Karren Brady is best known as a business executive and television personality, former managing director of Birmingham City FC and current vice-chairman of West Ham United FC, but she is also a vital and as an aide to Lord Sugar on the BBC television series The Apprentice.
In an interview with Steven Bartlett for The Diary of a CEO podcast, the business woman has revealed just how intensive the filming schedule is for the BBC TV show, which films over 5 weeks each year.
Karren said: "When we're filming The Apprentice and the voiceover says, 'It's 4am', it really is 4am. We work 16 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week for five weeks to produce that show, without a break. There isn't a day off."