This is a dreadful structured reality show about a large group of young adults who live in and around Brentwood, Essex. The participants are a bunch of stupid narcissists who have a ridiculous lack of general knowledge. None of them are likable, interesting or entertaining.When I contact people in other parts of the UK, a substantial number of them have asked me if I'm like the people in TOWIE. It's an anti-advert for Essex, worsening the county's already bad reputation.

I only recently watched this show and I found it very sad.I never usually view shows of this genre but being an Englishmen living abroad I tend to give anything British a chance.An earlier review states that the characters in the show were "a good bunch" and that negative comments on the show were likely due to the fact that the persons responsible for such comments were in fact envious of said characters and their lifestyles.I can not fathom how anyone feeling negatively towards the base personality of another would envy that person but maybe that's just because I think logically.The characters are far removed from being worthy of envy,they are narcissistic and intellectually redundant,I suppose that one could covet their apparent wealth but having money does not reflect having sense,It seems that the time taken to make this show and the subsequent time taken watching it has been nothing but a waste of history.It does not surprise me that the show gained some relative success,there are plenty of half-wits out there in this increasingly shallow society we suffer, and this excuse for entertainment is a sign of the times.

I'll keep this short and sweet - Don't put yourself through the utter mental torture of watching this crap. Apparently, this is REALITY TV? It's ridiculously bad. You can literally feel your brain cells dying as you watch it. This fits into the same category as Geordie Shore, The Valleys, The Hills, Jersey Shore etc. Just utter rubbish TV. A gang of plastic actors, who've got about as much personality as a drawing pin, yet are paid God knows how much to appear on these shows and make a complete fool of themselves. TV seems to be dying out, and programmes like this are the exact reason why. I've got a really bad feeling that more of these "shows" are gonna appear on our screens very soon too. God help us all.

Never thought I'd waste my time watching rubbish like this,but after having taken a look at "Jersey Shore" and seeing how bad it was I thought there could be nothing worse than that!I was wrong.A friend mentioned it can get worse and told me about this show.The Only Way is Essex has got to be the most retarded TV series ever made and that is why you gotta take a look if only for five minutes and then never go back.I don't know why MTV waste their time,but I suppose if you can't be the best you might as well be the worst!Its obviously their angle in television.There is one thing they got right?Everyones a moron!