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The Apprentice
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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.
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15 this season · 274 totals05e01 Scrubbing Up 2009-03-25 21:00
Scrubbing Up
Sir Alan Sugar sets gruelling tasks for business hopefuls. The fresh-faced candidates must make as much money as possible by starting up a cleaning company. Who will be fired?
s05e02 Catering 2009-04-01 20:00
Catering
Sir Alan challenges the teams to set up a catering service for busy professionals, but things quickly go wrong for the teams as they hurtle towards the boardroom.
s05e03 Fitness Product 2009-04-08 20:00
Fitness Product
Sir Alan challenges the candidates to create a new piece of portable gym equipment, which they must then pitch to a panel of industry experts. Who will be fired?
s05e04 Cosmetics 2009-04-15 20:00
Cosmetics
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.
s05e05 Breakfast Cereal 2009-04-22 20:00
Breakfast Cereal
The teams must launch a brand identity for a new breakfast cereal: come up with a name for the cereal, design a look for the box and shoot a TV ad campaign.
s05e06 Selling Bric-a-Brac 2009-04-29 20:00
Selling Bric-a-Brac
The teams hit the streets of London in a race to value and sell ten items of bric-a-brac, including a medical skeleton, a box of books and a pair of vintage shoes.
s05e07 Selling to Trade 2009-05-06 20:00
Selling to Trade
With nine candidates remaining, Sir Alan sends them to the North of England, where they must select two new innovative products to sell to trade.
s05e08 Marketing Margate 2009-05-13 20:00
Marketing Margate
The candidates must use all of their creative and marketing skills to rebrand one of Britain's most enduring tourist attractions, the seaside resort of Margate.
s05e09 Baby Trade Show 2009-05-20 20:00
Baby Trade Show
With just seven candidates remaining, Sir Alan sends the teams to London's Earls Court to sell baby products at the country's biggest baby show.
s05e10 Shopping Channel 2009-05-27 20:00
Shopping Channel
Sir Alan sets the teams the task of selling products on live television, but first they must select, from thousands of products, the ones they think will sell best.
s05e11 Interviews 2009-06-03 20:00
Interviews
The five candidates must 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.
s05e12 The Final Five 2009-06-03 20:00
The Final Five
As The Apprentice draws to a close, the remaining five candidates are profiled. Friends and family discuss the final five and reveal the true stories behind the egos.
s05e13 Why I Fired Them 2009-06-05 20:00
Why I Fired Them
A chance to remember the candidates who didn't quite make it. Sir Alan reveals how he decided who would hear his famous phrase - 'You're fired'.
s05e14 Chocolates 2009-06-07 20:00
Chocolates
The two finalists have just three days to create and brand a new box of chocolates with original flavours before launching them to an audience of industry experts.
s05e15 You're Hired 2009-06-07 20:00
You're Hired
With Sir Alan's search at an end, Adrian Chiles and a panel of guests meet the winner, the runner-up and the boss himself as they look back over the job interview from hell.