Karren Brady warns that this series of The Apprentice will see "mass firings".

The businesswoman acts as Lord Sugar's right-hand woman on the BBC One reality series, and revealed that starting with 20 candidates means there's even more dramatic sessions in the boardroom.

Karren Brady / Credit: BBC

Speaking at the show's launch in London, Karren explained: "It was good for Alan because it's a serious prize. When we've all left the show and gone on with our separate lives, he's still in business with them and his name's on the door and he's in partnership with them so he has to pick the right kind of person.

"And I think his view was that with that amount of people he can say, 'Look, you're never going to make it, leave'. And there's some mass firings ... You'll see some mass firings."

She did however go on to admit that it was difficult to keep track of so many different people.

"It's very busy. There are twenty people and everybody wants to be heard and everybody wants to say their piece and everyone wants to have a reason to go into the boardroom and tell Alan how wonderful they are and it can get quite manic on the road."

The Apprentice starts tonight on BBC One at 9pm.

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