By Jim Symcox on May 21, 2008 in Claire Young, Entrepreneurs, Helene Speight, Lucinda Ledgerwood, Michael Sophocles, Raef Bjayal, Reality TV Shows, Series 4, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | 0 Comments
Sir Alan Sugar’s Apprentices are let loose at the NEC Wedding Expo to sell wedding dresses. Someone got fired. Was the firing fair? It’s easy to decide with the benefit of hindsight – that doesn’t mean it’s less fun though!
By Jim Symcox on Apr 22, 2008 in Amstrad, Claire Young, Raef Bjayal, Reality TV Shows, Simon Smith, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | 0 Comments
Sir Alan Sugar strolls amongst the Wallace Collection before addressing the assembled throng of candidates. He notes that portraits are a good thing and in the same breath tells his motley crew that their next task is to go to the Blue Water shopping centre and take photographic portraits, using a theme. Oh, and just [...]
By Jim Symcox on Mar 26, 2008 in Entrepreneurs, Reality TV Shows, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | 1 Comment
The Apprentice Goes Fishing and Sir Alan picks an Apprentice to go
By Jim Symcox on Feb 1, 2008 in Reality TV Shows, Sir Alan Sugar, The Apprentice | 0 Comments
For those of us who are suffering withdrawal pangs The Apprentice (UK version) returns with a list of celebs picked to do battle. If you look at the BBC Apprentice home page I think you’ll recognise several of the participants. I also think (although the photo isn’t huge) that the one at the back is [...]
By Jim Symcox on Sep 24, 2007 in Dragon’s Den, Duncan Bannatyne, Gordon Ramsey, Mary Portas, Mary Queen Of Shops, Mind Your Own Business, Reality TV Shows, Sir Alan Sugar, Sir Gerry Robinson, Sir John Harvey-Jones, The Apprentice, The Armstrongs, The Restaurant, The Troubleshooter, Tycoon | 0 Comments
Business reality shows are big business. Previously I blogged about the fantastic BBC series “The Troubleshooter” with Sir John Harvey-Jones. More recently we’ve had Sir Alan Sugar’s “The Apprentice.” Around the same time we got a dose of Brummy with a double glazing firm run with an iron fist in an iron glove by the [...]