Tonight's series finale will see the Brentwood wonder get down on one bronzed knee during a holiday to Dubai

BBC4’s The Joy of Essex is an oblique exercise in reclamation, in redressing the balance, in wresting Essex from the grasp of mahogany pec buffers

From the heartland of Essex to the DOI skaing rink - here's everything you need to know about the perma-tanned ex-Towie super-reality-star

Britain's structured reality TV series are affecting their local housing markets - and not in a good way

Could TOWIE Live have been a nail in the coffin for the structured reality series, asks Susanna Lazarus

The Essex lads and lasses are being set free in front of the camera for a live, festive special this December... surely this can only mean trouble?

Sunday repeat deemed to break rules in place to protect children against watching unsuitable material, says media watchdog

ITV announce the 25-year-old's departure from the reality soap, leaving Sam Faiers and Jessica Wright as the only original cast members

As TOWIE returns to ITV2 for a sixth run, here's our whistle-stop tour of last season's Essex hotspots

The cross-dressing cagefighter follows in the footsteps of Jessica Wright, Peter Andre and Nadia and Chanelle off of Big Brother...

Former TOWIE stars will hand out the audience-nominated honour at the Bafta TV awards in May

ITV2's structured reality behemoth continues to attract big numbers, and helps the channel to a record ratings evening

E4's structured reality show may not be a TV ratings monster, but it certainly knows how to make a noise on the social network

Brian Belo says he developed the structured reality show Totally Essex before TOWIE first aired

A new twice-weekly internet series will keep fans up to date when the main ITV2 show is off air

The former TOWIE star criticises the latest series of the structured reality show for being structured

Lauren's Way beauty parlour petrol-bombed just 24 hours after opening

ITV2 show loses viewers on TV but explodes back on the social network for series four

Do you know your vajazzle from your reem? Here's a guide to some of the terms used in ITV2's TOWIE...

The RadioTimes.com team nominate their pet peeves - tell us yours

Could an ex-footballer and Joey Essex's best friend be included in the upcoming structured reality fest?

Will a structured reality audience stick with the show as the biggest names continue to leave Essex?

“New projects” beckon for TOWIE stars as they announce departures via Twitter

Can another star of The Only Way Is Essex make a successful leap over to Channel 5?

See shots of the gang's excursion from Essex to the wintry tundra of the frozen north

The Essex boy's jungle exploits pay off as Wright's signed up to present Take Me Out: The Gossip

The countdown begins: the first ten in our pick of the best programmes shown in 2011

TOWIE is the third most discussed topic among Facebook's UK users in 2011

McFly versus The Only Way Is Essex draws a crowd on ITV1

A cover of Wham's Last Christmas is the TOWIE crew's bid for the festive number one

The man who beat Simon Cowell to the top spot with Rage against the Machine in 2009 assesses this year's contenders

Reality star says “I’d love to go back one day” as her Channel 5 solo show launches

Joey Essex wants to take the lucky ladies for a memorable night out...

Is the ITV2 TOWIE star heading for the jungle?

The Essex gang become an on-demand hit stateside

The Life of Brian controversy reimagined attracts a good crowd

Has our "two screen habit" begun to change the way modern television is made?

Record-breaking numbers for TOWIE as the reality show continues to grow

As another autumn brings a new raft of reality ratings-bait, we ask how television developed to this stage

The show's creator on the new crop of "constructed reality" programmes

Success for the Arthur Conan Doyle reboot and ITV2's reality soap

Step aside, The Only Way Is Essex - there's a new reality show in town...

Stephen Brook explains why ITV2's show could be the future of reality TV