This series marks the departure of original cast member Lauren Goodger, making her final appearance in the series finale. Former cast member Mark Wright, who last appeared in Series 3, made a cameo in this series eighth episode, but did not have a speaking part in the episode.

• S7

  Season 7

  Sep 30, 2012

  10 episodes

  The seventh series of The Only Way Is Essex, a British semi-reality television programme, began airing on 30 September 2012 on ITV2. The series concluded after 10 episodes. Series 7 marked the first series not to feature original cast member Lauren Goodger, after her departure from the series in August 2012. It was confirmed that for the first time the entire cast from the previous series would all be returning. In the first episode original cast member Kirk Norcross who appeared in the first three series made a return. Tom Fletcher from the band McFly appeared in episode 4. The series concluded on 31 October and was the fourth and final series to air in 2012. It was announced on 13 November 2012 that three festive specials would air in December 2012, with one episode being broadcast live. The festive specials concluded on 19 December. On 14 December it was confirmed that Mark Wright would make a cameo appearance in the 2012 Christmas special, making it his second return to the show briefly appearing in one episode in series 6. On 19 December Lydia Bright confirmed she would be departing from the series and made her final appearance in the Christmas special. Episode 11 and the TOWIE Live episodes do not appear on the series 7 DVD for unknown reasons although the 2012 Christmas special appears.

• S8

  Season 8

  Feb 24, 2013

  12 episodes

  The eighth series of The Only Way Is Essex, a British semi-reality television programme, began airing on 24 February 2013 on ITV2. The series consisted of 12 episodes. Series 8 marked the first series not to feature Lydia Bright, after her departure from the series in December 2012. The series also saw the departure of numerous supporting cast members and introduced new supporting cast members. On 7 March 2013, Mecklenburgh confirmed via her Twitter account that Amy and Sally Broadbent had been used by the show and had been dropped from the cast.On 8 March 2013 Mick Norcross who has appeared from the second series announced his departure from the show. This series also saw the departure of Kirk Norcross for the second time after announcing on Twitter that he had quit the show on 21 March 2013. Cast member Debbie Douglas also announced her departure from the show via Twitter on 29 March 2013.

• S9

  Season 9

  Jun 2, 2013

  12 episodes

• S1

  Season 10

  Oct 6, 2013

  12 episodes

• S1

  Season 11

  Feb 23, 2014

  12 episodes

• S1

  Season 12

  Jun 22, 2014

  12 episodes

• S1

  Season 13

  Oct 8, 2014

  11 episodes

• S1

  Season 14

  Feb 22, 2015

  13 episodes

• S1

  Season 15

  Jun 14, 2015

  12 episodes

• S1

  Season 16

  Oct 4, 2015

  12 episodes

• S1

  Season 17

  Feb 28, 2016

  14 episodes

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  Season 18

  Jul 17, 2016

  10 episodes

• S1

  Season 19

  Oct 9, 2016

  12 episodes

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  Season 20

  Mar 5, 2017

  18 episodes

• S2

  Season 21

  Sep 10, 2017

  18 episodes

• S2

  Season 22

  Mar 25, 2018

  10 episodes

• S2

  Season 23

  Sep 2, 2018

  11 episodes

• S2

  Season 24

  Mar 17, 2019

  11 episodes

• S2

  Season 25

  Sep 1, 2019

  11 episodes

  The Only Way Is Essex is a reality series which follows some people living in Essex, including a club promoter, a would-be model, a member of a girl band and two bar workers. Each episode features action filmed just a few days previously.

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  Season 26

  Sep 13, 2020

  18 episodes

• S2

  Season 27

  Mar 14, 2021

  11 episodes

• S2

  Season 28

  Sep 12, 2021

  10 episodes

• S2

  Season 29

  Aug 21, 2022

  11 episodes

• S3

  Season 30

  Mar 26, 2023

  10 episodes

• S3

  Season 31

  Sep 3, 2023

  11 episodes

• S3

  Season 32

  Mar 24, 2024

  11 episodes

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  Season 33

  Aug 25, 2024

  12 episodes

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  Season 34

  Feb 23, 2025

  11 episodes

• S3

  Season 35

  Aug 17, 2025

  13 episodes

• S3

  Season 36

  Apr 26, 2026

  12 episodes

• S3

  Season 37

  Aug 2, 2026

  12 episodes

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