GEMMA ATKINSON and Gorka Marquez have been delivered a devastating blow as their reality show has been axed.
Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind The Lens followed the couple’s lives as they juggled their busy work commitments with family life.
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But unfortunately, The Sun can reveal that the couple’s fly-on-the wall show has now been shelved after just two series.
The programme had aired on the channel U&W, which is part of the UKTV family.
Confirming the news, a UKTV spokesperson said: “It’s been a privilege to make two series of Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind the Lens with Two Rivers Media.
“Gemma and Gorka are both very busy with other projects at the moment, so at this time, there are no current plans for another series, but we look forward to working with them again soon.”
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Gemma, 40, found fame on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks before moving to ITV soap Emmerdale. She is now the drive time host on Hits Radio.
She met professional dancer Gorka, 34, when appearing on the 2017 series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Gemma did not dance with Gorka, as she was partnered with Aljaz Skorjanec on the show, however the pair hit it off backstage.
The couple welcomed their first child into the world, daughter Mia, in July 2019. They got engaged two years later.
Gemma and Gorka landed their reality series in August 2023 and fans were they could “follow the unfiltered lives of actress and radio presenter Gemma Atkinson and professional dancer Gorka Marquez”.
The first series only featured three episodes and Gemma was pregnant with their son Thiago when they filmed them.
Fans were treated to scenes of the couple juggling work – including Gorka’s dance tour – around their preparations for baby number two.
Gemma even let the cameras into her baby shower before the series ended with Thiago’s arrival.
Following the show’s success, the couple returned for a second series of Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind The Lens last year.
At the time, they said: “We’re excited to be back on your screens for our second series.
“The messages we received, and are still receiving from the first series, have blown us away. We’re glad so many families can relate to ours and the crazy, wonderful, and exhausting world of parenthood!”
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The second series premiered in May 2024 and it showed the adjustment to becoming a family of four.
In November, Gemma was asked whether she thought Life Behind The Lens could return for a third series.
Speaking at the Pride Of Britain Awards, she told Express.co.uk : “Potentially, yeah.”
“We’re currently in talks to do it but we keep thinking why do people want to keep watching us doing nothing.
“But it did really well, it was like the biggest show on their channel so possibly.”
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