The Only Way Is Essex - Series 1, 2 & 3 - 8-DVD Box Set ( The Only Way Is Essex - Series One, Two and Three ) ( The Only Way Is Essex: Series 1 - 3 )

The Only Way Is Essex - Series 1, 2 & 3 - 8-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

$49.99

Original Title: The Only Way Is Essex - Series One, Two and Three
Alternate Title: The Only Way Is Essex: Series 1 - 3
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
994 min + 97 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Mark McQueen
John Pereira

Written By:
Ros Coward
Alex Kohler

Actors:
Denise Van Outen ..... Voiceover (62 episodes, 2010-2012)
Samantha Faiers ..... Herself (60 episodes, 2010-2012)
Jessica Wright ..... Herself (59 episodes, 2010-2012)
James Argent ..... Himself (59 episodes, 2010-2012)
Lauren Goodger ..... Herself (57 episodes, 2010-2012)
Lydia Bright ..... Herself (55 episodes, 2010-2012)
Lucy Mecklenburgh ..... Herself (54 episodes, 2010-2012)
Joey Essex ..... Himself (50 episodes, 2011-2012)
Lauren Pope ..... Herself (49 episodes, 2010-2012)
Gemma Collins ..... Herself (49 episodes, 2011-2012)
Billie Faiers ..... Herself (47 episodes, 2011-2012)
Chloe Simms ..... Herself (47 episodes, 2011-2012)
Patricia Brooker ..... Herself (41 episodes, 2010-2012)
Mark Wright ..... Himself (40 episodes, 2010-2011)
Kirk Norcross ..... Himself (39 episodes, 2010-2011)
Harry Derbridge ..... Himself (38 episodes, 2010-2011)
Mario Falcone ..... Himself (35 episodes, 2011-2012)
Mick Norcross ..... Himself (35 episodes, 2011-2012)
Debbie Bright ..... Herself (33 episodes, 2011-2012)
Carol Wright ..... Herself (33 episodes, 2011-2012)
Billi Mucklow ..... Herself (30 episodes, 2011-2012)
Frankie Essex ..... Herself (29 episodes, 2011-2012)
Cara Kilbey ..... Herself (29 episodes, 2011-2012)
Amy Childs ..... Herself (25 episodes, 2010-2011)
Maria Fowler ..... Herself (24 episodes, 2010-2011)
James Bennewith ..... Himself (21 episodes, 2012)
Tom Kilbey ..... Himself (17 episodes, 2012)
Ricky Rayment ..... Himself (17 episodes, 2012)
Dino Georgiades ..... Himself (15 episodes, 2011-2012)
Georgio Georgiades ..... Himself (15 episodes, 2011-2012)
Georgina Dorsett ..... Herself (15 episodes, 2012)
Chris Drake ..... Himself (14 episodes, 2012)
Bobby Norris ..... Himself (14 episodes, 2012)
Nicola Goodger ..... Herself (13 episodes, 2011)
Charlie King ..... Himself (13 episodes, 2012)
Michael Wood ..... Himself (11 episodes, 2010)
Candy Jacobs ..... Herself (11 episodes, 2010)
Tom Pearce ..... Himself (11 episodes, 2012)
Peri Sinclair ..... Herself (9 episodes, 2011-2012)
Lovable Outrageous Loud Ambitious ..... Themselves (8 episodes, 2010)
Lauren Lindsay ..... Herself (8 episodes, 2010)
Amba-Hollie Wood ..... Herself (8 episodes, 2010)
Linzi Peel ..... Herself (7 episodes, 2010)
Paloma Curran ..... Herself (6 episodes, 2011)
Ronnie Derbidge ..... Himself (5 episodes, 2011)
Ricardo Allured ..... Himself (5 episodes, 2012)
Julian Bennett ..... Himself (4 episodes, 2010)
Joan Collins ..... Herself (4 episodes, 2012)
Robby Haynes ..... Himself (3 episodes, 2010)
Nanny Brighton ..... Herself (3 episodes, 2011-2012)
Kurt Evans ..... Himself (3 episodes, 2011)
Leah Wright ..... Herself (3 episodes, 2011)
Danni Park-Dempsey ..... Herself (3 episodes, 2012)
Mario Russo ..... Himself (3 episodes, 2012)
Giorgina Falcone ..... Herself (2 episodes, 2011)
Mark Wright Sr. ..... Himself (2 episodes, 2011)
Madison Sims ..... Herself (2 episodes, 2012)

Synopsis:

Welcome to the world of Essex! A place where being seen without a tan is a crime and the need to look 'Reem' is compulsory: the brighter, the tighter, the better (And that's just Joey Essex). For three series we've watched our favourite characters pout, preen and party their way around Essex as they've fallen in love and out with each other. Mark Wright gave us love triangles and even love squares; Joey Essex gave us the word 'Reem' and Nanny Pat gave us her sausage plait. We've seen miniature Chihuahuas and massive pigs (Mr Darcy), romances and bromances, boob jobs and Botox and of course...vajazzles. Make sure you don't miss a single "Shut uuup" with this brilliant box set, as you relive those magic moments that put Essex on the map.

Series 1 (2010)
Main article: The Only Way Is Essex (series 1)
Series 1 of The Only Way is Essex introduced us to the main characters. There is club promoter Mark Wright, his best friend Arg, his sister girl band member Jessica,on off love Lauren, club owner Kirk his beautician girlfriend Amy her cousin Harry and her best friend Sam. The two central relationships between Mark and Kirk were at the heart of this first series. Kirk and Amy's love started off strong but he was too insecure and excessively jealous to be with her, so she called it off. Kirk later begins a relationship with DJ Lauren Pope, much to Amy's chagrin, and she and Sam try to find love elsewhere. Mark and Lauren have been on/off since they were teenagers and at the start of the programme they are separated with Mark in a relationship with fashion designer Lucy. However, it transpires that Lauren and Mark have secretly been sleeping together behind Lucy's back. When Lauren gets an offer to travel to Dubai on work she is unsure whether to leave Mark or not. It also transpires that Mark and Sam may have had a sexual relationship at some point during Mark's time with Lauren. Elsewhere Arg and his ex-girlfriend Lydia decide to give things another go despite her jealousy of Arg's relationship with Mark. And girl band Lola, which include Mark's sister Jessica, are signed by a record company and start to work on a debut single. Mark opens a club on Halloween. However it burns down soon after and is never talked about again. The climax of the first series is a charity boxing match between Mark and Kirk, which Mark wins. During the match, Lauren and Lucy have a confrontation where Lucy tells Lauren she knows about her and Mark going behind her back and is disgusted by the whole thing. Mark tries to reassure Lucy about their stability of their relationship but when Lauren reveals she is going to Dubai, Mark tries to stop her.

Series 2 (2011)
Main article: The Only Way Is Essex (series 2)
As Mark is still in a casual relationship with Sam, who opens a boutique with her sister Billie in the first episode, however he decides to give things with Lauren another go. When he finds out that Lauren is having her tattoo with his name on it removed he proposes and she accepts. The two spend most of the rest of the series planning their wedding and moving in together despite Lauren's clashes with Jessica, Mark's mother Carol and his grandmother Nanny Pat. Mark also considers several career paths during the series, including opening a glamour model agency but eventually decides return to promoting. Kirk and Lauren Pope briefly split up but while on a date with Lucy he realises how much he misses her and they get back together. Problems in their relationship arise when Kirk clashes with Lauren's best friend Maria and the two end up arguing. Kirk presents Lauren with a key to his place and plans for her to move in but gives her the impression that he doesn't want Maria to visit. Arg and Lydia initially seem to have a strong relationship with plans to move in together which are halted when Arg reveals the he wishes to move into the flat below Mark. Arg also has problems passing his driving test and losing weight and clashes with Lydia's mum Debbie. Cracks start to appear in Lydia and Arg's relationship when Lucy, Billie and Sam reveal that Arg has possibly cheated on her and revelations that Arg had been bragging about a relationship between he and Amy. New characters in series two include Joey Essex a club promoter who aspires to be the new Mark Wright and uses the word 'reem' to describe things that look good. Joey initially pursues Lucy but when she tells him that she doesn't want to date another Mark Wright he goes after Sam instead. The two share a kiss in a swimming pool during Harry's birthday and later start dating although Joey's dating style does leave a little to be desired. Joey also starts promoting a night at Kirk's Sugar Hut which goes down a storm but makes Mark jealous as he feels like he is losing his touch. Joey's model cousin Chloe is also introduced and it seems that Kirk's dad Mick wants to start dating her despite their obvious age gap. Another new character, car saleswoman Gemma, also actively goes after Mick using several tactics to try and ensnare him all of which fail. The series ends with a pool party, organised by Mark, in which all the characters with the exception of Lauren are present. Mick teases Kirk that he is going to present a bottle of champagne to a girl that he is after which Gemma believes to be her but instead turns out to be Lauren's sister Nicola a moment that leaves Gemma in floods of tears. Amy confronts Arg about his lies to Lydia about their supposed relationship and later Arg tries to get Lydia back when he sees her with another man. Lauren arrives at the party to confront Mark about not inviting her and he tells her off for embarrassing him so she pushes him in the pool.

Series 3 (2011)
Main article: The Only Way Is Essex (series 3)
Series three kicks off with the revelations that both Mark and Lauren and Kirk and Lauren Pope have split up with both Laurens now living together. Mark vows to a life of celibacy but soon finds himself tempted when he finds Lucy in her underwear in Jessica's flat. Meanwhile Lucy is now seeing Mario aka Nosey who tells her not to see Mark but after Mark finds out Mario has been badmouthing he tells him that he can get Lucy any time he wants. Arg and Lydia are back together but Lydia's fractured relationship with his best friend Mark is still causing problems for Arg especially when he forced to spend time with Lucy and Mario. During Karoake Night at the Sugar Hut, Mark is seen texting someone with various characters checking their phones it eventually turns out to be Sam. Sam and Mark then embark on a casual relationship which includes dates to a cooking lesson and skiing after Sam and sister Billie are attacked her and Mark begin dating properly and Mark's family invite Sam round to eat with them. This annoys Lauren as she feels Mark's family never accepted her and that Sam has betrayed her. During Chloe's birthday party Mark tries to settle things with Lauren but she angers Sam so much the two get into a argument. The newly single Kirk and Joey begin a bromance calling themselves Team "Jirk". Kirk teaches Joey how to be more domestic after he moves into a new flat and soon the two meet two girls named Cara and Billi. While Joey seems quite taken by Cara, Kirk struggles to get on with Billi and launches into a tirade at both of them when they come to his house to confront them. When Sam is attacked Joey goes to visit her and confesses that he still loves her but she is by this point back with Mark. Kirk also encounters problems at home after his dad Mick starts dating Maria as he never got on with her and he feels that Maria is after her dad's money. After a couple of dates it is revealed that Maria previously worked as an escort and when Mick sees her coming out of a club with another man he ends the relationship and she leaves to go back home to Derby for a while. With Debbie and Lydia warming to Mario it seems that he can't put a foot wrong but then it is revealed that his former girlfriend, card-shop owner Perri, was told by him that he never fancied Lucy and is just dating her for a more prominent role on the show. Lucy gets increasingly paranoid about Mario's activities and tells him that he can have a night off from their relationship he goes off to a club where he gets very pally with the two Laurens. Mario eventually sees the text that Lucy sent to Jessica proving that something happened between her and Mark when Lucy tells Mario she can't remember what happened he leaves her and they break up. After the fight between Lauren and Sam, Mark decides its not fair to the women in his life that he stays around Essex and tells his parents that he is going to move on. In an emotional scene with Arg, Mark says he will miss his best friend but it seems that Arg and Lydia are back on track claiming they will never break-up. Mark makes his final Essex appearance at a Fireworks Night Party in which he tells Lauren that he will always love her but he's not in love with her any more. At the same party Joey and Jessica surprise everyone by kissing on the dancefloor. Lucy gets up to speak in front of everyone and addresses Mario telling him she knows she did wrong but she wants a second chance he tells her that he still loves her and they can work through things. Mark asks Sam if they can have a proper relationship if she leaves with him but she can't see them being anything more than close friends and tells him she doesn't want any more. The series ends with Mark looking around the club at all his friends, foes and family before giving Arg a hug and walking off into the night.

The show is filmed just a few days in advance. Series 1 ran initially for four weeks, airing every Wednesday and Sunday. It is narrated by Denise van Outen, who is from Basildon, Essex. The show has been described by the Daily Mirror as Britain's answer to The Hills and Jersey Shore. Series 2 began on 20 March 2011, once again airing every Wednesday and Sunday, but with longer episodes than Series 1. Series 2 also saw the departure of original cast member Amy Childs. The second series consisted of 14 episodes, ending on 4 May 2011. The show returned for a third series on 25 September 2011 and was the final series to feature two of the original cast members Mark Wright whose departure was seen in the final episode whilst Kirk Norcross departed off screen like Childs. The series ended on 9 November 2011. The second Christmas Special of The Only Way Is Essex aired on 20 December.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 16 July, 2012.

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