The Apprentice - BBC series 5

Apprentice Pantsman, Philip Taylor, is back with - er - pants.

Apprentice Kate Walsh could become the biggest star the BBC series has yet produced.

The appointment of the soon-to-be Lord Sugar as an "enterprise tsar" in the Labour government's final months will mean that the BBC will have to fire him from his role in The Apprentice.

Philip Taylor: It's like with Pantsman. People didn't get it at the time, but I tell you something. They will eventually.

Sir Alan Sugar had to make a tough decision tonight, he admitted, when he stated in the final boardroom that Yasmina and Kate were the best finalists he had ever had.

On the day that Gordon Brown announced he wish to appointed Sir Alan Sugar to the House of Lords and rename him Lord Sugar it was also reported that Margaret Mountford had handed in her notice as Lord

Last night’s semi-final showed the remaining five candidates facing their biggest challenge so far with the interviews from hell.

Summoned to Alexandra Palace on a chill morning the six remaining apprentices were told that they would be selling live on TV.

Seven candidates remained in week nine. For this task the candidates chose two products to sell at a baby show at Earls Court in London.

Information on what we didn't see has been in short supply since series 3, after which Talkback banned candidates from discussing the show on the internet until a month after the final has been bro