| The Apprentice: You're Fired! | |
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| Also known as | You're Fired |
| Genre | Reality game show |
| Created by | Mark Burnett |
| Presented by | |
| Starring | Romesh Ranganathan |
| Theme music composer | Dru Masters |
| Opening theme | "Dance of the Knights" by Prokofiev |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 13 |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Riverside Studios |
| Running time | 30–60 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Three |
| Release | 22 February – 5 October 2006 |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 28 March 2007 – present |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 26 March 2008 – present |
| Related | |
| The Apprentice | |
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The Apprentice: You're Fired is a companion discussion programme, aired alongside The Apprentice since 2006, created by Mark Burnett for the BBC. The programme, initially shown on BBC Three before moving to BBC Two in 2007, focuses on interviews between the host and panel of guests, with a prominent candidate from the latest episode of the main programme that had been broadcast, often mixing general discussion, expert opinion and interviews, with highlight clips (unedited and edited) and small sketches designed for comedic effect.[1] The programme is currently hosted by Tom Allen since 2019;[2] over the course of its broadcast history, it has been hosted by Adrian Chiles, Dara Ó Briain,[3] Jack Dee,[4] and Rhod Gilbert.[5]
...You're Fired operates on a similar format to that of companion discussion programmes Big Brother's Little Brother and Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, although differs in that candidates interviewed on the programme are given gifts, while the final episode of each series, dubbed The Apprentice: You're Hired, coincides 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.[6] Since 2008, You're Hired is aired as part of two-hour crossover finale special with The Apprentice.
- ^ "BBC One - Winter/Spring 2007" (PDF). BBC Press Office. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
- ^ Joe Anderton (12 August 2019). "The Apprentice: You're Fired replaces Rhod Gilbert as host". Digital Spy. Hearst UK.
- ^ Susannah Alexander (10 January 2015). "Dara Ó Briain quits as host of The Apprentice spinoff You're Fired". Digital Spy.
- ^ "Comedians Jack Dee and Romesh Ranganathan join You're Fired". The Apprentice: You're Fired. BBC Two. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ Emma Daly (16 September 2016). "Rhod Gilbert to host The Apprentice spin-off You're Fired". Radio Times. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Neil Wilkes (22 April 2005). "BBC sets date for 'Apprentice' finale". Digital Spy.