Wednesday 24 Sep 2014
Award-winning stand-up comedian Dara O Briain is to take over as host of The Apprentice – You're Fired when it returns to ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two later in the year.
Already very popular with ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two viewers as the host of Mock The Week, Dara regularly appears on Live At The Apollo (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One), QI (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One), Three Men In A Boat (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two) and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4's Just A Minute. He also released his first book last year – currently No. 9 in the Sunday Times best-seller list – to excellent reviews.
Dara said: " I'm delighted to be stepping into the chair for this. As a comedian, I've spent my entire career asking people: 'What do you do for a living?'. It can't be too much of a stretch to include the words ' ... now that you know you're not getting this job' at the end of the question".
Janice Hadlow, Controller, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two, said: "I'm thrilled to have Dara on board. His unique style of quick-witted banter is ideally suited to the job of probing the latest casualty of Lord Sugar's infamous firing finger."
Mark Linsey, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning, said: "Dara is such a witty and clever man – perfect attributes for the host of The Apprentice – You're Fired.
"He's absolutely the right man for the job and I'm delighted he's said yes!"
The Apprentice – You're Fired is a talkbackThames production for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two and was commissioned by Janice Hadlow, Controller, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two, and Mark Linsey, Controller, Entertainment Commissioning.
Executive editor for the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is Jo Wallace. The series producer for talkbackThames is Sally Dixon and the executive producer is Michele Kurland.
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