The Apprentice: You're Fired!

The Apprentice: You're Fired!
Also known asYou're Fired
GenreReality game show
Created byMark Burnett
Presented by
StarringRomesh Ranganathan
Theme music composerDru Masters
Opening theme"Dance of the Knights" by Prokofiev
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series19
No. of episodes220
Production
Production locationRiverside Studios
Running time30–60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC Three
Release22 February (2006-02-22) –
5 October 2006 (2006-10-05)
NetworkBBC Two
Release28 March 2007 (2007-03-28) –
10 April 2025 (2025-04-10)
NetworkBBC One
Release26 March 2008 (2008-03-26) –
17 April 2025 (2025-04-17)
Related
The Apprentice
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The Apprentice: You're Fired! was a companion discussion programme, created by Mark Burnett for the BBC, and aired alongside The Apprentice since 2006. Initially shown on BBC Three before moving to BBC Two in 2007, the programme focused on interviews between the host, a panel of guests, and candidate(s) from the latest episode of the main programme that had been broadcast who were mainly fired, with discussions amongst the group often mixing general discussion, expert opinion and interviews, with highlight clips (unedited and edited) and small sketches designed for comedic effect. Over the course of its broadcast history, it has been hosted by Adrian Chiles, Dara Ó Briain, Jack Dee, Rhod Gilbert, and Tom Allen.

The programme operated on a similar format to that of companion discussion programmes Big Brother's Little Brother and Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, although differed in that candidates interviewed on the programme were given gifts, while the final episode of each series, on occasion dubbed The Apprentice: You're Hired, coinciding with the final episode of The Apprentice and features interviews with the runner-up and winner, alongside Lord Sugar himself, a reunion of former candidates, and highlights from that year's competition. From 2008, the episode aired as part of two-hour crossover finale special with The Apprentice.

The series came to its conclusion on 17 April 2025 after running for 18 series. In 2026, the BBC announced a new companion show for The Apprentice, called The Apprentice: Unfinished Business, which would be presented by Angela Scanlon and operate under a different format.