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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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14 this season · 274 totals11e02 Advertising - Cactus Shampoo 2011-03-13 21:00
Advertising - Cactus Shampoo
The candidates are summoned to the Barbican Conservatory, where Lord Sugar tells them that they must create a new shampoo brand.
s11e01 Fish Food 2015-10-14 20:00
Fish Food
Ambitious entrepreneurs start their fight for a life-changing investment. Their first task is transforming fish from the market into something for hungry Londoners.
s11e03 Cross-Channel Discount Buying 2015-10-21 20:00
Cross-Channel Discount Buying
For the candidates it's an abrupt end to their day off as Lord Sugar sends instructions to pack a bag and head to the tunnels underneath Dover Castle.
s11e04 Pet Show 2015-10-28 21:00
Pet Show
Lord Sugar instructs the candidates to tap into one of the UK's biggest markets - pet products. When both teams try to sell the same products, it's a dog-eat-dog battle.
s11e05 Children's Book 2015-11-04 21:00
Children's Book
Lord Sugar sets the candidates a surprising task - write and design a children's book, and record an accompanying CD, before selling it to London's bookshops.
s11e06 Handy Man 2015-11-11 21:00
Handy Man
Lord Sugar asks the teams to set up and run handyman businesses. The teams set to work offering cleaning, gardening and DIY services to large and small clients alike.
s11e07 Discount Store 2015-11-18 21:00
Discount Store
Lord Sugar challenges the candidates to open a discount store and, in two days, turn products into profit.
s11e08 Party Planning 2015-11-25 21:00
Party Planning
It's week eight and the candidates are taken back in time to the Museum of Childhood. Lord Sugar instructs the teams to become party planners, with just two days to set up and host a children's party for some high-spending clients.With a £2,000 budget, the candidates must throw an event to remember, keeping an eye on profits but also pleasing the punters. Contending with tricky teens and hard-to-please parents, both teams have a challenge on their hands.For one project manager it's a dream gig. But with grand plans for the teens to have a blast, it's not long before a massive oversight threatens to derail their task completely. Elsewhere on the team there's a party pooper, as one candidate's attempts to keep a tight rein on the budget risk spoiling the day for the birthday girl.On the other team, efforts to make merry with the kids fall flat when an overzealous double act lead a lacklustre assault course. Things go from bad to worse with a mix up over the birthday cake and a blunder with the party gifts. Faced with disgruntled customers, the blame game starts and the party falls flat.As the figures are added up and the profits announced, in the boardroom it's a celebration for some. For the losers, an indignant Lord Sugar takes an unprecedented step, and for someone the party is most definitely over.
s11e09 Property Agents 2015-12-02 21:00
Property Agents
Lord Sugar throws the teams into the London property market to sell mid-range and high-end properties to the city's most discerning buyers.
s11e10 Health Snack 2015-12-09 21:00
Health Snack
The eight remaining contestants are tasked with creating a new health food snack that they have to pitch to three major retailers. The teams are given two days to come up with the snack and then compete for orders.
s11e11 The Final Five 2015-12-09 22:35
The Final Five
A profile of the remaining five candidates with a look into each of their backgrounds and analysis from Lord Sugar's aides.
s11e12 Interviews 2015-12-16 21:00
Interviews
The remaining candidates have just 24 hours to brush off their business plans and face the interview process with four of Alan's most trusted advisors - Claude Littner, Claudine Collins, Mike Soutar and Linda Plant.
s11e13 Why I Fired Them 2015-12-16 22:35
Why I Fired Them
Lord Sugar takes a look at the best and worst of this years tasks with insider analysis from advisors Karren Brady and Claude Littner.
s11e14 The Final and You're Hired 2015-12-20 21:00
The Final and You're Hired
The final task involves the last two candidates creating and unveiling their own brand in front of industry insiders in only a few days. The candidates are allowed to bring back past candidates to help them net the £250,000 investment. Lord Sugar finally announces the winner of the series and his next business partner. Jack Dee is then joined by the contestants from tonight's show and Lord Sugar to discuss the winner's journey and the rest of the series.