The Apprentice: You're Fired! host explains about the content of the upcoming programme, and often uses at least one humorous highlight taken from the recent episode of "The Apprentice". Initially, the format of this segment during Adrian Chiles' tenure was to conduct the introduction within the audience before making his way to his seat on the main stage, but this was later changed early into Dara O'Briain's tenure, who simply made the introduction from the main stage; only rarely did he revert to using the previous format for introducing the show. After his departure, the format was altered for Jack Dee's short tenure on
The Apprentice: You're Fired! presents the fired/hired candidate with a parting gift at the end of this, which is something appropriate to one of the candidate's memorable moments on the show; in the final episode, both Lord Sugar and his advisers are also shown their highlights from the main programme's broadcast. Following this, with the exception of the series finale, a preview of the next episode of the main programme is shown before the credits, often with additional material the main show didn't show in its preview. During the programme's history, the format has included a number of elements used, some of which reoccurred