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
Dara Ó Briain home again. I did about three or four years playing to a lot of bad rooms, but learning as I went. It's not bad when someone gives you £40 for standing up and telling jokes. I remember thinking: 'This is the life.'" Ó Briain spent three years as a presenter on the bilingual (Irish and English) children's programme "Echo Island" but came to prominence as a team captain on the topical panel show" Don't Feed The Gondolas" (1998–2000) hosted by Seán Moncrieff. Ó Briain also hosted RTÉ family entertainment gameshow "It's A Family Affair". Ironically, Dara would successfully persuade Paul