Christine Lampard June 2010, the BBC announced that it had withdrawn an offer to extend her current contract. Later that day ITV (owners of "GMTV") announced she would again partner Chiles by co-hosting the revamped breakfast show with him, and also hosting other entertainment programmes. On 8 July 2010, the BBC confirmed that she was not returning to "The One Show" after the programme returned from the World Cup break on 12 July. In September 2016, it was announced that Lampard would return to the BBC to co-present "Christine and Adrian's Friendship Test". She co-presented the three-part series with Adrian Chiles on
The Apprentice (UK TV series) Jack Dee. The beginning of the third series saw the launch of a weekly podcast called "The Apprenticast", and a radio programme on BBC Five Live, both hosted by former "Blue Peter" presenter Richard Bacon and running for thirty minutes. Both programmes featured former candidates being questioned by members of the public, comedians, and those who work in business. Some critics have described Bacon's performance as better than that of Adrian Chiles, who presented the similar, but television-based, programme "" For the 2009 series, an independent weekly podcast was also released, hosted by first series contestant James Max, in conjunction