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From the opening moments of last night's Apprentice it was clear that we had another bunch of jumped-up, arrogant, cringeworthy know-it-alls battling for a job with Sir Alan - in other words we are in for another excellent series.
Ian can't even bring himself to say the word 'loser', Jennifer rates herself as 'the best salesperson in Europe', Claire says she likes to crash through everything like her family's german shepherd dog and scary Sara doesn't like to beat her opposition, she likes to thrash them.
The first task saw the group split into male and female teams and given a load of fish to sell at a London market. Easy? Well, no. The teams struggled to tell their Monkfish from their Sea Breams and ended up selling the fish at a fraction of the actual value.
Other highlights of the first episode included sulky Ian pursing his lips and declaring that he hated losing, Lucinda's kooky dress sense (do health and safety regulations allow people to sell fish wearing a purple woollen beret?) and, of course, Raef's hair - what's that all about?
The award for best line has to go to Sir Alan's sidekick Nick who asked the boys' team "Did it strike anybody that a £5 lobster is bloody cheap?"
The boardroom showdown saw the girls triumph and drippy boys' team leader Alex chose to take Nicholas and Raef back into the boardroom with him.
Things quickly escalated into a class war with Nicholas declaring that the group had split into the educated and the non-educated. Alex was quick to point out that he also had a university degree which led Nicholas to point out more differences between the boys - he likes to talk about arts and culture and they like to talk about football apparently. The writing was really on the wall for Nicholas at that point and Sir Alan rightly fired him.
What did you think of the first episode? Who are your favourites and which of the candidates are getting on your nerves. Let us know...
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Posted by: f12farrell on Thu Mar 27 01:44PM | Report abuseRaef should have gone then Nick the pair of jumped up prats. So much for their private education if they cant identify fish from a photograph!!!! it doesn't take a mastermind to do that even a 5 year old could manage that.
Posted by: oneil481 on Thu Mar 27 01:44PM | Report abuseYes, He was the right choice.He was an arrogent little man. Cathy
Posted by: catherine.mccann on Thu Mar 27 01:44PM | Report abuseThe guy had class - enough to [virtually] admit he had acted like a prat, at least (on You're Fired). People like him are what made Britain 'Great'; if you disagree, then you need to start a Republican movement in UK, otherwise him and 'his' will always 'Lord' it over the rest of us....!
Posted by: mcscrunge on Thu Mar 27 01:44PM | Report abuseWhat an absolute arse! People like Nicholas are, apparently, all to common in the rarified atmosphere of the privilaged. In the words of a peasant "get out from up your own arse and get some life experienced in a proper job"
Posted by: p.barkway on Thu Mar 27 01:45PM | Report abuseGlad Nick went last night - jumped up snob! if he's a barrister then i'm the Pope!. Raef should be the next to go, "I can work with Prince or Pauper" - Yeah right mate! Alex is no Pauper, and he can be my Prince anyday
Posted by: gemmalouisehinchliff on Thu Mar 27 01:46PM | Report abuseGod help us all if this is what our education system is kicking out! It is patently obvious though that the producers pick a bunch of contestants that will clash with each other to hopefully make "good" TV. Please don't let this excellent programme descend into another Big Brother................
Posted by: laffoley on Thu Mar 27 01:46PM | Report abuseThe fact that he considered a grade B at GCSE a 'failure' was indicative of stupidity. We all know that the best way to learn is through mistakes. I think this person should make as many errors as possible from now on in the 'real world'. This will serve to round his education off with the necessary experience. As far as the other two were concerned, though, I think all three should have been fired to avoid victimising Nicholas alone. Get it right Sir Alan and ditch those cronies whilst you are at it!
Posted by: jonnners on Thu Mar 27 01:46PM | Report abusePersonally I'm fed up of posh folk getting picked on just because they are well-spoken and come from an affluent background. It's just a form of inverted snobbery. I do think a divide has formed on the men's team, I do think it's based on class and I do think Alex was responsible by picking the working class boys to join his side. I reckon Lee will win - he'll be seen as some sort of "working class hero."
Posted by: le36dd on Thu Mar 27 01:46PM | Report abusetim nice but dim..why dont they come up north where real people live in the real world and give us a chance of a decent job with decent money..these people dont need the job or the money they are competing for...
Posted by: moudaks on Thu Mar 27 01:46PM | Report abuse