The Apprentice sees fourteen candidates, competing against each other for a position at Lord Alan Sugar's company. Each week the candidates take part in a task set by Lord Sugar. Each team will have a Team Leader who managers that group for that task. The team that performs the best will win a reward and avoid the boardroom. The losing team will be summoned to the boardroom where their team leader will be forced to pick two people in their team who we join them in the boardroom and a chance to be fired. After twelve weeks Lord Sugar will be left with his Apprentice, who will work for him at a salary of £100,000. Lord Sugar is very busy so he has Nick and Karen, who act as his eyes and ears, to inform him of what's going on.
Fourteen young entrepreneurs face a battery of challenges as they compete to win a job with multi-millionaire Sir Alan Sugar. The winner takes all and losers walk away empty-handed.
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s01e02Toys2005-02-2321:00⌄
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Toys
s01e02 ·
2005-02-23 ·
21:00
In his search for an apprentice, Sir Alan Sugar sets his candidates the challenge of designing a new product for the most difficult of consumers - kids aged five to nine.
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s01e03List of Items to Buy2005-03-0221:00⌄
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List of Items to Buy
s01e03 ·
2005-03-02 ·
21:00
Twelve candidates are left in the running to become the apprentice. There's a change in the sexual chemistry as Sugar orders a re-shuffle to enable girls and boys to work together for the first time.
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s01e04Harrods2005-03-0921:00⌄
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Harrods
s01e04 ·
2005-03-09 ·
21:00
It's week four and three contenders have already been sacked. At Harrods, the task for each team is to persuade people to shop at their stall.
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s01e05Art2005-03-1621:00⌄
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Art
s01e05 ·
2005-03-16 ·
21:00
The two teams are given the task of selling modern art.
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s01e06Advertising2005-03-2321:00⌄
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Advertising
s01e06 ·
2005-03-23 ·
21:00
This week the task is a creative one: each team has to come up with an advertising campaign for a new hi-fi product, and the item is one of Sugar's own, a prototype he wants to launch in America.
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s01e07Celebrity Auction2005-03-3020:00⌄
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Celebrity Auction
s01e07 ·
2005-03-30 ·
20:00
Eight contestants remain and Sir Alan Sugar has had to separate two of them following a bust-up. The task tests their negotiating skills as they have to convince celebrities to donate something personal for auction.
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s01e08Farmer's Market2005-04-0620:00⌄
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Farmer's Market
s01e08 ·
2005-04-06 ·
20:00
The candidates travel to find an agricultural product that can be transformed into a commodity and sold for profit at a City farmers' market. One team picks fruit from the hedgerows of Berkshire to make jam, while the other buys blue cheese and venison to make soup.
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s01e09Tottenham Hotspur2005-04-1320:00⌄
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Tottenham Hotspur
s01e09 ·
2005-04-13 ·
20:00
Sir Alan Sugar invites the remaining candidates to Tottenham Hotspur for one of the club's biggest fixtures. They must market a text messaging service delivering team news to fans' phones.
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s01e10Shopping Channel2005-04-2020:00⌄
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Shopping Channel
s01e10 ·
2005-04-20 ·
20:00
The five remaining candidates try to sell wares on a TV shopping channel.
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s01e11Interviews2005-04-2720:00⌄
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Interviews
s01e11 ·
2005-04-27 ·
20:00
With a place in the final at stake, the candidates must compete as individuals.
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s01e13You're Hired2005-05-0320:00⌄
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You're Hired
s01e13 ·
2005-05-03 ·
20:00
Adrian Chiles talks to the winner of The Apprentice, his new boss, Sir Alan Sugar, and the losing candidates to discover the lessons they learned along the way.
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s01e12The Final - Riverboat Parties2005-05-0420:00⌄
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The Final - Riverboat Parties
s01e12 ·
2005-05-04 ·
20:00
The two remaining candidates have their final project, a party each on a Thames riverboat.
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