Viewers of The Apprentice didn't waste any time in having their say as the hit show returned to screens. Lord Alan Sugar kicked off his search for his next business partner on Thursday night (January 5) as the opening episode of the seventeenth series aired on BBC One.
The billionaire boss is back looking for the best person to give his quarter-of-a-million-pound investment to with the help of former winner Tim Campbell and Baroness Karen Brady. However, the first episode saw Claude Littner return as Lord Sugar's right-hand-man as he eased his way back into his TV work following a shock bike accident last year.
In the opening episode of the BBC reality show saw the new 18 candidates tasked with creating and selling excursions to tourists in Antigua as they were split into two groups – men and women.
