Ex Dragon Hilary Devey: New show 'not like Apprentice'

The former Dragons' Den star Hilary Devey says her new Channel 4 show, The Intern, is nothing like the BBC's The Apprentice.

In an interview with the Radio Times she said: " It's got a heart, and me, kicking the candidates and tearing a strip off them when they need it.

"Every week there's a winner who walks away with a dream job."

Devey, who founded the pallet exchange business Pall-Ex, rose to prominence after joining Dragons' Den in 2011.

She said she didn't know a lot about her replacement in the Den, the designer Kelly Hoppen.

"I don't know very much about her other than that she likes taupe," she said.

"I hate taupe. I'm quite flamboyant and over the top in my interior design."

The self-made millionaire said her best Dragons' Den investment had been a mattress/duvet for caravans, boats and trucks.

Talking about her former BBC show, she said: "What you're not told is that when the programme is broadcast other investors often make offers and the entrepreneurs then back out.

"So the poor Dragons have spent all this money during the period of due diligence for nothing."

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