<P> On 28 February 2017, with the announcement of the cast for the show's twentieth series it was confirmed that instead of the usual three series per year, ITVBe would only be airing two series, but with more episodes . </P> <P> On 21 December 2017, it was announced that a further two series had been commissioned for 2018 . It was also confirmed that the series will only air once a week unlike past series which aired twice a week . It was also announced that episode running times would be increased from 50 minutes to 60 minutes . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Series </Th> <Th> Number of Episodes </Th> <Th> Average viewers </Th> <Th> Channel </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Series 1 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 977,000 </Td> <Td> ITV2 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2011 </Td> <Td> Series 2 </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 1,466,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 3 </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 1,772,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2012 </Td> <Td> Series 4 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 1,518,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 5 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 1,576,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 6 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 1,267,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 7 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 1,441,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Series 8 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 1,379,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 9 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 1,386,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 10 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 1,379,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> Series 11 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 1,491,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 12 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 1,581,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 13 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 1,092,000 </Td> <Td> ITVBe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 </Td> <Td> Series 14 </Td> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> 992,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 15 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 910,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 16 </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 1,069,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Series 17 </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 1,123,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 18 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 1,056,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 19 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 1,044,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Series 20 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 1,047,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Series 21 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> 898,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2018 </Td> <Td> Series 22 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 996,000 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Series </Th> <Th> Number of Episodes </Th> <Th> Average viewers </Th> <Th> Channel </Th> </Tr>

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