The Apprentice
The Apprentice is a reality show on BBC1. Boardrooms and bust-ups in Britain's toughest job interview. Who's all talk and who can deliver? The popular program has been available since 2025. A total of 12 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in February 2026.
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The candidates turn petals into profits, selling flowers to the public and corporate clients. But a bunch of problems lead to a pruning in the boardroom.
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The candidates must tap into the bottled water market to create a TV advertisement and a social media campaign, but watered-down branding and wishy-washy ads mean a candidate is filtered out.
Week 3, and it's chicken v egg. The candidates race to turn ingredients into a profit, but ruffled feathers and picky eaters spark drama in the boardroom.
Once upon a time, 18 candidates were tasked with creating a storybook. Unfinished illustrations and a stinky storyline mean the fairy tale is over, and another candidate is fired.
Lord Sugar’s business hopefuls jet off to Hong Kong on a mission to secure nine items at knock-down prices. In the boardroom, the boss is back, and the firing finger is fully loaded.
Series 19
The two finalists come head-to-head as they launch their businesses and pitch to Lord Sugar for the chance to become his next business partner and win the £250,000 investment.
Week 11, and familiar faces return to do a deep dive into the business plans of the final five. The pressure is on as naive numbers and preposterous plans are revealed.
The candidates launch an environmentally conscious fashion brand, but after risky style choices and run-of-the-mill designs, another candidate is sent packing.
It’s the return of the iconic TV shopping task, where candidates select products before selling live to the nation on one of the country’s leading shopping channels.
This week, candidates create and advertise their own hot sauce to pitch to experts. Basic branding, absurd adverts and critical errors lead to a shock result in the boardroom.
The teams design a kids' banking app and accompanying money box to pitch to industry experts, but an absence of education and disjointed designs lead to one candidate being fired.
The candidates jet off to breathtaking Türkiye to run corporate away-day experiences. Prioritising profit and substandard service result in another candidate being fired.