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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 totals07e01 £250 Business Start Up 2011-05-10 20:00
£250 Business Start Up
Lord Sugar gives the teams 250 pounds to invest in fresh fruit and vegetables, expecting a high return.
s07e02 Mobile Phone Application 2011-05-11 20:00
Mobile Phone Application
Lord Sugar challenges the teams to think big and go global as they design, launch and promote a new mobile phone application.
s07e03 Discount Buying for the Savoy 2011-05-18 20:00
Discount Buying for the Savoy
The business hopefuls have nine hours to source ten products for the Savoy Hotel, testing their powers of negotiation.
s07e04 Beauty Treatments 2011-05-25 20:00
Beauty Treatments
Lord Sugar sets the candidates their next task: to set-up beauty treatment businesses in Birmingham.
s07e05 Create, Brand and Launch a Pet Food 2011-06-01 20:00
Create, Brand and Launch a Pet Food
Lord Sugar sets the candidates the task of creating, branding and pitching a new pet food. One team chooses dogs, the other cats.
s07e06 Rubbish 2011-06-08 20:00
Rubbish
Lord Sugar instructs the teams to build junk collection businesses. With tough scrap dealers and quick-witted builders, profit proves hard to find amongst the refuse.
s07e07 Freemium Magazine Launch 2011-06-15 20:00
Freemium Magazine Launch
The teams are called to Fleet Street, where Lord Sugar informs them that they will be creating and publishing a free magazine.
s07e08 Paris 2011-06-22 20:00
Paris
The teams are summoned to St Pancras International, where they are informed their next task is to introduce British products to the French market.
s07e09 Biscuit 2011-06-29 20:00
Biscuit
The candidates are enjoying their day off when Lord Sugar arrives and instructs them to make, brand and pitch a new type of upmarket biscuit.
s07e10 Flip It 2011-07-06 20:00
Flip It
Given a pallet containing 250 pounds' worth of wholesale goods, the teams must find out what sells best, before investing in that product.
s07e11 The Final Five 2011-07-07 20:00
The Final Five
As the series draws to a close and tension mounts, this programme profiles the remaining five candidates, revealing the true stories behind their super-confident egos.
s07e12 Fast Food Chain 2011-07-13 20:00
Fast Food Chain
Lord Sugar challenges the candidates to develop and open their own fast food outlet, before pitching it to industry experts.
s07e13 How to Get Hired 2011-07-15 20:00
How to Get Hired
As Lord Sugar prepares to announce his new business partner in The Apprentice, comedian and frustrated fan Dara O Briain shares his theories on how to become a winning candidate.
s07e14 The Final 2011-07-17 20:00
The Final
The four candidates face a gruelling interview process, before heading to the boardroom, where Lord Sugar picks his new business partner. Plus You're Hired, with Dara O Briain.