The BEST episodes of The Apprentice (UK) season 1

Every episode of The Apprentice (UK) season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Apprentice (UK) season 1!

British reality competition that sees young entrepreneurs compete in several business tasks, attempting to survive the weekly firings in order to become the business partner of one of the most successful businessmen.

Last Updated: 6/7/2025Network: BBC OneStatus: Continuing

9.27

44 votes

#1 - The Final

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/2005

Fourteen candidates compete to win the prize of a highly paid job with Sir Alan Sugar. The two remaining candidates have their final project, a party each on a Thames riverboat.

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8.79

72 votes

#2 - Episode 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/16/2005

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.

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8.72

43 votes

#3 - Episode 11

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/27/2005

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.

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8.70

43 votes

#4 - Episode 7

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/30/2005

Eight contestants remain and Sir Alan Sugar has had to separate two of them following a bust-up. The task tests their negotiating skills as they have to convince celebrities to donate something personal for auction.

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8.36

75 votes

#5 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/2005

Twelve candidates are left in the running to become the apprentice. There's a change in the sexual chemistry as Sugar orders a re-shuffle to enable girls and boys to work together for the first time.

8.07

40 votes

#6 - Episode 10

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/20/2005

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.

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7.63

48 votes

#7 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/2005

In his search for an apprentice, Sir Alan Sugar sets his candidates the challenge of designing a new product for the most difficult of consumers - kids aged five to nine.

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7.48

62 votes

#8 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/2005

Fourteen young entrepreneurs face a battery of challenges as they compete to win a job with multi-millionaire Sir Alan Sugar. The winner takes all and losers walk away empty-handed.

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7.38

40 votes

#9 - Episode 8

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/2005

The candidates travel to find an agricultural product that can be transformed into a commodity and sold for profit at a City farmers' market. One team picks fruit from the hedgerows of Berkshire to make jam, while the other buys blue cheese and venison to make soup.

7.31

54 votes

#10 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/2005

Fourteen candidates compete to win the prize of a highly paid job with Alan Sugar. It's week four and three contenders have already been sacked. At Harrods, the task for each team is to persuade people to shop at their stall.

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7.26

42 votes

#11 - Episode 9

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/2005

Sir Alan Sugar invites the remaining candidates to Tottenham Hotspur for one of the club's biggest fixtures. They must market a text messaging service delivering team news to fans' phones.

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5.98

46 votes

#12 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/23/2005

This week the task is a creative one: each team has to come up with an advertising campaign for a new hi-fi product, and the item is one of Sugar's own, a prototype he wants to launch in America.

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