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The first season of The Only Way is Essex on BBC Entertainment (DStv 120) will conclude with a special Christmas episode, "The Only Way is Essexmas" on Thursday, 26 July at 20:30 (South African time) but the second season of the hilarious British reality show will start and continue straight after from Thursday, 2 July at 20:30.
In next week's The Only Way is Essex Christmas special, Mark, Amy, Kirk, Sam and the rest of the orange coloured gang enjoy Christmas together, but of course it comes with a whole lot of drama.
The second season of The Only Way is Essex starts on 2 August at 20:30 with 14 episodes.
