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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 totals08e01 Blank Canvas 2012-03-21 21:00
Blank Canvas
Sixteen candidates begin their fight to start up a business with Lord Sugar. In this task, the teams must buy blank goods and add value by printing designs onto them.
s08e02 Household Gadget 2012-03-28 20:00
Household Gadget
Lord Sugar calls the teams to the Victoria and Albert Museum. They must invent a household gadget and pitch for orders to some of the country's biggest retailers.
s08e03 Condiments 2012-04-04 20:00
Condiments
Lord Sugar mixes the boys and girls teams together for the next task, which is to come up with a new condiment - a Mediterranean-style ketchup versus a chilli chutney.
s08e04 Junk Shops 2012-04-11 20:00
Junk Shops
Lord Sugar asks the teams to set up second-hand shops in London's fashionable East End, sourcing their stock from auctions, junk shops and car boot sales.
s08e05 Keep Fit 2012-04-18 20:00
Keep Fit
Lord Sugar turns the candidates' attentions towards the keep fit industry. They have two days to devise and brand a new fitness class that reflects recent popular trends.
s08e06 Street Food 2012-04-25 20:00
Street Food
It is week six, and Lord Sugar sends the candidates to Scotland, where they must make gourmet food and sell it on the streets of Edinburgh.
s08e07 Flip It in Essex 2012-05-02 20:00
Flip It in Essex
The teams are given 150 pounds to spend on wholesale goods, with Essex as their selling ground. Hopes are pinned on a collection of mops, MP3 players and fake tan.
s08e08 Street Art 2012-05-09 20:00
Street Art
The teams each have one day to convince up-and-coming urban artists that they are the right team to represent them in a one-off gallery sale.
s08e09 English Bubbles 2012-05-16 20:00
English Bubbles
Lord Sugar challenges the teams to devise a brand, identity and marketing campaign for English sparkling wine.
s08e10 Discount Dealing 2012-05-23 20:00
Discount Dealing
The candidates' negotiation skills are put to the test as they spend a day representing an online daily deals website.
s08e11 The Final Five 2012-05-29 20:00
The Final Five
The remaining candidates give their assessment of their personal triumphs and failures and the lessons they have learned during the quest to win an investment from Lord Sugar.
s08e12 Affordable Luxury 2012-05-30 20:00
Affordable Luxury
The candidates must consider affordable luxury retail markets and devise a new product range, complete with prototype retail space.
s08e13 Why I Fired Them 2012-06-02 20:00
Why I Fired Them
Lord Sugar sheds light on each of the firings from this year's Apprentice, explaining just what led him to utter the immortal words 'You're Fired' to the candidates.
s08e14 The Final: Interviews and You're Hired 2012-06-03 20:00
The Final: Interviews and You're Hired
Lord Sugar asks the candidates to pitch their business concepts to him, and they face a gruelling series of interviews.