The show that built President Donald Trump ‘s TV persona is finally getting a full celebrity version in the UK.

Lord Alan Sugar will front The Celebrity Apprentice for the BBC next year, marking a first full season for the broadcaster. Several specials have featured celebs in the UK over the years, primarily attached to telethons such as Comic Relief .

Fremantle-owned Naked and MGM Alternative UK are co-producing the six-part series with a currently unnamed line-up of celebs set to take on Sugar’s business challenges and attempt to avoid hearing the words, “You’re fired.”

“We’ve had some great celebrity names walk into my boardroom over the years, but they’ve only ever had a small taster of what it’s like to be a candidate,” said Sugar. “It’ll be interesting to see how our

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