The Apprentice - 2015

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monthefish

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Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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New series imminent - trailer just been released...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0336tkb


monthefish

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Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Vyse said:


Claude
He used to be awesome- I loved his absolutely no-bullst approach, but in the last series but one, he became a caricature of himself, acting like a pantomime baddie and being petulant and nasty for the sake of it.

Hopefully he'll have sorted that our for this series.

monthefish

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Saturday 26th September 2015
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The format got a bit boring for me a few series' ago, but the 'You're Fired' programme and Matt Edmondson's Apprentice stuff is usually pretty good, and really adds to it.

Hope he does another like this....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMDVc6gTp3Y

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Tuesday 6th October 2015
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FourWheelDrift said:
BBC Apprentice said:
Joseph Valente - Joseph currently runs his own plumbing company.
AKA, a Plumber.

Plumbing new depths?


BBC Apprentice said:
Dan Callaghan - Director of a fragrance retailer
Sells perfume from a suitcase on street corners, keep an eye for the rozzers Rodney.


BBC Apprentice said:
Vana Koutsomitis - Social media entrepreneur
Uses Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


BBC Apprentice said:
Aisha Kasim - Inventor and hair extensions specialist
Hairdresser.
You're good.
(Next time I'm interviewing, I'm bringing you in)

monthefish

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Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Nick Grant said:
So come on, just for fun, let's all pick the winner from the very little we know already.
Ok, my money is on Elle Stevenson and Richard Woods for the final.



(I reserve the right to change my mind once I see what complete twunts they act on TV)

monthefish

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Thursday 8th October 2015
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Blaster72 said:
Looks like Luis Suárez scrubs up well

yikes

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Monday 12th October 2015
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TurboFan said:
technodup said:
ash73 said:
No decent totty, what are they playing at? Won't bother watching it irked
It's the only reason I watch it and this year is slim pickings afaics.
I've got to agree with you there.
Really? Nothing at all?
Jenny Garbis


Elle Stevenson


Form here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3264688/It...

Edited by monthefish on Monday 12th October 16:21

monthefish

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Wednesday 14th October 2015
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Let the bhing and petty in-fighting begin...

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Sunday 25th October 2015
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Sunday 25th October 2015
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What was with the excessive criticism of the girl for taking the waitresses word for it? Can't imagine she would have got a different response direct from the chef/manager, and in any case, it would be highly disrespectful to say "thanks love, but I'm not prepared to take your word for it - get me someone else"

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FourWheelDrift said:
It was an anatomically correct skeleton required last year, I think Sugar's argument against was because flat cardboard bones are not anatomically correct. The requirement last night was for "an inflatable boat at least 1.5 metres in length", both teams bought an inflatable boat at least 1.5m long.
Shuggs has a tendency to change the rules as he goes along in order to get the outcome he wants, or in order to humiliate somebody he doesn't like.
yes

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Sunday 25th October 2015
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technodup said:
monthefish said:
What was with the excessive criticism of the girl for taking the waitresses word for it? Can't imagine she would have got a different response direct from the chef/manager, and in any case, it would be highly disrespectful to say "thanks love, but I'm not prepared to take your word for it - get me someone else"
First rule in business is to speak to someone who can make a decision on the proposal in question. A waitress is not that person in this case.
"First rule in business..." teacher
rofl
Are you applying for next years show?

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Friday 30th October 2015
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Laurel Green said:
I do hope Joseph's sister gets the boot.
confused

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Friday 6th November 2015
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Langweilig said:
All those women queueing for the bathroom and they all have to be ready in 30 minutes?
Don't worry - it's a very long thirty minutes - it goes from pitch black outside to broad daylight by the time they go into the cars.

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Friday 6th November 2015
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kev1974 said:
I'd have thought her bringing this gang rape thing up into the public eye stands far more chance of ruining her two-staff events company in Dubai.
Can you explain why you think that?

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Thursday 19th November 2015
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GetCarter said:
Nope. Nor Dru Masters. Still, they use my music most weeks.
Really?
Why didn't you mention it before?
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Edited by monthefish on Thursday 19th November 21:30

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Tuesday 8th December 2015
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jammy_basturd said:
Jonesy23 said:
If you're going to have a scripted show, have a scripted show. Don't mess people around and pretend otherwise and stitch things up in the background. Smacks of an amateur production team.
The BBC seems to do this with all their most popular shows. Top Gear was/is the same, became more and more scripted and contrived with every series.
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pauloroberto said:
How odd that the week when someone resigns (which is unprecedented?) is also the week when someone refuses to go on "you're fired" (which is also unprecedented?).

Curious
Katie Hopkins quit in one of the early series. And there have been a couple of no shows on You're Fired. So nothing unprecedented at all.
Don't think there's ever been a 'You're fired' with no candidate at all, has there? (which, I think, was what Paulo was getting at)

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Thursday 17th December 2015
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kev1974 said:
To be honest I don't think Sugar had much choice! All the ideas were complete rubbish! Especially Captain Bullst Bingo and his marketing nonsense, when in the end he could not even market himself reliably! As for Charlene why the hell would you want to start something like that in London where it already exists 200 times over! £250k will be gone in rent and rates within months anyway!

He will go with the Vana dating app as he is blinded by tech and easily convinced she has the next Tinder, even though as others have pointed out the money will be gone in a few months on development, and even if she did hit on something good, Tinder/Match will just stick one of their junior developers on it and replicate it in a few days, in fact if there was anything in it they'd have done it already. From what I've seen of the dating youth of today they are shallow as hell, they just want to swipe swipe swipe and get instant contact, not be made to play games first!

What does the spiv boy need £250k for? To open a new branch of his plumbers he just needs to buy someone a van and some tools surely? Hardly massive investment?

Why do so many of them think franchising is the way to go?
Why do you think franchising is not the way to go?