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s20e12 · 2026-04-16
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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 totals15e01 South Africa 2019-10-02 20:00
South Africa
A new group of 16 hopeful candidates embark on their first challenge of the competition. The contestants are sent 6,000 miles from London to the capital city of Cape Town in South Africa, where they are tasked to set up and run their own safari and vineyard tours. One team's brash approach to ticket sales causes commotion, while on the other team premium prices prove problematic.
s15e02 Ice Lollies 2019-10-09 20:00
Ice Lollies
The teams are challenged to create, manufacture and sell their own ranges of ice lollies.
s15e03 Toys 2019-10-16 20:00
Toys
In the third week of the competition, the candidates join Lord Sugar at London's Cambridge Theatre, where they find out the next task will challenge them to design a toy for six-to-eight-year-olds, along with an online video to promote their brand. The teams must create their toys and prepare their pitches, before presenting their concepts to some of the biggest names in the toy industry. Back in the boardroom, one candidate from the losing team will be sent home.
s15e04 Electric Bikes 2019-10-23 20:00
Electric Bikes
In the fourth week of the competition, the candidates are challenged to create their own range of electric bikes, before hosting their own launch event to sell their bikes to some of the UK's biggest cycle retailers. As the task unfolds, half of the team head to Nottingham to develop their new bike, while the other half of the team stay in London to choose accessories and create marketing material. At their events, poor pricing strategies and forceful tactics prove problematic, and back in the boardroom, one candidate is sent home.
s15e05 Oxford and Cambridge Discount Buying 2019-10-30 21:00
Oxford and Cambridge Discount Buying
Lord Sugar sends the candidates to the historic university cities of Oxford and Cambridge, where they will attempt to procure nine items that are associated with both places.
s15e06 Theme Park 2019-11-06 21:00
Theme Park
Lord Sugar challenges the candidates to create and market a new rollercoaster.
s15e07 Finland Advertising 2019-11-13 21:00
Finland Advertising
The candidates must create an advertising campaign to persuade UK tourists to visit Finland. Finland is known as a winter destination, but this campaign must entice us to visit during the summer.
s15e08 Steam Train 2019-11-20 21:00
Steam Train
The teams host a corporate away day onboard the iconic Belmond British Pullman train.
s15e09 Music Managers 2019-11-27 21:00
Music Managers
Lord Sugar challenges the candidates to act as talent managers. They must audition unsigned musicians, choose which one to represent, then head to a studio to create a remix of one of their tracks.
s15e10 Perfume 2019-12-04 21:00
Perfume
Lord Sugar asks the candidates to don their lab coats and goggles as he challenges them to create and sell their own perfume.
s15e11 The Final Five 2019-12-10 22:45
The Final Five
The five remaining candidates are put under the microscope, revealing the real people behind the business wear.
s15e12 Interviews 2019-12-11 21:00
Interviews
The final five candidates go head to head with Lord Sugar's advisors as they present their business plans and face the bigwigs' scrutiny.
s15e13 Why I Fired Them 2019-12-18 20:00
Why I Fired Them
With Lord Sugar on the cusp of choosing his new business partner, we look back on the candidates who fell before the final hurdle.
s15e14 The Final 2019-12-18 21:00
The Final
To convince Lord Sugar they're worthy of his cash, the last two candidates must now launch their businesses, with a little help from some of those who were fired.