COMEDY OF THE WEEK
New series 1/5. The creators of the award-winning musical Jerry Springer - The Opera present a series of contemporary operatic comedies inspired by TV shows. Backed by a 45-piece BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Singers, tonight's The Apprentice-themed episode sees Sir Alan Prentice (John Thomson ) pitting two teams against one another during a series of tasks to claim a position on his board.
Writer Richard Thomas ; Producer Stephen Abrahams
Director Dominic Brigstocke The comics'opera: page 8