Made In Chelsea’s 19th season is set to return on March 23 – and a brand new trailer has been released to get fans in the mood.
And notably, following MailOnline’s exclusive announcement that veteran cast members Binky Felstead and Ollie Locke are returning to the fold, the pair are front and centre in the new teaser.
Featuring the show’s longest-standing cast members alongside Ollie and Binky, the stars are asked to define Made In Chelsea.
First look: Made In Chelsea’s 19th season is set to return on March 23 – and a brand new trailer has been released to get fans in the mood
‘Too real for comfort!’ says Sophie Hermann, as Mark Francis Vandelli simply utters: ‘Vulgar, vulgar, vulgar!’
‘We’re older, we’re a bit wiser I think,’ muses Binky, to which Ollie replies: ‘Are you wiser?’
She replies, in true Binky style: ‘I’m never going to be a scientist or a mathemagician. Is that how you say it?’
‘No, it’s mathematician!’ Ollie corrects her.
Front and centre: Binky Felstead and Ollie Locke are returning to the fold
What is MIC? Featuring the show’s longest-standing cast members alongside Ollie and Binky, the stars are asked to define Made In Chelsea
She speaks ze truth! ‘Too real for comfort!’ says Sophie Hermann
‘This is our lives,’ Binky goes on. ‘The future is really, really exciting.’
Jamie Laing then says to Alex Mytton and Sam Thompson: ‘Don’t laugh. I’m a really good friend!’
At which the pair laugh.
Olivia Bentley rounds off the trailer with: ‘It’s my life. It’s everything.’
Pearls of wisdom! ‘We’re older, we’re a bit wiser I think,’ muses Binky
To which Ollie replies: ‘Are you wiser?’
Mark Francis Vandelli simply utters: ‘Vulgar, vulgar, vulgar!’
The new season will also see the return of Binky’s mother Jane, along with Ollie’s fiancé Gareth.
The foursome have all been absent from the structured reality series in recent seasons.
The show will pick up with Ollie and Binky returning for a catch-up dinner.
Ollie gets emotional as he tells the group about his recent romance and surprise engagement to long-time friend Gareth.
She replies, in true Binky style: ‘I’m never going to be a scientist or a mathemagician. Is that how you say it?’ ‘No, it’s mathematician!’ Ollie corrects her
OG star: Fredrik Ferrier is back, in one of his famous turtlenecks
Will they/Won’t they? The lines of friendship have become blurred for flatmates Miles Nazaire and Emily Blackwell
Elsewhere, Jamie and Sophie ‘Habbs’ Habboo are back on track after their dramatic reconciliation in Buenos Aires – and are off to view a plush potential pad together.
Zara McDermott is also in the mood for interior design, suggesting dramatic changes to Sam’s house and hinting she’s keen to cement their relationship.
But trouble is looming when skittish Sam confides in Harry Baron that he’s not ready to take the next step.
Jamie Laing then says to Alex Mytton and Sam Thompson: ‘Don’t laugh. I’m a really good friend!’ At which the pair laugh
She’s back home: ‘This is our lives,’ Binky goes on. ‘The future is really, really exciting.’
Olivia Bentley rounds off the trailer with: ‘It’s my life. It’s everything’
Meanwhile the lines of friendship have become blurred for flatmates Miles Nazaire and Emily Blackwell.
But with Miles suddenly dating someone new and an admirer about to reveal himself to Emily, will the flatmates ever become bed mates? Or is an impending Chelsea love triangle on the horizon.
Made in Chelsea series 19 will officially kick off on Monday 23rd March at 9PM on E4.
Ollie and Gareth will be planning their upcoming wedding, with Binky heavily involved as Ollie’s best friend.
They’ll be reunited with other longstanding cast members who still appear on the show, such as Liv Bentley, Sophie Hermann, Sam Thompson, Fredrik Ferrier, Jamie Laing, Mark-Francis Vandelli and Alex Mytton.
MIC faves Louise Thompson and fiancé Ryan Libbey also feature, having made appearances during the last series after some time off-screen.
Ollie said of returning: ‘I couldn’t be happier to be back home in Chelsea and even more special to be alongside my Binky.
‘It’s the start of a new adventure as Gareth and I plan our wedding and I’m so excited everyone has the opportunity to watch the process. I can’t wait to see where this year takes us!’
Glam Gran! Binky’s beloved mother and fan-favourite Jane will also be returning
Here come the grooms: Ollie’s fiancé Gareth will also be joining the cast
Binky added: ‘I’m so excited to be back with my Made in Chelsea family. It feels like I’ve come home!
‘To be coming back with my best friend, Ollie and his fiancé Gareth as we navigate the next stage of our lives is so exciting and I can’t wait for everyone to watch what we get up to this year.’
Binky, 29, and Ollie, 32, were part of the original cast of the show when it premiered in 2011, while Jane, Binky’s beloved mother, joined the cast from season two, dropping in and out and giving sage words of wisdom.
Since leaving the show, Ollie has released a book and pursued a career in acting, landing a starring role in recently-released movie Greed, alongside Steven Coogan and Isla Fisher.
Ollie will still be working on acting roles alongside filming Made In Chelsea.
The OGs: Binky, 29, and Ollie, 32, were part of the original cast of the show when it premiered in 2011
Stalwart: Binky was one of the only original cast members to feature consistently for most of the run, from season one through to MIC:Ibiza in 2017
He quit the show originally after its fifth season in 2013, returning again in 2015 during the summer series MIC:LA.
He then stuck round until season 13 ended, returned again for seasons 15 and 16 and has sat the last year or so of the show out.
Binky was one of the only original cast members to feature consistently for most of the run, from season one through to MIC:Ibiza in 2017. She then made a surprise one-off appearance in season 16, the following year.
In and out: Ollie was first to quit the show after its fifth season in 2013, returning again in 2015 during the summer series MIC:LA. He then stuck round until season 13 ended, returned again for seasons 15 and 16 and has sat the last year or so of the show out
Pearls of wisdom: Jane joined the cast from season two, dropping in and out and giving sage advice to the twenty-something cast
Binky left the show to have India, with fellow cast member Josh ‘JP’ Patterson, who also left at the same time. Following her daughter, Jane also quit the series.
Ollie introduced his fiancé Gareth on the show after they got engaged in 2018, but he only appeared briefly and did not join as a regular, uninterested at the time in being on TV.
Ollie took to Instagram on Thursday and shared his thoughts on his and Binky’s big return in a cute video with his pal.
He captioned this: ‘A PRETTY HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT… WE ARE BACK!!! Me and Binky are back filming together on MADE IN CHELSEA!!
Close-knit: Binky’s daughter India, two, won’t make an appearance, having only featured briefly on an episode via FaceTime in 2017 with her parents, when the rest of the cast were in Ibiza
‘Whist I have been acting and Binky has been busy being an amazing mummy and running her businesses we’ve managed to film some of the funniest, joyous and most heartfelt moments we have ever put on camera.
‘Our friendship is exactly the same but we are now a bit older… Oh and this time there is a wedding to plan!! Xx’
Binky followed suit, adding: ‘… well you asked for it!! #madeinchelsea’