Sam Faiers: 'TOWIE could go on for 40 years'

Sam Faiers: 'TOWIE could go on for 40 years'
Sam Faiers: 'TOWIE could go on for 40 years' (Image credit: PA Archive/Press Association Ima)

The Only Way Is Essex's Billie Faiers reckons the reality TV series could go on 'for the next 40 years'. The busty blonde, whose sister Samantha also stars in the ITV2 hit, said there was no danger of the show running out of steam. "From what I see and hear day-to-day, nobody is even a tiny bit bored of TOWIE. I suppose if in five years there's no demand for it, then it will stop, but right now nobody is even thinking like that," she said. "It keeps evolving season on season and I think it could run for the next 40 years like some soaps have." Billie - whose New Year's resolution is to 'keep working hard' - said she'd learnt a lot since joining the cast of the show. "I've learnt that there can be a lot of jealousy out there, but there's also a lot of lovely people too. I've grown up a lot since appearing on the show, but on the whole it's been a very positive experience," she added. And the star said she plans to return for the fourth series of the show. "I intend on doing so, I love TOWIE so I'm not planning on going anywhere anytime soon," she revealed. Billie is supporting Cancer Research UK's SunSmart R UV UGLY? campaign, which is offering free skin assessments at all UK skin clinics. To book call 0800 822 3037 quoting R UV UGLY? or text R UV UGLY? to 63757 (standard rates apply).

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.