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Will Twigger

Fans reckon The Apprentice's Ryan-Mark Parsons looks like a well known comedian

The Apprentice is back on telly, and fans are already being driven wild with speculation and laughs.

Some have headed to social media because they reckon one of the hopefuls on the men's team resembles a very famous comedian.

One, who attached a photo of 19 year-old Ryan-Mark Parsons, wrote: "I know Michael McIntyre has been quiet recently but this is a real curveball #TheApprentice."

Another had some harsher words: "I'm starting the Apprentice, I'm a lil bit behind, but who on earth does that young Michael McIntyre think he is?"

A third laughed: "Talk about nepotism but Michael McIntyre getting his son on The Apprentice takes the p**s @bbcapprentice #theapprentice."

Fans reckon he looks like Michael McIntyre (PA)
Fans tweeted about the similarities (Hungry McBear/Gary Moyes)

Others reckoned pillow company owner Thomas Skinner resembles another comic - Celebs Go Dating's Rob Beckett.

The series is set to be a dramatic one - in the first board room meeting, chartered engineer Shahin Hassan was nearly fired before even undertaking a single task.

Shahin's CV says that some call his "The Falcon" because that's how his name translates in Arabic.

But the thing Lord Sugar picked up on was the fact that he had made a play on the name of his electronics company Amstrad - calling it "Shamstrad."

The business mogul said: "You know what, I've never actually fired anybody before the process has begun. You are a contender."

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