| Season Number: | 2 |
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| Num Episodes: | 14 |
| Network: | ITV2 |
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 before her return in 2020. The series heavily focused on the relationship between Lauren G and Mark, where the pair celebrate an engagement, failed to win over the support from the Wright family, before splitting when Mark puts his club promoting before his fiancée. It also featured the demise of Arg and Lydia's relationship, the blossoming romance between Joey and Sam, and Kirk and Lauren P taking things to the next step despite the disapproval from her best friend Maria.
See also: List of The Only Way Is Essex episodes.
| Series No. | Season No. | Title | Original airdate | Duration | UK viewers |
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| Episode | Date | Official ITVBe rating | ITVBe weekly rank[1] | ITVBe+1 viewers | Total ITVBe viewers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | 20 March 2011 | 1,370,000 | 2 | 177,000 | 1.547,000 | |
| Episode 2 | 23 March 2011 | 737,000 | 3 | 70,000 | 807,000 | |
| Episode 3 | 27 March 2011 | 1,239,000 | 2 | 165,000 | 1,404,000 | |
| Episode 4 | 30 March 2011 | 1,010,000 | 3 | 209,000 | 1,219,000 | |
| Episode 5 | 3 April 2011 | 1,161,000 | 2 | 183,000 | 1,344,000 | |
| Episode 6 | 6 April 2011 | 1,146,000 | 3 | 206,000 | 1,352,000 | |
| Episode 7 | 10 April 2011 | 1,246,000 | 2 | 139,000 | 1,385,000 | |
| Episode 8 | 13 April 2011 | 1,409,000 | 2 | 277,000 | 1,686,000 | |
| Episode 9 | 17 April 2011 | 1,178,000 | 3 | 223,000 | 1,401,000 | |
| Episode 10 | 20 April 2011 | 1,467,000 | 2 | 288,000 | 1,755,000 | |
| Episode 11 | 24 April 2011 | 1,255,000 | 3 | 226,000 | 1,481,000 | |
| Episode 12 | 27 April 2011 | 1,551,000 | 2 | 208,000 | 1,759,000 | |
| Episode 13 | 1 May 2011 | 1,367,000 | 3 | 240,000 | 1,607,000 | |
| Episode 14 | 4 May 2013 | 1,574,000 | 2 | 284,000 | 1,858,000 | |
| Series average | 1,265,000 | 2 | 207,000 | 1,466,000 | ||