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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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hope that b*st*rd Raef goes next, the dissident mawf*cka.
Posted by: victorfakeye on Sun Mar 30 03:51PM | Report abuseToffee nosed little dick, I though that this sort of person died out with the end of the first world war! This guy would get you hung for speeding! Pompous Prick!
Posted by: alphatrinity2000 on Sun Mar 30 06:14PM | Report abuseLooks like another dick called Paul McKena, maybe there brothers....Nick the dick, Paul the prick.
Posted by: alphatrinity2000 on Sun Mar 30 06:19PM | Report abuseGood choice. Who wants all the qualifications if he can't read and doesn't have the basic knowledge of life (e.g. fish distinction and value)
Posted by: garigolf on Sun Mar 30 06:39PM | Report abuseou
Posted by: maura.hales on Sun Mar 30 09:20PM | Report abuseI AGREE A JUMPED UP LITTLE PRAT. WITH HIS FALSE TAN & ARROGANCE. WELL HE'S SO FALSE COULD HE BE A WOMAN IN DISGUISE...HE LOOKS LIKE ONE WITH HIS OR HER STICK ON BUM FLUFF...LOl
Posted by: markmasey on Wed Apr 02 02:00AM | Report abusedoes anyone know if the episodes are being repeated - and when - i'm missing out
Posted by: bryanddeb on Wed Apr 02 08:49PM | Report abusethis sort of person was chosen for the show cos the bbc are all toffee nosed twits like him
Posted by: k4268133 on Thu Apr 24 01:53PM | Report abuseI agree with charles 666 davis in all he says but the prats like that are already in govt its about time we had good clean out shoot the lot
Posted by: k4268133 on Thu Apr 24 02:02PM | Report abuse