Nick Hewer (right) - should he have his own show? Photograph: BBC
The past couple of weeks have rightly seen a flurry of articles (like this one and this one) about the greatness of Sir Alan's Apprentice sidekick Margaret Mountford. Margaret's pithy put-downs have seen her grow into an internet favourite, with her own dedicated fanclub. She's growing wary of all the attention she's been receiving, so maybe it's time we shifted the spotlight onto PR man Nick Hewer.
He remains enigmatic - the only scandal the press have managed to dig up is his passion for tractors - but he possesses a steely-eyed glare that could freeze Mount Etna, and his silent, eye-rolling double act with Margaret is rapidly stealing the show.
In last night's episode, he even seemed to give his boss one of his famous "astonished glances" (scroll forward to Sir Alan's "cat with nine lives" comment at the very end), although my favourite Nick moment is still his reaction to the Britney lookalike.
As the search for new television presenting talent appears to get ever more desperate, with GMTV and E4 adopting Presenter Idol techniques, it would be criminal if the BBC didn't recognise the perfectly honed talent right under their noses. Please, somebody: give him his own show.
