The Best Episodes of The Apprentice (UK)

#1 - The Final

Season 7 - Episode 14

After eleven tasks, it's finally time for Lord Sugar to choose his business partner. The four finalists each have to face a gruelling interview process on their own. There is nowhere to hide as each of them is grilled by four of Lord Sugar's trusted business colleagues and advisors. Each candidate will also have their business ideas tested to destruction, as their plans for their business with Lord Sugar are put under the microscope. It's the ultimate test of character, as every aspect of their personal and professional lives is scrutinised and judged by the influential interviewers. After they have made their assessments, Lord Sugar's four advisors feed back their opinions and explain their verdicts to him in the boardroom. As the candidates take their turn to plead their case, three will have their dreams shattered as Lord Sugar delivers his final ruling on who will become his business partner.

9.00

4 votes

#2 - Episode 4 - Cosmetics

Season 5 - Episode 4

Week four of Sir Alan Sugars search for his apprentice. Sir Alan Sugar challenges the teams to set up their own cosmetics business.

8.50

14 votes

#3 - Episode 12 - Building Design

Season 3 - Episode 12

The final week and only two candidates remain in the compitition. With former colleagues coming back to help, or possibly hinder, the final task of the season is to plan and present ideas of what to do with a £120 million site that Sir Alan has recently bought. This time however, the final boardroom will reveal who has been hired.

8.27

11 votes

#4 - Episode 10 - Supercar Rentals

Season 4 - Episode 10

Sir Alan gives the teams a choice of supercars and challenges them to rent them out to members of the public. It's not hard to turn heads with such high-end merchandise, but interest soon dries up when the teams reveal the price tag to passers-by.

8.25

12 votes

#5 - Episode 12 - Chocolates

Season 5 - Episode 12

8.23

13 votes

#6 - Episode 7 - Topshop

Season 2 - Episode 7

The eight survivors try to succeed in the world of fashion at Top Shop in Oxford Circus, London. With Sir Alan and Top Shop owner Phillip Green paying the candidates a surprise visit, how will they cope as they try to find a way to appeal to the teenage fashion market?

8.22

9 votes

#7 - Episode 5 - Advertising

Season 2 - Episode 5

The remaining ten candidates are given the task to promote a card that grants the bearer money for private jets. When they need a private jet, they use the card to show that they have the money.

8.20

10 votes

#8 - Episode 4 - Photography

Season 4 - Episode 4

Four weeks into his search for an apprentice, Sir Alan challenges the teams to set up their own photography business at a busy shopping centre on the outskirts of London. Charged with taking and selling photos, the teams must work together to rake in the money. But with tempers flaring and the pressure rising, will the candidates come unstuck at the first hurdle?

8.17

11 votes

#9 - Episode 8 - Trade Sales

Season 2 - Episode 8

As the series enters the second half, Sir Alan arrives at the house to tell the contestants that they must sell goods to traders.

8.17

12 votes

#10 - Episode 10 - Shopping Channel

Season 3 - Episode 10

It's time for the candidates to practice their sales technique once more, as they have to sell live on TV to the public. However, this task is not as simple as it may seem, as the teams are also required to choose which specific products they want to sell. Who will sell, and who will make the worst cock-up?

8.17

12 votes

#11 - Episode 5 - Breakfast Cereal

Season 5 - Episode 5

The candidates are given the task of a new breakfast cereal with a brand identity including a name for the cereal, design for the box and film a TV campaign that will appeal both to the parents and the children.

8.14

14 votes

#12 - Episode 7 - Buying in Morocco

Season 4 - Episode 7

The candidates set off on a two-day business trip to Marrakesh, where they are challenged to find the best deals possible when buying 10 items in the city's markets. The budding entrepreneurs race against time and tempers flare as the deadline approaches. Margaret Mountford and Nick Hewer report back to Alan Sugar, who will cross-examine the two teams before dismissing another contestant

8.13

15 votes

#13 - Flip It

Season 7 - Episode 10

Called to a north London wholesale warehouse, the teams are met by a nostalgic Lord Sugar, who tells the teams that it was from places like this that he started out buying low to sell high. He gives both teams a pallet carrying 250 pounds' worth of wholesale goods. They must find out what sells best, then re-invest in those products. It is a simple exercise in following the money and increasing sales. The pallets contain cheap nodding dogs, pricey pressure washers, duvet sets, cut-price sunglasses, brollies, watches and more. The prospects for the task look good, and there are quick volunteers for the team leader roles. They have the whole of London to sell to: street markets, houses door-to-door, offices and maps to help find more. The trick is to match the products to the potential market, but some get it badly wrong, taking tacky stuff to snobby areas, or high-priced goods to East End pound shops. For some selling comes naturally, but for others it's a humiliating struggle. In the battle to sell, the teams start to forget the challenge. One team wantonly under-invests, while the other returns to buy an even wider range of products. Arguments about how best to accumulate cash spilt the candidates, leaving both teams in disarray. Lord Sugar nurses hopes for high returns, but in the boardroom they are dashed by dismal results. Turning on the losers, he vents his fury on their performance - particularly their logistics - and the backstabbing begins. In the end there is little to choose between the final three, then the decision is made and an emotional loser hears the words "You're fired!".

8.13

15 votes

#14 - Episode 8 - Trainers

Season 3 - Episode 8

The candidates have to create their own brand of trainer. They are then required, with the help of first class advertising agencies, to market their new product by producing a poster and TV advert.

8.13

8 votes

#15 - Episode 5 - Art

Season 1 - Episode 5

Fourteen candidates compete in tests of stamina, intelligence and ruthlessness to win the prize of a highly paid job with Sir Alan Sugar. The two teams are given the task of selling modern art.

8.12

17 votes

#16 - Bangers

Season 6 - Episode 1

Lord Sugar meets a fresh batch of candidates in his search for an apprentice, as another series of the business-based reality TV show begins. The first task for the candidates is to produce a range of sausages ready for sale the next morning. They are given a crash-course in crafting the perfect sausage, before hitting the streets at the crack of dawn in the hope of selling their stock, under the watchful eyes of Nick Hewer and Karren Brady. At the end of the day, one candidate will be fired.

8.11

9 votes

#17 - Epsiode 4 - Sweets

Season 3 - Episode 4

It's time to see if the teams have a sweet tooth, with this weeks task involving the manufacturing and selling of sweets at London Zoo. The teams must decide which target market to aim for - parents or children - as well as integrating within the zoo and it's main animal attractions.

8.10

10 votes

#18 - Episode 11 - Interviews

Season 3 - Episode 11

It's time for the five remaining candidates to face the interview process. Three candidates are set to face the chop, as Sir Alan looks to choose the best of the best from the final five.

8.10

10 votes

#19 - Episode 1 - Selling Fish

Season 4 - Episode 1

To start of the new season, Sir Alan sets the task in which two teams, separating into the girls and the boys, have to sell fish out on the streets of London. There was much talk of the boys' team splitting into two factions: the first of these contained Alex, Simon, Lee and Ian while the second consisted of Raef, Michael and Nicholas. Coverage was shown of all members of the boys' team; however, some members of the girls' team (notably Shazia, Lucinda and Jenny) had almost no coverage in this week's episode.

8.10

10 votes

#20 - Episode 5 - Ice Cream

Season 4 - Episode 5

It's down to the farm for our Apprentice wannabes, as the teams take on an ice cream making challenge. Alpha and Renaissance must make three new flavours, and then launch two of those products into the untapped London market. The team which secures the most orders, by value, will win.

8.08

12 votes

#21 - Episode 10 - Shopping Channel

Season 1 - Episode 10

Fouteen candidates compete in tests to win the prize of a job with Sir Alan Sugar. The five remaining candidates try to sell wares on a TV shopping channel.

8.08

13 votes

#22 - Episode 2 - Dog Accessory

Season 3 - Episode 2

With one candidate fired last week, the remaining 15 are given the task to design products for dogs. These ideas must then be presented to three pet stores. But will any of the stores approve of what Sir Alan's potential apprentices have to offer them?

8.07

15 votes

#23 - Country Show

Season 10 - Episode 8

The candidates attempt to crack the rural market at the Royal Bath and West show.

8.06

34 votes

#24 - Episode 11 - Interviews

Season 1 - Episode 11

Fourteen candidates compete in tests to win the prize of a job with Sir Alan Sugar. With a place in the final at stake, the candidates must compete as individuals in a round of interviews.

8.00

14 votes

#25 - Episode 8 - Marketing Margate

Season 5 - Episode 8

Alan Sugar sends the candidates to Margate on the Kent coast, where they are challenged to produce an eye-catching series of posters and leaflets designed to attract tourists to the seaside resort. They then have to pitch their campaigns to tourism industry experts, residents and dignitaries, with one of the losing team members ending up in the firing line

8.00

8 votes