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
Lauren Layfield Lauren Layfield Lauren Layfield (born in Warwick, Warwickshire) is an English television and radio presenter and journalist who works mainly for CBBC. Layfield is best known for presenting CBBC. She joined the live channel's continuity in September 2015, at the end of the one-off TV special "Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC," going on to co-host design series, "The Dengineers" with Mark Wright. In April 2017, Wright left and was replaced with Joe Tracini. The series is currently in its fourth series. In January 2016, Layfield joined "All Over the Place" and became a co-host with Ed Petrie