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The Apprentice. What A Series!

(May 2005)

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MalcyB
What a series! A bit more than just another reality show, This was an insight into the business world for everyone, not just the business man.
BBC-2 have now confirmed there will be another series and Sir Alan Sugar has agreed to do the hiring again. Tonight's programme saw Tim being hired and Sairah being fired. I think a lot of people were glad it went that way in the end. A good straight talking follow-up programme was aired after it at 10.00pm. It gave you time to digest the whole series.
Remember how it wasn't until the third series of Big Brother when it really took off. So perhaps in a year's time "The Apprentice" could well be in a similar vein.
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Dunedin
Totally agree. Top show. Top ending- the right result.

And Alan Sugar (the "sugar daddy" according to the BBC2 CA) is WAY better than Donald Trump.

Great idea though- and lasted the 12 weeks brilliantly, from "you're fired", "you're fired" etc. to "you're hired".

Great to hear it's returning
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Purpleduck
Agreed. It was a fantastic programme. Pleased to hear that there will be another series.

AS made the right choice of candidate in the end. I even alllllllllllmost started to warm to Paul in the end Rolling Eyes
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Noelfirl
Great show last night... wasn't sure about the follow up afterwards, the editing was a bit dodgy and was that canned laughter over some of the pieces? Confused

It's good to see that both The Apprentice and Dragons Den have both been recommisioned, thoroughly enjoyed both of them.

EDIT:
Media Guardian.co.uk posted:
Sir Alan Sugar fired his parting shot last night, helping The Apprentice to a ratings high of 3.6 million.

The hit BBC2 show finished its 12-week run with audiences peaking at 4 million as the winner, Tim Campbell, was announced.

After the hour-long The Apprentice: the Final at 9pm, Adrian Chiles interviewed the failed candidates and Sir Alan in front of a studio audience in The Apprentice: You're Hired.

The feisty 30-minute show attracted 3.5 million viewers - taking a chunk out of Channel 4's popular Desperate Housewives.
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Andrew Muir
I hope BBC2 air season 2 and 3 of NBC's version of The Apprentice in the mean time. I don't think I can wait a year until the next BBC series!
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A former member
Agree that the BBC should show the US version of the series, to compare and contrast if nothing else.

However I'm not sure a second series will work. It'll just tread over old ground again, and this series always smacked of one-off to me -- I'd hate to see the BBC milk the format.

That last, studio-based thing was extremely tacky. It relegated the whole thing to Big Brother's level. Unnecessary.

Really liked the rest of the series though, and I'm pleased Dragon's Den is coming back.
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Nick Harvey Founding member
jason posted:
However I'm not sure a second series will work. It'll just tread over old ground again.

I reckon they could get away with a second series, but, as you say, they shouldn't milk it for a third and fourth.

The KEY to a second series working, however, is that the tasks must be completely different, without even any "variations on a theme". I'd hate to see them selling picture messaging at a race meeting, for instance.

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