Lord Sugar has confirmed the start date for the upcoming return of The Apprentice. The BBC have been trailing the series for a while but now the official start date has been confirmed.

The @bbcapprentice is back! @bbcone, 9pm. First 2 episodes Tue 7th & Wed 8th May, then every Wednesday thereafter youtu.be/U8mzNn9XJ-M

— Lord Sugar (@Lord_Sugar) April 24, 2013

This series will be the ninth. Last year’s series was won by Ricky Martin and spin-off series The Young Apprentice was axed earlier this year.