The Only Way Is Essex (series 2) The Only Way Is Essex (series 2) 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 fourteen episodes. This is the first series to include Carol Wright, Chloe Sims, Debbie Douglas, Frankie Essex, Gemma Collins, Joey Essex, Mick Norcross and Nicola Goodger, and briefly included Leah Wright, the cousin of Mark and Jess Wright, before she later returned in the ninth series. It is the last series to include Amy Childs. The series heavily focused on the
James Argent late 2013, Argent participated in the first series of the Channel 5 reality series "Celebrity Super Spa" with Helen Flanagan, Rustie Lee, John Burton-Race, Jody Latham and Yvette Fielding. In July 2015 it was announced that Argent would make his first pantomime appearance in Cinderella at the Kings Theatre, Southsea. He was cast as Dandini. The production ran from December 2015 until January 2016. In 2016, he took part in ITV's "Sugar Free Farm" and Channel 4's "The Jump". In Winter 2018, Argent will make another pantomime appearance, this time as Abanazar in Aladdin. He will star alongside Sam Retford.