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16 February 2005 (UK) more
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Sir Alan Sugar fires 1 of 14 candidates each week after a business task, eventually leaving one with a £100,000 job as 'The Apprentice.' full summary
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5 wins & 7 nominations more
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2010 'Apprentice' pushed back to summer
 (From digitalspy. 10 November 2009, 5:02 AM, PST)

Mone embarrassed over TV hosting debut
 (From digitalspy. 17 September 2009, 5:01 AM, PDT)

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addictive reality TV with clueless business types more (7 total)

Cast

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Mark Halliley ... Narrator (62 episodes, 2005-2009)
Nick Hewer ... Himself - Sir Alan's aide / ... (62 episodes, 2005-2009)
Margaret Mountford ... Herself - Sir Alan's aide / ... (62 episodes, 2005-2009)
Alan Sugar ... Himself - The Boss (60 episodes, 2005-2009)
Samantha Moon ... Frances (27 episodes, 2007-2009)
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59 min (12 episodes)
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The opening music is from 'Sergei Prokofiev''s "Romeo and Juliet". more
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addictive reality TV with clueless business types, 6 May 2009
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Author: didi-5 from United Kingdom

Now in its fifth series, 'The Apprentice' has 14 candidates for a top job with Sir Alan Sugar's group of companies - carrying out a range of tasks (face painting, washing cars, cooking, making a TV commercial, launching a product, selling sandwiches, etc.) in order to be in the winning team at the end of the day.

With catchphrases like 'this is a job interview from hell' and, carried over from the US version, 'You're fired', it can come across a bit more reality TV than business acumen. The eventual winners have ranged from nice Tim to liar Lee to dim Michelle to er, the other one. Strong characters tend to stay in until the last few weeks to give the viewer something to loathe.

Sir Alan's aides, Nick and Margaret, are good value to watch, their expressions showing their disdain for the candidates as they flunk one task after another. And yes, these high flyers are dim - the scary thing is that the candidates have top salary jobs outside of 'The Apprentice'! As a reality show, it's watchable and fun - even though the last two series have had candidates who play up to the camera more than their predecessors. As a business programme, it's fairly useless - even the tasks have got less interesting as the series has progressed.

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