Apprentice blunder reveals result before show

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Visitors to 'The Apprentice' site, which is hosted by the BBC but run by programme makers Talkback Thames, noticed yesterday morning that one of the links to video clips of the show was called 'Majid, You're Fired!'.

The link did not allow users to click through to the clip but the name spoiled the surprise of the result, which usually remains secret until it is shown on air.

A spokesman for the series said: "The link was removed as soon as the mistake was realised. New procedures have been put in place to ensure this doesn't happen again."

Majid Nagra, who runs his own car business, was the third apprentice to be fired by Sir Alan Sugar, who described him as a "passenger" on his team.

Nagra denied the accusation claiming: "I was never a passenger on the periphery. I contributed to every task."

He went on to claim that his teammate James was given more support from the group because he was better looking and that Sugar only fired him because he was jealous of his six-inch beard.

Sugar tasked the teams with designing and marketing a piece of home exercise equipment. Nagra's team created a fitness box, which was described by one potential retail buyer as looking like something from the 1970s.