Carol to star in Comic Relief's Apprentice (VIDEO)

Carol to star in Comic Relief's Apprentice (VIDEO)
Carol to star in Comic Relief's Apprentice (VIDEO) (Image credit: Doug Peters/PA Photos)

Carol Vorderman has hinted about what the celebrities will be getting up to on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice. The former Countdown presenter is one of 10 famous faces taking part in a special version of the hit BBC1 reality show in aid of this year's Comic Relief. Talking to whatsontv.co.uk at the charity's official launch in London's Leicester Square, Carol revealed: "It was a proper Apprentice project so it wasn't a case of begging off your mates to give you things. It was a proper business project." So, did Carol and the girls' team make any money for multi-millionaire Sir Alan Sugar? "He did give me a little numbers test and I passed with flying colours, obviously," Carol said. You can see if Carol gets fired by Sir Alan when Comic Relief Does The Apprentice is shown on BBC One ahead of Red Nose Day on March 13. To find out more about Red Nose Day 2009 or to make a donation visit www.rednoseday.com CLICK below to watch Carol Vorderman talking about Comic Relief Does The Apprentice

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.