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The Apprentice review: Lord Sugar's dire jokes, two teams of twerps... time is up for this tosh, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS


Move over, Michael McIntyre . Shut your mouth, Lee Mack . Gag mer- chant Alan Sugar is in the house, and he's got them rolling in the aisles.

But either I've suffered a sense of humour failure or he's surrounded by sycophants, because although his lackeys were splitting their sides on The Apprentice (BBC1), the good lord's scripted ad libs seemed even more dire than usual. Previous intakes have been sent as far afield as Dubai , but cash must be tight in Sugar Towers during this cost-of-living crisis because the two teams of twerps had a day trip to Jersey instead Victim Nikki O'Donnell described how she was groomed and abused by her coach, former Olympian Stan Wild, before finally building up the courage to tell him to leave her alone — whereupon he barred her from his gym.

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