The Apprentice returns to BBC One at 9pm on Wednesday 3 October.
Comedian Rhod Gilbert returns to host The Apprentice: You’re Fired, an aftershow airing at 10pm on BBC Two; two special episodes, The Final Five and Why I Fired Them, will also air.
The series will be upping the ante more than ever this year, as Lord Sugar’s first challenge will immediately send candidates abroad, to Malta, with a strong warning: “Remember, this is NOT a holiday”.
Lord Sugar will once more be joined by aides Karren Brady and Claude Littner, as 16 brave souls enter the boardroom in the hope of securing the tycoon’s £250,000 investment.