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| Special - Comic Relief Does The Apprentice (1): | | Sir Alan Sugar sets ten celebrities his toughest challenge yet in a special edition of the Apprentice.
Alan Carr, Jack Dee, Jonathan Ross, Gok Wan and businessman Gerald Ratner go head-to-head with Ruby Wax, Patsy Palmer, Carol Vorderman, Fiona Phillips and businesswoman Michelle Mone in a battle to create a special mystery product for Comic Relief.
With just three days to invent, brand and market something original, tempers fray and egos are bruised as the task unravels and one team comes [...] (More) |
| Special - Comic Relief Does The Apprentice (2): | | Fern Britton and Alan Carr present a boys versus girls classic in the terrifying boardroom of Comic Relief Does the Apprentice, with Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee, Gok Wan, Alan Carr and Gerald Ratner taking on Carol Vorderman, Ruby Wax, Patsy Palmer, Fiona Phillips and Michelle Mone - all trying to avoid being pointed at by Sir Alan Sugar. |
| Special - Comic Relief Does The Apprentice (3): | | Fern Britton and Alan Carr present a boys versus girls classic in the terrifying boardroom of Comic Relief Does the Apprentice, with Jonathan Ross, Jack Dee, Gok Wan, Alan Carr and Gerald Ratner taking on Carol Vorderman, Ruby Wax, Patsy Palmer, Fiona Phillips and Michelle Mone - all trying to avoid being pointed at by Sir Alan Sugar. |
| 5x01 - Episode 1: | | In their first boardroom meeting, Sir Alan leaves the fresh-faced candidates under no illusions about how tough the next 12 weeks will be, with a no-holds-barred introduction to the job interview from hell.
With no time for respite, the hard work starts immediately, as the immaculately dressed candidates are given a bucket and sponge and told to make as much money as possible by starting up a cleaning company. With just eight hours to turn a profit, both teams have to roll up their tailored [...] (More) |
| 5x02 - Episode 2: | | After a punishing first task, there is no let-up for the candidates, as Sir Alan challenges them to set up a catering service for busy professionals in the City of London. In tough economic times, the teams must agree a distinctive identity to stand out from the competition and win new customers.
They have to pitch for lunchtime business in top City firms, and create appetizing new menus for a prestigious canapé reception which must be executed to perfection. As well as sourcing the ingredients, [...] (More) |
| 5x03 - Episode 3: | | After serving up lunches and canapes to hungry business professionals in last week's task, the candidates face another thorough workout in their third task as Sir Alan sets them the challenge to create a new piece of portable gym equipment.
The candidates must come up with a completely original product that tones and flexes muscles, and they must create a distinctive poster to promote their product's unique properties. Finally, they must demonstrate their pitching skills to three industry experts [...] (More) |
| 5x04 - Episode 4: | | Four weeks into his search for an apprentice, Sir Alan Sugar challenges the teams to set up their own cosmetics business.
They have just a few days to make and sell two new bath and beauty products. Using natural ingredients they must create a distinctive brand identity that will make their products stand out from the competition. But with complicated recipes and creative decisions to be made it is not long before both teams have worked themselves into a lather.
As they work up a sweat, can [...] (More) |
| 5x05 - Episode 5: | | Almost halfway through the job interview from hell, the candidates must put their creative heads on when they are given the task of launching a brand identity for a new breakfast cereal. They must come up with a name for the cereal, design a distinctive look for the box and shoot a TV ad campaign that will appeal both to children and to health-conscious parents.
It is another highly pressurised situation, and it is not long before the teams begin to snap, crackle and pop. As Nick and Margaret [...] (More) |
| 5x06 - Episode 6: | | It is week six, and the battle to become Sir Alan's next Apprentice heats up as the remaining candidates reach the half way mark. Both teams hit the streets of London in a race against time to value and sell a load of old bric-a-brac.
Each team is given 10 identical items to sell in a day, including a medical skeleton, an old fashioned commode chair, an oriental rug, a box of books and a pair of vintage shoes. The teams have until 6.00pm to sell everything at profit, but with a warning not to [...] (More) |
| 5x07 - Episode 7: | | It is week seven, and only nine candidates remain in the battle to become Sir Alan's apprentice. Following their early morning wake-up call, everyone is excited when they are told they must pack an overnight bag. Anticipating foreign parts and warmer climes, sunglasses and flip flops are among the essential items that one candidate decides to take. However, it is not long before any ideas of glamorous travel are dispelled.
In a task designed to test their sales skills, Sir Alan sends them to [...] (More) |
| 5x08 - Episode 8: | | It is week eight, and Sir Alan sets the eight remaining candidates their most challenging task yet. They must use all of their creative and marketing skills to rebrand one of Britain's most enduring tourist attractions - the seaside resort of Margate. Once a jewel of the Kent coast, Margate still has a faded grandeur, but it is up to the teams to bring a much-needed sparkle for the 21st century.
The teams have just two days to produce an eye-catching series of posters and an information-packed [...] (More) |
| 5x09 - Episode 9: | | Nine weeks into The Apprentice, and just seven of the candidates are left standing. Sir Alan sends the teams to London's Olympia, with the task of selling baby products at the country's biggest baby show.
Success depends on choosing the right products, and the candidates have one day to check out a range of innovative new baby products. If they get this wrong, it could cost them the task.
With hundreds of other exhibitors at the show, competition is fierce. So can the candidates adapt their [...] (More) |
| 5x10 - Episode 10: | | With just six candidates remaining, the pressure is on to win and make it through to the penultimate task. This week, Sir Alan returns to an old favourite as he sets the teams the task of selling live on TV. The teams must select, from thousands of products, the ones they think they can sell best during just one hour of live television.
The candidates all set out to prove what they are made of, but Sir Alan is not in the market for a TV presenter. He wants someone with real business flair, and [...] (More) |
| Special - The Final Five: | | As this year's series of The Apprentice draws to a close and the tension mounts, this programme profiles the remaining five candidates.
Revealing the true stories behind their super-confident egos, we discover what really makes these budding business men and women tick.
Parents, friends and former bosses, along with Sir Alan's trusted aides Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the final five personalities. |
| 5x11 - Episode 11: | | It is the penultimate week and the five remaining candidates must face their biggest verbal challenge yet, as they stand alone and face a gruelling interview process.
There is no hiding place as each of them is grilled by four of Sir Alan's trusted business colleagues. It is a test of character as every aspect of their personal and professional lives is put under the microscope.
Sir Alan's four advisors will report their findings to him in the boardroom, and the candidates will then jockey [...] (More) |
| Special - Why I Fired Them: | | With just days to go before Sir Alan Sugar chooses his apprentice, a chance to remember the candidates who didn't quite make it.
From washing cars and selling soap to creating a cartoon character for a brand new breakfast cereal, this year's budding business men and women have been tested to destruction.
Reliving their worst decisions, Sir Alan reveals how, each week, he decided who would hear his famous phrase - 'You're fired'. |
| 5x12 - Episode 12: | | After 11 gruelling weeks of 'the job interview from hell', it is time for Sir Alan Sugar to finally choose his next Apprentice.
For the two remaining finalists, it is the toughest challenge yet. They have just three days to create and brand a new box of chocolates with original flavours before launching them to an audience of more than 100 industry experts.
With the ultimate prize of working with Sir Alan now tantalizingly close, the stakes could not be higher. Some of this year's fired [...] (More) |
| Special - You're Hired: | | After twelve weeks, Sir Alan's search has come to an end, and he has found his new apprentice. Hear from the winner, the runner-up and the boss himself as they look back over the job interview from hell.
A guest panel of Jonathan Ross, Ruby Wax and bra millionaire Michelle Mone are on hand to congratulate the winner, and to meet the runner-up who came so close to the top job.
All of the fired candidates return, along with Sir Alan's trusted advisors Nick and Margaret, for this hour-long [...] (More) |
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