Lord Sugar says the BBC should scrap The Apprentice when he leaves the show. The businessman turns 76 this week, the day after the finale of this year's Apprentice.
He told The Sun: “I don’t want to sound too big-headed but a lot of people underestimate me. They hear me talking like a cockney, but I know everything, I really do.
“I’m not degrading people like (Dragons’ Den star) Peter Jones, because they’ve done a lot also. But none of them have done as much as I have. Who would I put in my place? I can’t think of anybody. There’s loads of people that would queue up.
“There’s no reason why I can’t go on to do 25 years. I’m very fit, so I don’t know whether it stops at 20. But if I ever did stop, I get a feeling the BBC wouldn’t stop it.
“I think they would try to find someone new to do it and that’s where it may kill itself off.”
Lord Sugar says once he quits the show should be put on hold for 10 years before being brought back with a new host.
He is contracted for two more seasons.
Lord Sugar added: “It gets better every year. The candidates obviously make the programme."
He said: “My skill is to mix it up a bit, a bit of lighthearted comedy then come in like a piranha and point out where you’ve made a big error.
“And of course, it’s the firing where I describe to people why they’re no good.”
