Watch The Apprentice 2009 online

The new series of The Apprentice began on Wednesday and you can watch the action online on the BBC website or on iPlayer.

The show will be aired at 2100GMT on BBC One every Wednesday and will be simulcast online.

However, you will also be able to see the show, as well as The Apprentice: You're Fired hosted by Adrian Chiles, on the iPlayer for a week after it is first broadcast.

The Apprentice website includes videos from past series of the show and information about this year's contenders. Among them is a Tanzanian beauty queen, a former child chess champion, a science teacher and a former trainee of Middlesbrough FC.

There is also a game where you can predict which candidates will be fired first. Surfers in the UK can Watch The Apprentice live on the BBC One website.