Life in FOCUS

GORKA MÁRQUEZ and GEMMA ATKINSON on inviting the cameras back into their world

- HANNAH DAVIES

GEMMA AND GORKA: LIFE BEHIND THE LENS HOLIDAY MONDAY, 8PM, W REALITY

Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Márquez are excited to be welcoming viewers back into their Manchester home as their popular W docuseries returns for a second outing. The new six-part run of Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind the Lens will chart how the celebrity couple is adjusting to now being a family of four, giving an unfiltered glimpse into how they juggle busy work diaries with looking after daughter Mia, four, and nine-month-old son Thiago.

TV Times caught up with actor and radio presenter Gemma, 39, and Spanish professional dancer Gorka, 33, to find out more…

Why did you decide to invite cameras into your home again? 

GORKA After the first series [which aired last year], everybody said how nice it was to see how normal our day-to-day lives are. As we’re in the public eye, people think we have servants! But we cook and do the laundry like everybody else. It’s nice for people to see that we’re just a normal family.