The Apprentice (UK) - Week 1

Harpy

and we're off..

robo

Anyone hear Nick on Dave Fanning at 7pm tonight, he was good! He sounds like a real decent man. And he said about the guy who left the show before it started!

Utopia Parkway

SurAlun's first couple of gags were pretty lame.

BroomBurner

Who bottled it, and will he be replaced?

Ok, the teacher guy is really annoying already - "right, I'm actually a teachah"

robo

BroomBurner wrote: »

Who bottled it, and will he be replaced?

Ok, the teacher guy is really annoying already - "right, I'm actually a teachah"

Nick said that he wasn't replaced, he left just as they were about to meet SAS

Utopia Parkway

£100 to clean a car?:D

robo

How difficult is it to clean a car :rolleyes:

Finally someone decides to do a roadside car wash!

BroomBurner

Sugar won't like people that can't graft!

Theres noone standing out yet as being good yet, though I do like the PM of the lads team, seems a solid head. The boardroom awaits though...

The Newcastle lad is a snake

jobucks

Anita.... what a muppet

KevIRL

She looks like she got a belt in the face with a shovel

Aidric

The one that got fired is some munter but there's an even more muntered one, the bird with the glasses, think she might be Irish.
Anyways the right decision was made just about. I notice the annoying editing vis a vis facial reactions has continued this series.

Most of them look beat-down, tbh.

As usual, lots of saying what they think Sir Alan wants to hear, and very little actual business acumen or general charm

Having said that, I will be watching it...

OPENROAD

Aidric wrote: »

The one that got fired is some munter but there's an even more muntered one, the bird with the glasses, think she might be Irish.

She is a Londoner, right choice made imo.

jobucks

KevIRL wrote: »

She looks like she got a belt in the face with a shovel

She looks like Jake Tucker from Family Guy... upside down faced kid

OPENROAD

Quality stuff again, very early days and too early to make any comments on the actual candidates should be great watching and getting to know them though, great tv.

jobucks

just watching 'you're fired' on bbc2, yer one Anita looks totally different on it, like 10 years younger.... and she's smiling!

Elmo

I think she should have been fired.

Honestly does no one know how to wash a car.

robo

I love Margaret...she is gas!

OPENROAD

robo wrote: »

I love Margaret...she is gas!

She comes up with some great one liners.

Utopia Parkway

Thought it was a dull enough first episode to be honest. Didn't really seem to be any stand-out characters compared to other years. Then again it was only the first episode and it might take a couple of weeks to get into its stride.

OPENROAD

First episodes are always a bit slow, it takes a few to actually get some insight into the characters.

PurpleBerry

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Thought it was a dull enough first episode to be honest. Didn't really seem to be any stand-out characters compared to other years.

I disagree. None of the first episodes create any "characters".

RichTea

Thought it was a good start to the new season. The characters will start to develop as we go along (Theres a Geordie and a Northern lad in it for fupp sake).

If it can match the impeccably high standards of the third series then it'll be good in my book.

Utopia Parkway

PurpleBerry wrote: »

I disagree. None of the first episodes create any "characters".

Which is what I said. As an opening episode it was still dull although I can understand why.

md23040

What’s the apprentice to be an apprentice of? Sky bought him out of the satellite dishes through a forced low priced deal. Leaving only a failed property empire (Amsprop) and digital notice boards business (Viglen Ltd) for doctor’s surgeries and hotel receptions.

Wow.

anotherlostie

I thought there were a few characters! Mona, Debra and Kate (the heavily made up blonde) on the girls team were all gas with the bitching and backstabbing. And the Muslim guy is like Tre with his comment about not getting beaten by women, and getting his wife to do the cleaning! Not sure about the rest of the guys. The NI stockbroker was annoying (ditch the braces), didn't like their PM, but the Geordie Philip may be good TV.

And as for Maggie and Nick - diamond TV! She even scorped at the girls' team and she wasn't even minding them.

Utopia Parkway

Anyone know what fella pulled out at the last minute?

Elmo

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Anyone know what fella pulled out at the last minute?

They had a clip on The Apprentice You're Fired I thought the panel were a bit mean to him.

PurpleBerry

quote=Utopia Parkway;59559737] Didn't really seem to be any stand-out characters[B] compared to other years[/B]. [/quote

md23040

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

Anyone know what fella pulled out at the last minute?

Some bloke who sold his annyoing ringtone business. He pulled out the night before the task because of young family commitments.

The estate agent and trainee stockbroker took big gambles going on this show - giving up their lucrative careers.

Axwell

Elmo wrote: »

They had a clip on The Apprentice You're Fired I thought the panel were a bit mean to him.

How?The guy new what the show is about and what he was getting into , then at the last minute he bails because he says he couldnt be away from his family. But its so late on that no one else gets a chance to step in so hes not alone decided to drop out hes stopped someone else who really wanted to be on it from having a place...deserves any abuse he got.

murpho999

Well I found it to be a very lame start and also pretty manipulated.

There is no way you can approach a business, arrange a meeting and have a contract sealed within an hour for a job that day....looked entirely set up to me!

Also, how come when TV3's Apprentice was on there was lots of posts on tearing it to shreds literally minute by minute as the show was broadcast, and this show with a pretty lame challenge, and so far not very impressive participants seems to get only positive comments?

Is it a mix of Irish begrudgery and West Britism?

Snake Plisken

No its because the irish apprentice is a poor imitation of this one Bill Cullen is no Alan Sugar!

It was ok tonight we know what to expect, I wonder will we see much of the Blonde Kate and Newcastle man Phillip flirting with each other?? Brings an added interest to th show. Surprised with the guy dropping out they don't have a backup, I know you have to give up your job, but they could have had someone unemployed jump in at the last minute.

Well looking forward to the next 12 weeks

anotherlostie

murpho999 wrote: »

Well I found it to be a very lame start and also pretty manipulated.

There is no way you can approach a business, arrange a meeting and have a contract sealed within an hour for a job that day....looked entirely set up to me!

Also, how come when TV3's Apprentice was on there was lots of posts on tearing it to shreds literally minute by minute as the show was broadcast, and this show with a pretty lame challenge, and so far not very impressive participants seems to get only positive comments?

Is it a mix of Irish begrudgery and West Britism?

It's because there were all those ad breaks when attention could be turned from TV to keyboard. And I don't think there were that many post tearing it to shreds really. As I recall, most people were positive about it, as a TV3 production.

Noopti

That one Debra (yer one who was brought into the boardroom with Anita) is some wagon. Even the look on her face is annoying, especially with her constant smirking and laughing. Can't see her lasting, as I can see she already annoys Nick, and it won't be long before Sugar also takes a dislike to her.

Wasn't surprised to see Anita go, she didn't defend herself well at all and she has a face like a burst ballon to be honest. Not exactly confidence inspiring.

However it was a bit harsh to put the expenses blame solely on her.

fricatus

anotherlostie wrote: »

It's because there were all those ad breaks when attention could be turned from TV to keyboard.

Very good point. If you want to share your witty observations with other boardsies, you'll end up missing half the show.

Seems like an interesting enough group. The American one comes across as annoying, as does the trainee stockbroker from the North. That Newcastle lad comes across as an arrogant, agressive pr1ck - I'd hate to be PMing him! Howard seems like a sound bloke though.

Debra acted like a 12-year-old with her b1tchy hair flicking - she's brazen out! Mona was worse though - no strategy or planning, and then not even a decent excuse or fight at the end. It was like a 5-year-old trying to explain to her mother that the vase "fell" when she clearly pushed it off the table.

Good to see that Surallun is getting rid of the munters first. Next up should be yer wan with the glasses :eek: He should keep Kate though, to keep the male viewership interested.

Elmo

anotherlostie wrote: »

As I recall, most people were positive about it, as a TV3 production.

A TV3/Irish Production hence the tearing to shreads. You cann't make a show in Ireland anymore without someone complaining about :rolleyes:

With me stating it is just a very ordinary show any every post :rolleyes: I don't know why I bother.

How?The guy new what the show is about and what he was getting into , then at the last minute he bails because he says he couldnt be away from his family. But its so late on that no one else gets a chance to step in so hes not alone decided to drop out hes stopped someone else who really wanted to be on it from having a place...deserves any abuse he got.

Yeah but we don't know what his family situation was and he wasn't on the You're Fired show to answer the panel.

ncmc

I thought it was brilliant, the sight of 7 lads cleaning one car had me LMAO, especially the guy trying to wash the car with the doors open and the other guys inside cleaning! I mean how difficult would it have been to have a production line going, with one guy hoovering, one doing windows, one polishing and then leave the wash to last. Not exactly rocket science.

My one fault would be, that there was too much time spent in the boardroom and not enough on the actual task. Half the show was in the boardroom and I thought that got a bit monotonous.

Still mandatory viewing though, looks like there are some good characters.

frag420

jeez the recession must really be having an effect over there when the like of heather mills has to join the apprentice just to scrape by. She hasnt a leg to stand on imo. mwa ha ha

Slow start to the series but thats to be expected. Like prev series it will be week 3-4 before we start getting a feel for the candidates. Right choice made last nite though. Did someone sneakingly swap her top and bottom lips around when she was asleep?? Must wash my car today...............

Our man in Havana

The yank won't last long. Piss off Nick and your a gonner.

Noopti

Bond-007 wrote: »

The yank won't last long. Piss off Nick and your a gonner.

Yep, when I heard her first sentence I turned to my g/f and said "she won't last".
American business values/methods just won't go down well within the group, you could see the other girls reactions to her overly enthusiastic line delivery and ridiculous team name, SHAZAM!!!!! *fail*

nice1franko

I think Alan fired her because she was a mad bowler looking thing and he didn't fancy looking at her for more weeks than necessary.

Utopia Parkway

nice1franko wrote: »

I think Alan fired her because she was a mad bowler looking thing and he didn't fancy looking at her for more weeks than necessary.

True and she was a lawyer and he can't stand lawyers. Nearly always gets rid of them straight away.

ziedth

Looking at it from a strictly business point of view................................................................. How cool is ya man's beard?:D

Nuttzz

murpho999 wrote: »

Well I found it to be a very lame start and also pretty manipulated.

There is no way you can approach a business, arrange a meeting and have a contract sealed within an hour for a job that day....looked entirely set up to me!

I thought the same, the "contracts" were far too contrived for me

siobhan mc

I missed it last night does anyone know if there's a repeat of last night's episode?
thanks

coffee_chucker

siobhan mc wrote: »

I missed it last night does anyone know if there's a repeat of last night's episode?
thanks

It's repeated tonight on BBC2 at midnight.

seven-iron

The funniest thing last night was your man from the car dealership poking his head out the door and seeing the seven lads washing the car! ha

Our man in Havana

I thought he was going to chase them away from his yard.

LordSutch

And the girls giving up on trying to operate the 'Power Hose'.

Where does this hose go then ..............

Hilarious

siobhan mc

coffee_chucker wrote: »

It's repeated tonight on BBC2 at midnight.

:eek::eek:
midnight?!
what a weird time to be repeating it.
thanks c_c - cant watch it then - thats way too late for me - Im asleep by then to be up at 7am.