The Apprentice descends into chaos as members of the public left ‘verbally abused’ in shocking task

THE Apprentice descended into chaos during the latest episode as fans watched on in horror as innocent members of the public were left 'verbally abused' as part of a shocking task.

The BBC One series featured the two teams going head-to-head to put on the best immersive experience possible.

However, for one of the teams, things went awry as they were left screaming at their paying guests who were left utterly perplexed and confused as to the horrifying situation they had found themselves in without warning.

It was candidates Simba and Megan who found themselves in the firing line as they led their guests around an immersive prison experience which saw them acting as loud-mouthed prison guards.

As part of the task, they were left shouting at their guests to get in line and uncomfortably hurrying them from room to room as well as launching a series of degrading personal attacks.

However, the members of the public were left flabbergasted as they insisted they had no clue what was going on.

In one scene, Megan viciously shouted: "Come on, we haven't got all day, we've got to get you processed."

Before Simba aggressively ordered the guests to move as he barked: "You! Out there, right now!"

As the guests got dressed into their prison jumpsuits for the experience, Megan told them: "I don't care if it fits or not, I don't want to hear any complaining."

In a blistering personal attack, Simba left BBC viewers stunned as he said to one guest: "Those shoes, the basic cheap stuff is it?"

The guest was left shaken in her response as she quivered back: "Yes sir."

Simba replied: "Get out, I'm sick of the sight of you."

Later, as Simba instructed three women to stand up, one of them furiously responded as she admitted: ";Can I just say something, we did not get told that we would be doing this?

"We were told that we were going to get a guided tour and a history tour?"

Simba mocked her as he replied back: "A guided tour? History? You three misunderstood, out there right now!"

Another lady was left clutching her chest as she commented: "I did not think I was going to get shouted at all day!"

Viewers could not believe what they were witnessing as they took to Twitter to air their thoughts.

One fan said: "These poor people in the prison have paid to be verbally abused."

A second added: "These poor punters being yelled at in the prison when they thought they'd be treated to a history lesson and a magician."

As a third echoed: "SOBBING AT THIS EPISODE THE PRISON PEOPLE ARE TRAUMATISEDDDD."

Many viewers were left comparing the episode to the Stanford prison experiment.

One said: "Surprised how quickly this has turned into the Stanford prison experiment."

Whilst another penned: "Have they... recreated the Stanford Prison Experiment for this week's task?"