The Only Way Is Essex - 'Episode 1'
British iTunes Chart Performance

"Episode 1": Chart Statistics

  • Release date: 10 Oct 2010
  • Chart debut: #58 (07 Dec 2010)
  • Highest Position: #4 (06 Mar 2017)
  • Most recent chart position: #54 (27 Aug 2024)
  • Days on UK TV Episodes Chart: 195

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Detailed Chart Progress for "Episode 1" (The Only Way Is Essex)

UK TV Episodes chart performance history for Episode 1

Year Month Day Position Movement Number 1
2010 Dec 7 Tue 58 new The Vampire Diaries
The Sacrifice
8 Wed 31 up Gossip Girl
The Townie
9 Thu 47 down
10 Fri 32 up The Vampire Diaries
By the Light of the Moon
12 Sun 37 re-entry
14 Tue 83 re-entry
17 Fri 60 re-entry Misfits
Episode 6
2011 Mar 22 Tue 54 re-entry Red Nose Day 2011
Smithy 2011
24 Thu 18 re-entry
25 Fri 23 down
26 Sat 24 down
27 Sun 27 down
28 Mon 23 up
29 Tue 37 down
30 Wed 44 down
31 Thu 80 down
2011 Apr 1 Fri 75 up Grey's Anatomy
Song Beneath the Song
2 Sat 88 down True Blood
Evil Is Going On
4 Mon 81 re-entry
13 Wed 84 re-entry Glee
Blame It On the Alcohol
14 Thu 62 up
15 Fri 58 up The Vampire Diaries
The Last Dance
16 Sat 51 up
17 Sun 47 up
18 Mon 87 down
19 Tue 73 up Glee
Sexy
22 Fri 97 re-entry House
The Dig
24 Sun 51 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Klaus
25 Mon 58 down
27 Wed 97 re-entry Gossip Girl
Petty In Pink
2011 May 3 Tue 95 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Last Day
5 Thu 39 re-entry
6 Fri 58 down Grey's Anatomy
White Wedding
7 Sat 46 up The Vampire Diaries
The Sun Also Rises
8 Sun 44 up
9 Mon 57 down
10 Tue 70 down Glee
Born This Way
11 Wed 54 up Gossip Girl
Shattered Bass
12 Thu 47 up
13 Fri 50 down Grey's Anatomy
I Will Survive
14 Sat 81 down The Vampire Diaries
As I Lay Dying
16 Mon 87 re-entry
17 Tue 57 up Gossip Girl
The Wrong Goodbye
18 Wed 63 down
23 Mon 61 re-entry Family Guy
And Then There Were Fewer
24 Tue 55 up Glee
Prom Queen
25 Wed 61 down
26 Thu 61 no-move Family Guy
And Then There Were Fewer
2011 Sep 25 Sun 99 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
The Hybrid
26 Mon 85 up Downton Abbey
Series 2, Episode 2
27 Tue 12 up Gossip Girl
Yes, Then Zero
28 Wed 11 up
29 Thu 13 down
30 Fri 17 down The Vampire Diaries
The End of the Affair
2011 Oct 1 Sat 15 up
2 Sun 17 down
3 Mon 21 down Downton Abbey
Series 2, Episode 3
4 Tue 26 down Gossip Girl
Beauty and the Feast
5 Wed 35 down
6 Thu 49 down
7 Fri 68 down The Vampire Diaries
Disturbing Behavior
8 Sat 45 up
9 Sun 48 down
2012 Feb 11 Sat 95 re-entry Geordie Shore
202
12 Sun 81 up
13 Mon 56 up The Vampire Diaries
Dangerous Liasons
14 Tue 80 down
2012 Apr 24 Tue 56 re-entry The Vampire Diaries
Heart of Darkness
25 Wed 45 up
26 Thu 49 down Gossip Girl
Despicable B
27 Fri 60 down The Vampire Diaries
Do Not Go Gentle
28 Sat 66 down
29 Sun 55 up
30 Mon 60 down
2012 Jul 27 Fri 24 re-entry Geordie Shore
305
28 Sat 9 up
29 Sun 6 up
30 Mon 8 down
31 Tue 12 down
2012 Aug 1 Wed 13 down Geordie Shore
306
2 Thu 13 no-move
3 Fri 19 down
4 Sat 20 down
5 Sun 15 up
6 Mon 27 down
7 Tue 38 down
8 Wed 38 no-move Geordie Shore
307
10 Fri 50 re-entry
11 Sat 87 down
14 Tue 84 re-entry
2012 Oct 8 Mon 55 re-entry Downton Abbey
Episode 4
9 Tue 24 up Homeland
The Smile
10 Wed 30 down The Valleys
103
11 Thu 39 down
12 Fri 37 up
13 Sat 48 down Homeland
The Smile
14 Sun 54 down
16 Tue 60 down Downton Abbey
Episode 5
17 Wed 88 down The Valleys
104
18 Thu 74 up
19 Fri 95 down
2013 Mar 7 Thu 52 re-entry Geordie Shore
503
8 Fri 37 up
9 Sat 39 down
10 Sun 23 up
11 Mon 34 down
12 Tue 41 down
13 Wed 74 down Geordie Shore
504
2014 Feb 25 Tue 9 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
2 Birthdays & a Yard Sale
26 Wed 7 up The Valleys
301
27 Thu 9 down
28 Fri 11 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
2 Birthdays & a Yard Sale
2014 Mar 1 Sat 22 down
2 Sun 18 up
3 Mon 16 up
4 Tue 21 down Castle
In the Belly of the Beast
5 Wed 26 down The Valleys
302
6 Thu 21 up
7 Fri 38 down
8 Sat 57 down Suits
The Other Time
10 Mon 93 re-entry
2015 Feb 24 Tue 34 re-entry Broadchurch
Episode 8
25 Wed 11 up Ex On The Beach
205
26 Thu 9 up
27 Fri 14 down
28 Sat 19 down
2015 Mar 1 Sun 29 down Better Call Saul
Hero
2 Mon 22 up Suits
We're Done
3 Tue 33 down Better Call Saul
Uno
4 Wed 55 down Ex On The Beach
206
5 Thu 82 down
2016 Feb 29 Mon 9 re-entry The Night Manager
Episode 2
2016 Mar 1 Tue 7 up The Walking Dead
Knots Untie
2 Wed 11 down Ex On The Beach
407
3 Thu 18 down
4 Fri 25 down
5 Sat 43 down
6 Sun 39 up The Night Manager
Episode 1
7 Mon 52 down The Night Manager
Episode 3
8 Tue 49 up The Walking Dead
Not Tomorrow Yet
9 Wed 88 down Ex On The Beach
408
10 Thu 75 up
11 Fri 79 down
2017 Jan 4 Wed 75 re-entry Sherlock
The Six Thatchers
2017 Mar 6 Mon 4 re-entry Homeland
The Return
7 Tue 6 down The Walking Dead
Say Yes
8 Wed 9 down Ex On The Beach
Episode 8
9 Thu 16 down
10 Fri 14 up
11 Sat 18 down Broadchurch
Episode 2
12 Sun 33 down
13 Mon 28 up
14 Tue 34 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Time to Dash
15 Wed 40 down Ex On The Beach
Episode 9
16 Thu 29 up
17 Fri 56 down
20 Mon 59 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Time to Dash
25 Sat 79 re-entry Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Paris
2019 Sep 2 Mon 7 re-entry The Handmaid's Tale
Mayday
3 Tue 8 down
4 Wed 15 down A Confession
Episode 1
5 Thu 27 down
6 Fri 61 down
7 Sat 92 down
9 Mon 34 re-entry Peaky Blinders
The Loop
10 Tue 41 down Keeping Up With the Kardashians
Birthdays and Bad News, Pt. 1
14 Mon 5 re-entry The Singapore Grip
Singapore for Beginners
15 Tue 4 up
16 Wed 7 down All Creatures Great and Small
Andante
17 Thu 12 down
18 Fri 47 down The Singapore Grip
Singapore for Beginners
19 Sat 62 down
20 Sun 28 up
23 Wed 67 re-entry All Creatures Great and Small
A Tricki Case
27 Sun 98 re-entry
29 Tue 85 re-entry Honour
Episode 1
30 Wed 67 up All Creatures Great and Small
All's Fair
2020 Oct 1 Thu 78 down
5 Mon 77 re-entry All Creatures Great and Small
You've Got to Dream
23 Fri 89 re-entry Roadkill
Episode 1
2021 Mar 18 Thu 28 re-entry Grace
Dead Simple
19 Fri 55 down
20 Sat 37 up
22 Mon 47 re-entry Line of Duty
Episode 1
30 Tue 53 re-entry Line of Duty
Episode 2
2021 Sep 14 Tue 84 re-entry Vigil
Episode 4
2022 Aug 25 Thu 15 no-move Marriage
Episode 1
25 Thu 15 no-move
25 Thu 15 no-move
28 Sun 36 down Shetland
Episode 1
28 Sun 43 no-move Yellowstone
Daybreak
2022 Sep 24 Sat 54 no-move Rick and Morty
Bethic Twinstinct
2023 Mar 27 Mon 43 re-entry The Last of Us
When You're Lost in the Darkness
2024 Apr 22 Mon 42 re-entry TED
Just Say Yes Part 1
2024 Aug 27 Tue 54 re-entry The Twilight Zone
A Small Town

Episode Synopsis: Episode 1

brand new real-life soap following a cast of real essex characters as they go about their lives this ten-part programme focuses on the ultra-glamorous side of essex with nail bars nightclubs and tanning salons acting as backdrops to the action...

...series is filmed close to transmission and the cast members can watch the show while shooting continues - which means that each episode features the fallout from the previous one there will also be daily updates online mark a club promoter and serial womaniser plays the field while claiming to be in love with on-off girlfriend lauren jordan lookalike amy is looking for mr right and hoping to win a lucrative underwear modelling contract club owner kirk is trying to figure out how to win amy's heart while feisty jessica is part of a girl band and dreams of making it to the top finally candy and michael work behind the bar of kirk's club and they always have their ears to the ground for the latest gossip

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