Comic Relief Does The Apprentice
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| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Mark Burnett |
| Starring | Alan Sugar |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 4 (as of 13 March 2009) |
| Production company(s) |
talkbackTHAMES Mark Burnett Productions |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 15 March 2007 – 13 March 2009 |
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| Related shows |
The Apprentice Comic Relief |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Comic Relief Does The Apprentice is a special celebrity version of British reality television series The Apprentice, produced to raise money for Comic Relief. The first edition aired in March 2007, and the second in March 2009. Five male celebrities and five female celebrities took part in the show to complete a designated task. The task in the 2007 edition was to run a funfair. The show first aired on BBC One at 2100 GMT on 15 March 2007 and concluded on 16 March 2007 during the main Comic Relief programme. The first episode of the show received strong viewing figures of 6.72 million. It became the fifth most watched programme on BBC One that week. The show returned on 12 March 2009 for the Comic Relief 2009 event, where the woman's team triumphed. This would prove to be the final charity Apprentice series, in part because of the time needed each year to film the newly commissioned Junior Apprentice series.
Just weeks before the show aired in early 2007, it was spoofed in the television programme Kombat Opera Presents The Applicants.
The celebrities who were contestants on the programme are listed below.
Comic Relief Does The Apprentice
(Resigned after one day - replaced by first Apprentice winner Tim Campbell)
The women won in the categories "ticket sales" and "food and drinks", as well as claiming the overall win in terms of total money raised, while the men managed to pull off a victory in the "rides" category. Together, the teams raised over a million pounds for charity.
Everett walked off the show during filming on the first day, as he was uncomfortable with the Big Brother style experience. He was replaced by the first UK Apprentice Tim Campbell. Radio host Chris Moyles was asked to appear as a contestant, but declined the offer.
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