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The Apprentice (UK)

Genres: Reality, Reality Competition

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About the Show

The Apprentice (UK) is a British reality competition television series in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a £100,000-a-year job as "apprentice" to the British business magnate Sir Alan Sugar.

The Apprentice, billed as a "job interview from hell", is modelled on the American series of the same name, which stars entrepreneur Donald Trump.

The series originally premiered in the UK on BBC Two on 16 February, 2005. It moved to BBC One from the third season onwards.

The Apprentice (UK) premiered in South Africa on DStv's BBC Prime (now BBC Entertainment) channel on Monday 9 June 2008, at 20h30. It moved to DStv's BBC Knowledge channel for the second season and to BBC Entertainment for the third. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.

Season 5 premiered on BBC Entertainment on Wednesday 20 April 2011, at 21h30. New episodes broadcast weekly. There are 12 episodes in the fifth season.

Synopsis 

There's only one winner on The Apprentice and no second prizes.

The 12-week competition sets the candidates through a gruelling series of tasks and the first prize is the job of Sir Alan Sugar's apprentice, with a six figure salary.

The rules are simple. Each week, the candidates are divided into two teams and Sir Alan briefs them on the new task. The team appoints a project manager and this person is responsible for leading the task.

Each task is set to stretch the candidates' creative and business skills, but the bottom line is can the team make that important profit? Sir Alan doesn't take kindly to candidates making a loss.

Throughout the task, Sir Alan's advisers Margaret Mountford and Nick Hewer shadow the teams and report back to Sir Alan in the boardroom.

At the end of the task, the candidates are called to the boardroom to face Sir Alan and his advisers. The figures are tallied up and the team with the biggest profit win and are given a well-deserved celebratory treat.

The losing team are sent off to discuss their failings and then it's back to the boardroom for a grilling from Sir Alan. Finally, the project manager selects two fellow team-mates that he or she feels were responsible for the downfall of the team.

The final three face Sir Alan and one of them gets fired.

Seasons

Season 1 (12 episodes)

Channel: BBC Prime | Premiere: 9 Jun 2008 | Finale: 25 Aug 2008 | Mon, 20h30

Season 2 (12 episodes)

Channel: BBC Knowledge | Premiere: 12 May 2009 | Finale: 28 Jul 2009 | Tue, 21h30

Season 3 (12 episodes)

Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 7 Oct 2009 | Finale: 23 Dec 2009 | Wed, 20h30

Season 4 (12 episodes)

Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 31 Mar 2010 | Finale: 16 Jun 2010 | Wed, 20h30

Season 5 (12 episodes)

Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 20 Apr 2011 | Finale: 6 Jul 2011 | Wed, 21h30


Starring

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Sir Alan's Aide - Herself

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Sir Alan's Aide - Himself

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The Boss - Himself


Hired! The Apprentice UK on BBC Prime

19 May 2008 | Written by: Tashi | From: Tashi's TV | 18 comments
Coming in June: the Brits do The Apprentice on BBC Prime. The show stars UK multi-billionaire Alan Sugar, alongside 14 interview-hopefuls.


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