Danny Miller

For the first time, BBC will air the first ever full-length series of the show – six episodes filmed across six weeks – as the celebrities will face a range of weekly business challenges set by the business mogul

The Celebrity Apprentice line-up has been confirmed, with TV presenter Gethin Jones, singer Alexandra Burke and Love Island star Toni Laites all set to face Lord Sugar.

For the first time ever, BBC will air the first ever full-length series of the show – six episodes filmed across six weeks – as the celebrities face a range of weekly business challenges set by the business mogul.

Competing for the chance to win a £100,000 donation to a charity of their choice, they will each be hoping to prove their business acumen and ultimately be crowned The Celebrity Apprentice winner.

There will be another change to this star-studded series – the boardroom will relocate to a London City skyscraper, providing a distinctive new setting for Lord Sugar’s final deliberations.

The full line up includes Alexandra Burke, actor Danny Miller, presenter Gethin Jones, dancer and presenter Jordan Banjo, journalist Kay Burley, actress and online personality Maddie Grace Jepson, presenter, podcaster and content creator Max Balegde, Gladiator Sheli McCoy, UK garage legend DJ Spoony, TV and BBC Radio 2 presenter Richie Anderson, comedian and writer Laura Smyth and television personality Toni Laites.

Lord Sugar said: “We’ve not done anything like this before, and it’ll be entertaining to see these 12 celebrities being put through six weeks of some brilliant business challenges. But just because they’re celebrities, it doesn’t mean they’re going to get an easy ride, especially when there’s £100,000 at stake for their chosen charity.”

Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning at the BBC says: “This brand-new full-length series of The Celebrity Apprentice takes everything audiences love about the format and turns the pressure right up. This year’s celebrities arrive with strong reputations – but in the boardroom, status counts for nothing.

“They’ll be tested on leadership, teamwork and commercial instinct, and only those who can truly deliver will make it through. It’s bold, unpredictable and hugely entertaining – and viewers are in for a brilliant ride.”

Broadcast details for The Celebrity Apprentice will be confirmed in due course. The announcement comes after Karishma Vijay was crowned the winner of the BBC business show last week after an all-female final, which saw her battle it out for Lord Sugar’s coveted investment against Pascha Myhill.

Karishma, from Surrey, recounted the moment Lord Sugar told her she had won and would be receiving his £250,000 investment, and said: “I was so blown away, so shocked – but I kept it very cool. Then, I got in my car and I was screaming. It was just insane – I can’t believe I’ve gone and done it after not having watched the show, I feel like that’s so cheeky.”

Explaining his decision on the hit BBC show, Lord Sugar said: “As always, it was close competition in the final after two outstanding pitches by two brilliant young businesswomen. But Karishma really impressed me throughout the process and has proven why she deserves my investment. She’s a proper grafter and she’s got that entrepreneurial spirit that I always look for. The cosmetics industry is one I know a lot about, and I know our partnership will pave the way for a bright future.”

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Emmerdale’s Aaron Dingle actor Danny Miller has candidly opened up about his father in an emotional update on Good Morning Britain

Emmerdale’s Danny Miller has spoken out about his father amid his dementia battle, revealing he misses him “so much”.

The Aaron Dingle actor has been incredibly open in recent months about his father Vince, who is living with dementia. Vince is a well-known star in the showbiz world as a singer, compere and comedian.

And on Monday (March 23) Danny appeared on Good Morning Britain where he spoke about Vince in an emotional update. He said: “It’s sad, and, you know, me and my dad were thick as thieves at one point, and, you know, losing him over and over again is awful.”

Admitting he misses the man his dad was, Danny added: “I live a couple of hours drive from my dad now, which breaks my heart, but I have my own family.”

He continued: “I’ve got a job up in Yorkshire, on Emmerdale, and being around in Manchester isn’t easy anymore, so I moved my family up there, and it was kind of a really tough thing to do, because I’m not there for my dad as much as I’d like to be. I miss him terribly.

“But you know, the days where I do see him again, I often get, you know, a good visit, and I usually find if I play Matt Monroe – my dad was a comedian, but he’s a singer as well – and Matt Monroe was a friend of his.”

Danny went on: “I played it one day, and he just kind of pointed at it, and he said, 10th of December, 1970, whatever, and I Googled it, and he was right. I think it was either his birthday or when the single was released, and from then on I kind of thought, I’m gonna do that, so I do it as a normal thing. Now I’ll put it on the side and just play and just talk to him normally. I tend to get a better visit.“

Danny then spoke about his Emmerdale co-star Charley Webb, whose mum Helen passed away last week following a 12-year battle with Alzheimer’s. He said: “Charley Webb is a good friend of mine. She was on here [GMB] with you guys not long ago, talking about her mum’s Alzheimer’s, and unfortunately, she passed, and it’s so sad.”

Danny continued: “Charley was a massive inspiration for me to why I spoke out about it. It made me want to talk out, it made me want to be vulnerable, and allow myself to sort of put out an unfiltered video.”

He added: “I wanted to just try and allow people to see me to be someone completely different and be vulnerable and talk about these things in hope that it will sort of resonate with somebody somewhere and they can relate to it and go, actually, I’m going to go out and get a memory test.

“That is the beginning of how to sort of get that diagnosis for dementia and it’s something that, you know, I want to fly the flag for because I don’t want dementia to destroy the families as it’s destroyed ours.”

The GMB host then pointed out how Danny’s father had a very successful career as a compere comedian and “knew lots of influential and important people”.

Danny then went on to reveal what it is like now having a conversation with his father. He shared: “There’s good days and bad days. There was a time last week where I didn’t know if I’d be sat here, because, you know, he’s up and down with his general health anyway, but dementia does always make it feel somewhat worse, and there’s all water infections that, so, your urine infections that suddenly make them more confusing. And then his health declined. He looked, he looked ill.”

When asked if his father is sometimes unaware of who Danny is, the actor replied: “No, that will break my heart. I’m not there yet. We’re not there yet, luckily, but it will break my heart.” Admitting he misses his father “so much”, Danny said: “He used to call me a lot and just ranted and then put the phone down without even saying, how are you? And I’d give anything back to have those conversations.”

Known as the ‘king of comperes’, Danny’s father Vince worked as the VIP host at Manchester United for almost 30 years. He also worked at Old Trafford for 29 years and often interviewed football legend, Sir Alex Ferguson.

No stranger to rubbing shoulders with famous faces throughout his 65-year career, Vince has also worked with Johnny Mathis and Shirley Bassey and even spoke at comedian Bernard Manning’s funeral.

When Vince was 82, he announced that he would be officially retiring from the showbiz and entertainment world. He told Manchester Evening News: “I’ve no upset about it, the time is now to get out while you’re on top, you don’t want people saying ‘not him again’!”

To celebrate his retirement, Danny put together a charity bash in which he paid tribute to his dad, dubbing him the “best in the business”. On stage, Vince said: “I’ve had a great career, I’ve done it all as a presenter, comedian, singer, I’ve been very fortunate. As Edith Piaf said, Je Ne Regrette Rien, no regrets!”

Emmerdale airs Monday to Friday at 7:30pm on ITV and ITVX