在美国版的The Apprentice大红后，英国BBC电视台也推出了英国版的该节目。Donald Trump的角色换成了本土的亿万富翁Alan Sugar，他将为节目中最终获胜的参赛者提供年薪10万英镑的工作机会。

埃迪·雷德梅恩 Eddie Redmayne 要找Pudsey Bear，借了部手机打给BBC，糊涂的转接中心转给了不同的人， 博士，诺顿秀的诺顿，布兰妮， Simon Cowell ，等等。。
最后终于。。

The 2010 show was recorded on 13 December and aired on 3 January 2011.
The teams were:
Wagner: Jonathan Ross and Ruth Jones
Posh & Specs: Michael McIntyre and Alan Carr
The Electric Moccasins: Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding
Guest questions were provided by Nicole Scherzinger, Jack Black, Simon Pegg, Russell Brand, Seth Rogen, the cast of Misfits and Will Ferrell. The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School made their annual appearance acting out news stories, which included the Stig scandal and the Icelandic volcano eruption, as did Jon Snow with his fake news reports of popular songs. Lola, the cat put in a wheelie bin in August by Mary Bale appeared as a Mystery Guest. Louie Spence posed a question in the form of a dance routine representing the story of the trapped Chilean miners.
The final scores were:
Ross and Jones - 28
McIntyre and Carr - 25
Ayoade and Fielding - 12