The episodes come ahead of The Apprentice's major 20th anniversary and will see collaboration with Children in Need as the celebrities take to Lapland for a challenge that's set to be tougher than ever – and will be able to be sampled by the general public.
According to the synopsis: "The celebrities will then have to pitch their Christmas gingerbread biscuits to the biggest UK retailers, who will then, for the first time in the show’s history, sell the biscuits in stores across the UK – with a percentage of profits going to BBC Children in Need. The celebrities' biscuits will hit the supermarket shelves in time for Christmas."
However, there will be a slight change in usual proceedings, as Lord Sugar's advisors are a little different this time round. Due to Tim Campbell being unable to make the filming of the festive episodes, Lord Sugar will be joined by Mike Soutar instead and, of course, Baroness Brady.
The BBC also shared that as part of the special episodes, the celebrity candidates visited the BBC Children in Need-funded project Chickenshed Theatre Trust, where they shared their adverts and offered the children a taste of their biscuits. As is the way with youngsters, they received their fair share of honest feedback.
A release date for The Celebrity Apprentice: Christmas Specials will be announced in due course, but we do know that the episodes will air later this year on BBC One and iPlayer.
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Paul Broadbent, director of programmes at producer Naked, said: “We are delighted to announce The Celebrity Apprentice: Christmas Specials. Not only will the two special episodes be immensely entertaining, but the biscuits made and sold in the lead up to the show airing will be raising vital funds for BBC Children in Need – it’s a win win.
On the announcement of the episodes, Kalpna Patel-Knight, head of entertainment commissioning at the BBC, said: “Viewers can look forward to the celebrity candidates facing the ultimate festive challenge of creating their own biscuits in aid of BBC Children in Need with plenty of seasonal surprises along the way too before they face Lord Sugar in the boardroom who will decide who has been naughty and who has been nice!”
"Right now, we’re only able to fund one in six organisations that ask us for support, so every pound raised will help us reach children across the UK who are most in need, during these most challenging of times for young people.”
As for who the lucky batch of celebrities will be, we'll just have to keep our eyes peeled for an announcement but excitement can certainly start building from now, especially as viewers will get their first chance to actually get involved in The Apprentice.
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