The Apprentice: You're Fired!
| The Apprentice: You're Fired! | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | You're Fired! |
| Genre | Reality game show |
| Created by | Mark Burnett |
| Presented by |
Adrian Chiles Dara Ó Briain Jack Dee Rhod Gilbert |
| Starring | Romesh Ranganathan |
| Theme music composer | Dru Masters |
| Opening theme | "Dance of the Knights" by Prokofiev |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30–60 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Talkback Thames and Mark Burnett Productions (2006–11) Boundless and Mark Burnett Productions (2012–13) Boundless and United Artists Media Group (2014–) |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC Two (2007–present) BBC Three (2006) BBC One (2008–present: You're Hired) |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 22 February 2006 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Apprentice |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Apprentice: You're Fired! (sometimes named You're Fired!), is a comedy companion discussion programme that is broadcast alongside the current run of reality TV hit The Apprentice. The programme was commissioned by the BBC, after they commissioned a second series of the main programme, with the initial series airing on BBC Three in 2006, with subsequent episodes broadcast on BBC Two since 2007. Each series consists of 12 episodes, with its format is similar to that of Big Brother's Little Brother and Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, in that following each episode of The Apprentice, You're Fired! interviews the fired candidate over their performance on the show. When the final episode of each series is broadcast, it is renamed as The Apprentice: You're Hired!, and involves interviews with both the winner and the runner-up of the show, along with Lord Sugar himself, and a reunion with all of the former candidates; since 2008, You're Hired has been aired on BBC One, as part of the main programme's final episodes.
The programme is hosted by Rhod Gilbert, but has been previously hosted by Adrian Chiles (2005-2009), Dara Ó Briain (2010-2014), and Jack Dee (2015), with Romesh Ranganathan being part of its tenth series as a regular panellist.
Following the decision by the BBC to commission a second series of The Apprentice, plans were made by the broadcaster for spin-off to run alongside the programme, who made an announcement on 10 December 2005 that they were working on setting up a companion discussion show under the subtitle of You're Fired! With the programme effectively confirmed to be in the works, Adrian Chiles was brought in to become its host during its first run on BBC Three, alongside the second series of the main programme, beginning right after its first episode on 22 February 2006. After the spin-off's first series, the BBC decided to move it to BBC Two, after making the broadcaster decided to move The Apprentice to BBC One so it could be aired to a mainstream audience. Chiles remained as its host until the end of its fourth series, when he decided to leave the BBC upon signing a deal with ITV. Following his departure from You're Fired!, the broadcaster unveiled Dara Ó Briain as his replacement, whose first tenure as host was in the show's fifth series, remaining in this role until the ninth series until leaving the programme to focus upon a comedy he was planning.
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