The Celebrity Apprentice (British TV series)
| The Celebrity Apprentice | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Comic Relief Does The Apprentice for Comic Relief Sport Relief Does The Apprentice The Celebrity Apprentice for Comic Relief |
| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | Mark Burnett |
| Starring | Alan Sugar |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes 30 minutes (2019, "The Boardroom") |
| Production companies | talkbackTHAMES Mark Burnett Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 15 March 2007 – 13 March 2009 |
| Release | 7 March – 8 March 2019 |
| Release | 29 December 2025 – present |
| Related | |
| The Apprentice Comic Relief | |
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The Celebrity Apprentice (also known as Comic Relief Does The Apprentice, Sport Relief Does The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice for Comic Relief) is a special celebrity version of British reality television series The Apprentice, initially produced to raise money for Comic Relief.
Each of the specials involves two teams of celebrities competing in a single Apprentice task. The first edition aired in March 2007. In 2008, the same format was broadcast under the title Sport Relief Does The Apprentice. Further editions in aid of Comic Relief were aired in 2009 and 2019. The Celebrity Apprentice was first aired in December 2025 as a Christmas special with a full series set to debut in 2026.
Prior to the show airing in 2007, it was spoofed in the television programme Kombat Opera Presents The Applicants.