With Lord Sugar on the cusp of choosing his new business partner, this programme provides a chance to look back on the candidates who fell before the final hurdle. Show more
Lord Sugar asks the candidates to come up with an advertising campaign for a new soft drink - and pitch the results to experts in New York City. Show more
A look back at the candidates who didn't make the cut. Reliving their worst decisions, Sir Alan Sugar reveals how he decided who would hear that famous phrase - 'You're fired'. Show more
First episode of the reality documentary series. Fourteen young entrepreneurs face a battery of challenges as they compete to win a job with multi-millionaire Sir Alan Sugar. Show more
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. Show more
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. Show more
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. Show more
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.
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. Show more
Eight contestants remain and Sir Alan has had to separate two following a bust-up. The task tests their negotiating skills. They have to convince celebrities to donate something personal for auction. Show more
A chance to catch up with what happened in the first six episodes. Eight candidates remain in the fight to become Sir Alan Sugar's apprentice.
The teams must find an agricultural product that can be transformed into a commodity and sold at a City farmers' market. One team picks fruit for jam, the other buys blue cheese and venison for soup. Show more
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. Show more
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.
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.
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.
Adrian Chiles talks to the winner of The Apprentice, his new boss, Sir Alan Sugar, and the losing candidates to discover the lessons they learned along the way.
The Apprentice
Tim in the Firing Line
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England
As a new bunch of aspiring tycoons prepare to face Alan Sugar's challenges, a look at how the winner of the first series, Tim Campbell, fared in the real business world, with Sir Alan as his boss.
Matt Edmondson is your guide to a new batch of ambitious Apprentice candidates. Who will be fired and who will be hired? Choose your favourites before the tasks begin. Show more
Missed The Apprentice so far? Get up to speed for the rest of the series with Matt Edmondson's mid-series round up.