Тhе Аррrеnтiсе UК S01Е01 (2005) SD
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00:00From all over the country, the very best of Britain's young business prospects are converging
00:23on London, the commercial capital of Europe.
00:26Business is important to me. It's really all I've ever known.
00:31I tend to win most times. I don't mind losing. I don't tend to.
00:36I'm very adaptable, trustworthy, determined.
00:39Shrewd, yet honest.
00:41I'm definitely a strategic thinker.
00:44I've got O-levels, I've got A-levels, I've got a degree in environmental planning.
00:49There are far too many good business ideas in my head that I know could make a serious
00:53amount of dosh.
00:56From thousands of applicants, 14 people hungry for success have been shortlisted for a unique
01:02opportunity.
01:03They've all come to battle it out for a dream job with a salary of £100,000.
01:12All they've got to do is impress the boss.
01:14I don't want to blow my own trumpet here, but what I'm looking for is somebody a bit
01:22similar to me.
01:23I'll shove it right up your bloody arse if it doesn't work. I'm telling you, I'm sick
01:27and tired of it.
01:30This is Sir Alan Sugar, self-made multi-millionaire, and he's done boy done good.
01:34I would have told you to piss off.
01:37At 16, he left school in Hackney and started trading from a small council flat. By the
01:421980s, his Amstrad computer was a household name across Europe.
01:47He became chairman, then hate figure, of Tottenham Hotspur, but he's still their biggest
01:52individual shareholder.
01:56Thick-skinned and uncompromising, Sir Alan's at the top of his game, with a global empire
02:01worth £700 million.
02:03I'm very, very impressed.
02:13Now aged 57, Sir Alan's looking for an apprentice to help take his corporation into the 21st
02:20century.
02:23For the next 12 weeks, burning ambition will meet the school of hard knocks as Sir Alan
02:28puts these candidates through a gruelling selection process.
02:3214 young hopefuls, one vacancy. This is the ultimate job interview.
02:39I'm afraid to say, you're fired.
02:42What's going on, boys?
02:44You're fired.
02:45Do you feel the pressure is building?
02:49You have let me down.
02:50I'm going to fucking win this now, if it kills me.
02:53I am happy with any explanations from the three of you.
02:57You are an awkward character.
02:59I think you're a hindrance more than a help.
03:03You want to survive, and I want to survive, yes?
03:05You're fired. You're fired. You're fired. You're fired.
03:08I'm quite happy to fire you, Paul, if you are going to take this kind of action.
03:12You can't fucking fire me.
03:25Seven men, seven women, each with a business background.
03:30Some have first class degrees, others left school with nothing.
03:35Some have climbed the corporate ladder, others have gone it alone.
03:40All 14 have left successful careers behind in the hope they'll be the one chosen by Sir
03:45Alan Sugar.
03:46Hello?
03:47Can you send them in, please?
03:48As far as I'm concerned, what I have in front of me here is 14 of the most successful women
04:18of Britain's best prospects.
04:21Quite a few thousand people applied for this job, a job with me, a job that's going to
04:26bring you a six-figure salary.
04:30But to get that job, you're going to have to demonstrate to me your skills in leadership,
04:35business acumen, shrewdness, the lot.
04:39Every week, I'm going to set you tasks, and you're going to be split into separate teams,
04:45boys and girls.
04:48And each team is going to have one of these people following them.
04:52This is Margaret Mounford.
04:53Margaret has worked with me for well over 20 years.
04:57Over here is Nick Hewer.
04:59Again, Nick has been with me for over 20 years, and he's been by my side everywhere I've gone.
05:05They're going to be my eyes and ears.
05:08Now, every week, the team that loses, one of you in that team is going to get fired.
05:16Now, this is not a game.
05:20This is a 12-week job interview.
05:27I'm the one who's going to decide who gets fired.
05:30I, and only I, am the one who's going to fire you people one by one every week until I've
05:37got my apprentice.
05:38So you can forget about flicking your hair back or flashing your eyes and having a handsome
05:42attack because it ain't going to make any difference.
05:46And here's a bit of a warning now.
05:49Never, ever, ever underestimate me, because you will be making a fatal error.
05:55I know everything in my business.
05:57I can tell you where every screw and every nut and every bolt is in my company.
06:01I don't like liars.
06:02I don't like cheats.
06:04I don't like bullshitters.
06:06I don't like schmoozers.
06:07I don't like arse lickers.
06:09Well, what are you going to do now?
06:12You're going to go back to the house I've got for you, I've laid on a nice little drink
06:16for you, but I also want you to be on your toes at any time you're going to receive a
06:22phone call about the first task.
06:24All right, on your bike.
06:35The candidates will be staying in an eight-bedroom luxury house on the Thames in West London,
06:40a first taste of the lifestyle the winner can expect.
06:43Oh, this is fabulous.
06:44Oh, gorgeous view.
06:45We haven't got a good view, but the garden's beautiful.
06:46I'm going to have to bounce up and down just on the bed.
06:47Yes, so am I.
06:48Oh, it's my sock.
06:49Oh, my God.
06:50This is top casting.
06:51I want to stay here.
06:52Where's the side table?
06:53Really?
06:54Oh, my God.
06:55Oh, my God.
06:56Oh, my God.
06:57Oh, my God.
06:58Oh, my God.
06:59Oh, my God.
07:00Oh, my God.
07:01Oh, my God.
07:02Oh, my God.
07:03Oh, my God.
07:04Oh, my God.
07:05Oh, my God.
07:06Oh, my God.
07:07Oh, my God.
07:08Oh, my God.
07:09Oh, my God.
07:10Is it really?
07:12Cheers.
07:13Cheers gang.
07:14We're all going to be at each other's
07:15throats tomorrow, so today, at least, we're all friends.
07:20I was born in London, moved up North when I was a boy.
07:21Among the 14 candidates is Paul Therese.
07:24Like Sir Alan, he left school at 16.
07:27Now 34, he's fought hard to become a successful property tycoon.
07:31I would expect the candidates to be sly, ruthless, dogs, basically,
07:38that will do everything.
07:39I always expect people that are fighting against me to use terrible methods,
07:44but because I expect it, I'm ready for it.
07:46I will be sharp, I will be cunning, and I will use whatever I can to get ahead.
07:51Cheers, yes, all the best to all of us.
07:54If people are going to play a game, let's see how good their game is.
07:59Ben Leary, 29, left school with just one O-Level.
08:02He now runs his own headhunting agency.
08:05Someone once told me that you can't bullshit a bullshitter.
08:08I was A-class at doing that when I first started.
08:11I had to be, you know, no qualifications.
08:13How do you get yourself into a white-collar opportunity?
08:17You blag it a little bit.
08:19I don't know who my competition are,
08:21but I shouldn't think there are as many streetwise people in business as myself today.
08:27Saira Khan, 34, is a sales manager from the Midlands.
08:31Her parents are from Pakistan,
08:33and she was the first member of her family to go to university.
08:37My family say I'm incredibly bossy,
08:40but I think bossy is the wrong word.
08:42What I'm incredibly good at is getting things done.
08:45I've got a lot of get-up-and-go and a lot of energy.
08:49I have... I think I have too much energy,
08:51and I think sometimes that's a real problem for other people.
08:54I couldn't find a nice suit! I couldn't find a nice suit!
08:58I try not to follow the herd.
09:00Being able to think like an individual
09:02allows you to do things that the herd aren't doing,
09:06and to some extent that can be your advantage.
09:14Matthew Palmer, 39, and father of two, is the oldest candidate.
09:19At 6'9", he's co-founder of the Tall Society,
09:23has been a Tory parliamentary candidate,
09:25a journalist, a financial adviser and a stockbroker.
09:29I definitely have got a lot of entrepreneurial ideas.
09:33Regularly, my ideas just appear in my mind from absolutely nowhere.
09:38It's important to have a good lateral mind for a lot of businesses.
09:42It's the old phrase of thinking outside the box.
09:45That's important, and I can do that quite often, and I enjoy doing that.
09:50Whether or not I win, that's up to Sir Alan, isn't it?
09:54Dear apprentices, welcome. I hope you enjoy your stay.
09:58To begin with...
09:59Introductions completed, the men's team and the women's team
10:02receive their first instructions from Sir Alan.
10:05Your first task is to devise a name for your company.
10:08You must also select a project manager.
10:11My office will phone you with further instructions.
10:13Signed, Sir Alan Sugar.
10:16Only someone from the losing team will be fired,
10:19so how each group gels is crucial.
10:22So, name a company or name the team.
10:25What image do we want to give of ourselves?
10:27We're strong women, we're women who are positive and passionate,
10:31and we're women who want to achieve a lot,
10:34so I think our name has to project all that.
10:37What sets us apart from the women?
10:39Our testicles.
10:43My fellow apprentices will get to know me as a very nice,
10:45likeable, personable kind of guy,
10:47but they should be aware underneath that quite calm veneer
10:50is somebody who is dogged and determined and usually gets what they want
10:53and can put their foot down if necessary when it's called for.
10:56Something along those lines.
10:58Something solutions. Word of words.
11:00I do like solutions.
11:01We're trying to be creative.
11:03Creativity, innovation, I think it's got to be along those lines.
11:05Let's try and think of a word which is successful and aspirational.
11:08What about a word like dynamite, then?
11:10No, that is on the right wavelength, though.
11:12The impact of the word is bang on.
11:14Impact.
11:15Impact.
11:16Impact.
11:17Impact.
11:18The meaning of impact is it's impact.
11:20It's action. It suggests something. Boom. Impact.
11:23There's something happening. It's action.
11:25I've got a name. What's your name?
11:27Amelia. It's feminine.
11:29I quite like that too.
11:30Amelia or camellia.
11:32Something to do with ocean and water.
11:34I like ocean and waves and crashing and that sort of thing.
11:37How about we explore fertility in some way?
11:39I like all the fraternity and apple and all...
11:42I like all of that, but does it really capture...
11:45We are strong individuals here.
11:47We're not pansies, we're not lilies.
11:49I want a bit of passion in there.
11:51A bit of passion.
11:52Vote for impact.
11:53I like impact.
11:54I like impact by itself.
11:56No more voting. That's it. Done.
11:58I was thinking of something like spirit or energy.
12:00But what does it mean, though?
12:02What does it mean?
12:03It's just abstract and tedious and I'd never remember it.
12:05We're going to go around in circles.
12:07Let's just go back to our project manager.
12:09You know what? I don't mind. I'm happy to take responsibility first up.
12:12I'll step to the plate.
12:13Everyone happy with that? Yes.
12:15Give me everything you can today because at the moment
12:17we have to make sure we beat the opposition.
12:19If we win, we don't get eliminated.
12:21We can do that as long as we work together as a cohesive unit.
12:24I like director. I think that's a strong word.
12:27It is a very strong word.
12:29It's not a good company name.
12:31Why not?
12:32When you say that, sweetheart, you've got to say,
12:35it's not a good word because...
12:38We're all happy with our name and all that sort of shit.
12:40I like it, though. I think it's good.
12:42We're all getting on because we're all being nice,
12:44we're all being friendly, we're all being open, and that's nice, guys.
12:46Can I just say that I think we've said that six, seven times now.
12:49We all keep voting and nothing's happening.
12:53Yeah, you're far better than that.
12:56Seven sisters, full circle, up front.
12:58It sounds cheesy, cliche, school child stuff, really.
13:04An hour and a half after the boys' team finish,
13:07the girls finally reach agreement.
13:10First forte.
13:11First forte.
13:12First forte.
13:13Oh, my God, are we going to agree?
13:16Let's see who's willing to volunteer for the project.
13:20I don't mind being a volunteer.
13:22Sarah? OK, done, guys?
13:24Done?
13:25What are you guys called, then?
13:27Impact.
13:28We are called Impact.
13:31Hello?
13:32Hello?
13:33Yes, hello, Matthew Palmer here.
13:359.30 that night, a call comes through from Sir Alan Sugar's office.
13:39Sir Alan asked me to call you
13:41and tell you to meet him at the Financial Times.
13:44The car will be with you at the house in five minutes.
13:48OK.
13:49OK, goodbye.
13:50Goodbye.
13:51Come on.
13:55Five minutes.
13:56We're going to get in a car to go to the Financial Times building.
13:59Thank you.
14:01Sebastian?
14:02Wagon's home.
14:04We've got to go now and there's no kind of...
14:07Just go. Let's just... Come on.
14:09OK, right, let's go.
14:11Where's Morty?
14:12We're here.
14:25My priority in anything is we are a team
14:29and we are not the enemy within.
14:32Absolutely. Yeah.
14:40You've got to be more gung-ho, Lindsay.
14:42If this is the sort of attitude of your girly team,
14:45I'm afraid you're in for a big shock.
14:47Just because.
14:48Cos we have got seven lions in our male team, I don't mind saying.
14:57I love being a woman. I would not want to be a man.
15:00But I've really enjoyed being a woman in business as well.
15:04I have, I really have.
15:06I always think if you're a clever woman,
15:10I just think you've got an edge over a man.
15:12I really do.
15:15I love the boys' impact.
15:17It's just so boyish, isn't it?
15:19It's so boyish.
15:21To brief the apprentices on their first task,
15:24Sir Alan has arranged to meet them at the Financial Times Printworks
15:28on the Isle of Dogs in East London.
15:34OK, folks, in this factory,
15:37over 3,000,000 pounds worth of books
15:40are being sold each year,
15:42and we're going to have a look at them.
15:44We're going to have a look at them.
15:46We're going to have a look at them.
15:48In this factory, over 3,000,000 newspapers
15:51are going to be printed in a short period of time.
15:54By about five o'clock tomorrow night,
15:56they're all going to be sold.
15:58What these people have learnt over the years
16:00is get it sold quickly and don't have any inventory left over.
16:04Now, I can see you're all smartly dressed up, suited and booted,
16:08maybe because you think you heard the word the Financial Times
16:11and you had something in mind grander than what I've got in mind for you.
16:15Well, it's not very grand.
16:17It's not a city job.
16:19I'm going to take you back to the grassroots where I started.
16:22You're going out in the street tomorrow
16:24and you're going to be selling something,
16:26a similar commodity to these newspapers.
16:29Flowers.
16:31They're also worthless the day afterwards.
16:34I'm going to give each team 500 pounds
16:37and you're going to buy 500 pounds worth of flowers
16:40and then you're going to get out in the street and start selling them.
16:45Nick is going to be following the girls' team.
16:48Margaret, the boys' team.
16:50And the team that sells the most
16:52and has the most money at the end of the day is going to win.
16:55And in the team that loses, one of you is going to get fired.
17:03The tips that I would have given them
17:06is that they've got to find a good position to sell in
17:09because everything's about position, location.
17:12And the ones that would impress me the most would be
17:15if they sold out earlier than the deadline we've given them,
17:18they actually go back and buy some more.
17:20And the ones that are not going to impress me the most
17:23are going to come back with a load of wilted pansies.
17:271am, and the first chance for the two teams
17:30to plan a strategy for the task ahead.
17:32..have prepared our people to wear extraordinarily short skirts
17:36and titty tops in order to sell...
17:39Both teams have been given a list
17:41of where each London borough permits street sales.
17:44You may not enter any royal parks, that's one thing that we said.
17:47In just six hours' time,
17:49they'll have to start buying at Covent Garden flower market.
17:52..to do nothing, because at the end of the day,
17:54if we come back with 500 quid, we haven't lost anything.
17:56Now, if they buy flowers and they lose, they don't sell anything
17:59because it's rain or whatever, they've made a loss.
18:01Let's not get bogged too much with the detail.
18:04There's a lot of experience here.
18:06You're a key salesperson, you're going to be quite key.
18:08I haven't come into The Apprentice to make a huge family
18:10and a bunch of new friends.
18:12Of course I've come in here to get on with people
18:14and enjoy the whole experience, but I'd like them to respect me,
18:17although I do understand that respect is something that's earned.
18:20I consider myself to be a strong leader, definitely, a strong character.
18:23I do think that I work well in a team,
18:25but I do think that I excel further as a team leader.
18:28If I can just take over just for a second.
18:31What we need to do in any kind of sales,
18:33because obviously I do have the experience of buying and selling it at a profit,
18:37what we need to do is get our cheapest, the best price on flowers.
18:41That is going to start...
18:42I'm just going to stop you. I'll tell you why I'm going to stop you.
18:45It's because, all fair and well, but tomorrow we're going to a market.
18:50There are already going to be people who do this for a living, OK?
18:54I personally want to get their experience.
18:58I'm not going to give you, certainly in five minutes,
19:00the best sales advice for that particular product.
19:02I understand what you're doing. I think what we need to do...
19:05Can I just stop you two minutes so we can get a load of cheap, affordable flowers?
19:10What does sound to me as if it's going to be within the rules
19:14is door-to-door selling to residential areas, to housewives.
19:19If we look at the approach, I think this door-knocking option for Matthews
19:23is a great idea because we've got the borough of Islington.
19:26Fucking hell, guys.
19:29We've got loads of board-housewives in Islington who are loaded.
19:33The most important thing is to understand that we're working as a team.
19:37We are not the enemy within here, OK?
19:40The enemy is kind of like our competitors.
19:43Just pause, pause.
19:47Just a quick question, are we missing anything?
19:50No.
19:51Sorry, I think we need to allow 50 quid for all of our lunches and incidentals during the day.
19:56No, I think we should take food from here.
19:58Thank you. Hang on, hang on. Don't get so impatient.
20:02Why are you taking it?
20:06With rivalry growing, both teams come up with the same idea of making packed lunches to save money.
20:12I'm not being aggressive.
20:14You've got lots of things there. We're just being proactive.
20:17Is there any good strategy?
20:19So, let's just keep it on.
20:23Where are you going with all that food?
20:25I'm trying to take it away from the girls, because they've taken a very good strategy,
20:28which is they were saving money on their lunch,
20:31and therefore they were going to get as much as they possibly could,
20:34and therefore deprive us of any free lunch, and therefore cripple us from the start.
20:38So the point is, grab as much as you can before they nick everything,
20:42because that's exactly what they were doing at that moment in time.
20:46So I'm just grabbing what I can, for the benefit of the boys.
20:56I just want to make sure, in my mind, that I'm getting some of my thoughts clear on paper,
21:15and looking at a little bit more detail.
21:17Everybody else was quite tired and knackered, but I've kind of got the energy to go on,
21:21so I'm quite happy to do that.
21:23It's about me being the project leader, and me bringing in the cash to win,
21:28and I want to make sure that happens.
21:31It's about leading from the front tomorrow, yeah.
21:47We won't buy anything on the first 15 minutes.
21:50No, no, no.
21:51That's the research time. Fantastic.
21:55It's 7am, and both teams have 30 minutes to spend up to £500 on their flower stock for the day.
22:02And secondly, can I just say, anything that you can get, free of charge, scraps or whatever...
22:07The teams will be closely monitored by Sir Alan's observers, Nick Hewer and Margaret Manford.
22:13Nobody in either team has any previous experience of the flower trade.
22:21Right, OK, our team.
22:23OK, 25 to meet back.
22:25See you later.
22:28How do people normally buy it? Your customers?
22:30My customers come in and say, I want a box of that, box of that, box of that, bunch of that,
22:33and they know what they're doing.
22:35My advice would be to go with just one thing. I'd go with something like roses or something like that.
22:39Roses or carnations.
22:41And lilies are good sellers?
22:43Oh yeah, so many lilies.
22:45So lilies is best.
22:47For me it is.
22:48Tell us, what are the best lilies which sell?
22:53Are there white ones, coloured ones, open ones, closed ones?
22:56What you really need is ones that shine just that little bit of colour.
22:58A little bit of colour, right.
23:00We'll just have a quick discussion on the old lily front.
23:02He was saying lilies sell really well on the street.
23:04He said men buy roses, women buy lilies and everything else.
23:07Chances are people at home during the day are more likely to be women.
23:12After ten minutes, the boys decide lilies offer the best chance of turning a profit.
23:171.60 for a three.
23:19And will you do us a deal if we're buying a big bulk, we're buying a lot?
23:221.40.
23:23OK, we've got 500 here basically.
23:25What about 1.40?
23:27That's what they cost me, so we've earned nothing.
23:291.45.
23:30Go on then.
23:31The boys spend a third of their money on lilies.
23:34Thank you, sir.
23:35Thank you very much. Have a good day.
23:39We need to stop buying.
23:41So are we just going to buy lilies?
23:43The girls have also decided to invest in lilies.
23:46But they're divided over presentation.
23:48Down the right are some sleeves and on the left is cellophane in rolls.
23:52Right.
23:53Cheers.
23:54There's flat paper here.
23:55Girls, when you buy lilies, you don't buy ribbons.
23:58We're wasting time here.
24:00The lilies already come in sleeves.
24:02Come on.
24:03What about, are we just getting lilies or what about your carnations, your gypsum?
24:06They're all in sleeves.
24:07Nobody took your sleeve like that, I would think.
24:10I would say that I am a very competitive person.
24:13I won't tolerate people that are very, very confrontational
24:17or people that want to be loud all the time
24:20and make their point by being loud.
24:23I'm saying to you right now, we do not need extra ribbon.
24:26In your opinion, do we need to put anything with them?
24:29Well, selling the flowers is normally in the design.
24:31That's where you make your money, is in the design,
24:33what it looks like when you sell it.
24:35Yeah.
24:36I mean, you might buy them like that,
24:38but I wouldn't take that to my mum in hospital.
24:41Would you?
24:42You wouldn't, would you?
24:44They're running out of time, that's my view.
24:46They're running out of time.
24:48Saira, the project leader, she's holding her own.
24:51She's coming under a bit of pressure.
24:53Can we stop talking about it and just get on with it?
24:55Can you go and buy the sundry items for me?
24:57The ideas are good, but I think they've really got to start buying
25:00or they're going to be in trouble.
25:02Ribbon?
25:03We need some ribbon, all right?
25:04Yeah.
25:05Bowing to pressure from her teammates,
25:08Saira agrees to invest in packaging and decoration.
25:11We're really desperate.
25:13Can you give us the ribbon?
25:14It's the cheapest ribbon you've got and we need less of it.
25:16The cheapest ribbon is there, the two bottom shelves,
25:19they're £1.30 a roll.
25:20All right, mate.
25:21OK.
25:22More colour, more colour.
25:23The other team don't need it.
25:24That's too much.
25:25Roses?
25:2660p each for one rose.
25:28Find out if you can find a cheaper set of stems.
25:30Phone if you find cheaper.
25:31Yeah.
25:32If we don't spend this money in the next 20 minutes,
25:34we can't buy any more flowers until the end.
25:36OK, here's £100, £110.
25:38£0.45 a stem.
25:40£0.45, that's very good.
25:41I reckon £0.30.
25:42£0.30 a stem.
25:43£0.30p for one stem.
25:44£0.30p for one stem.
25:46That is cheap.
25:47That is cheap.
25:48I'm loving this.
25:49£0.15.
25:50£0.15 a stem.
25:51£0.15.
25:52Shall we have two of these boxes?
25:53We'll take four boxes.
25:54£141.
25:55Done.
25:56How much time do we have?
25:57Right, it's five minutes.
25:58We've got five minutes to buy some flowers.
26:00We need to buy some more flowers.
26:02Thank you.
26:03Thank you very much.
26:04Good luck.
26:05Take care now.
26:06My pleasure.
26:07Bye, bye, bye.
26:08Gentlemen, well done me.
26:09Well done.
26:10That was all right, innit?
26:11That was all right.
26:12Well done team.
26:13No, that was all right.
26:14Get well soon.
26:15Hospital.
26:16We don't know if we're going to a hospital yet, Niki.
26:20After half an hour, both teams have spent £400,
26:23but the girls are still struggling to agree on strategies.
26:26Let's just do one thing at a time and let's get on with it.
26:28Restaurant owner Adoniki wants to target hospitals and funeral homes,
26:33but she's been overruled by her project manager.
26:35Forget the package, we're selling flowers with ribbons.
26:37That's all I'm going to discuss on it.
26:40I see my role in teams I participate in as being the leader.
26:43I'm a natural leader, I've always been a leader.
26:46I'm a first child, I've always been in a position where I lead people.
26:50That's all I know.
26:51I don't know how to be a follower.
26:53Niki, can I just say, look, we've got to work as part of a team, OK?
26:58So sometimes...
26:59I'll tell you what, let's get on with it.
27:01And have a discussion afterwards.
27:03Let's finish here, we're running against time.
27:05Niki! Niki! Niki!
27:07I will have this conversation with you, not on our time.
27:10But just calm down.
27:13The girls don't look too happy.
27:15They don't look too happy.
27:17There was a lot of pulling in different directions, OK?
27:21There's only one of me,
27:23and there's lots of things that I have to think about.
27:26What I will say as a team that's going to let us down
27:29is when, under pressure, we become hysterical and stressful.
27:33And I'll be honest with you, my development,
27:36in terms of my own personal development,
27:38when I see other people get stressed, it affects me.
27:41I don't need to feel that today.
27:52We're all going to Portobello now.
27:54Tell them to get to the bottom of Portobello Road.
27:57Who's that, Tim?
27:59As well as being able to sell on the streets,
28:01both teams have been given a pitch at Portobello Market in Notting Hill.
28:05We think we should just go to the market straight.
28:07Perfect, right. We'll see you at the market.
28:10I want to see a lot of personality when we're selling now,
28:13cos you're all sexy girls, we've got the punters, we'll do it.
28:17This is going to be the fun part.
28:21What is it? 114?
28:23It's 114 and 115.
28:25When they said we didn't have anything, we have got nothing.
28:40Table, brilliant. OK, OK.
28:43Where did they get a table from? They got a table.
28:49Listen, listen, this is not going to work.
28:51Standing next to them, they've got a table,
28:53they're going to set up and try and sell flowers there.
28:55Let them do their flower selling there.
28:57We're going to focus on the door-to-door philosophy.
29:02It's 8.30am and before a single flower is sold,
29:05each team adopts a different strategy.
29:08It's very close and we can use a made-of-ale.
29:10No, look, forget made-of-ale, up there.
29:12We can't sell in here. It's outside.
29:15Listen, it's my manor, I know it.
29:17Just talk to me in a right way and I'll listen to what you're saying.
29:21Matthew lives nearby and is convinced
29:23he knows the best area for door-to-door selling.
29:27Matthew really needs to watch his tone.
29:30I think he's just excited. I don't care.
29:32I think once he gets going, he'll settle down.
29:34I don't care. He's got to watch his tone.
29:37We cannot go into the big council tower houses.
29:39I personally think we should be aiming at the,
29:42what I call the upper middle class, which is going to be upper...
29:45Some of my worst characteristics are I can be very abrasive,
29:48I don't treat fools gladly, I really don't have time for them,
29:53and I think I probably do argue too much.
29:57Look, this is my manor. I can promise you I know this place very well.
30:00It was me at the top of...
30:02I will argue even the smaller points with anybody,
30:05no matter what the issue,
30:07and I can do it to some extent, irritating levels.
30:10Diplomacy and attack are something I really have to work on a lot more,
30:14and I'm sure everyone else could,
30:16but particularly me.
30:18Look at that bloke there in the white shirt.
30:20He's desperate for a bunch of lilies.
30:22Everything we've bought is already in bunches, cellophane-wrapped,
30:25so we don't have any... Don't have to worry about it.
30:27Exactly, cos we were thinking of spending maybe 50 quid on ribbon,
30:30cellotape, cellophane and all that.
30:32The girls are banking on presentation to add value,
30:36but that means staying put in the market until the bunches are prepared.
30:40Would you like to buy some flowers, madam?
30:42£4.99 for a lovely bunch of lilies?
30:44No. For the lovely lady.
30:46No, thank you.
30:48The freshest lilies you'll find in London.
30:51We haven't got any customers, so I'll just talk to myself.
30:55I think they've got confused.
30:57This is an ordinary street market, but there's no traffic here.
31:00The people are local, it's a residential area.
31:02The people come here to buy their vegetables.
31:04I think they're going to stay here
31:06and be disappointed with me in about 20 minutes.
31:09They could go in your bag, maybe.
31:11No? All right.
31:12Come and get your lilies here!
31:14Come on, people of London, what are you playing at?
31:18I thought London was a commercial haven of the world.
31:23Who's confident in selling?
31:25Me.
31:26Who's very confident in selling?
31:27Very confident. Me.
31:29Hello, good morning.
31:31My name's Paul. We've got some rather beautiful...
31:33Having opted for the door-to-door strategy,
31:35the boys' success will depend on their one-on-one selling technique.
31:39Yellow lilies, white lilies, mixed bunches.
31:42How much are they?
31:44Are these £7, but we can do them for £5?
31:46That's right. Yeah, we will.
31:48£5 for those three flowers.
31:50And for a mixed bunch, it's a teller.
31:52No, it's OK, thanks.
31:54£5 for a beautiful flower?
31:56No, I know, but I don't need any.
31:58It's not a question of need.
32:00I know, they'll open and they'll smell beautifully.
32:02Is it the £5 that's tormenting you?
32:04We were up at five o'clock this morning buying these
32:06to sell to a gentleman like you.
32:09If my girlfriend was around, she would have got them.
32:11Heavens forbid! You've got a girlfriend...
32:13And you won't buy these for her?
32:15No, it's OK. Cheers.
32:17Let a man be. Thanks anyway.
32:19£4. I will do you two bunches for £5.
32:22Just so you can say, OK, I got two bunches out of him.
32:25Then you can have a bunch for your girlfriend and a bunch for yourself.
32:28OK, then. Done.
32:30How would you describe your sales technique?
32:32Desperate.
32:34Nothing clever about my sales pitch.
32:36Just please and beg. Sympathy, whatever it takes.
32:38Get them flogged.
32:40There's no art, is there, to selling?
32:42You know, you have all these gung-ho American videos
32:44saying you've got to be like this.
32:46You know, you've got to come across every person to their own.
32:48Hello, good morning. I'm looking to sell some flowers.
32:51To all the lovely young ladies on this street.
32:54Thank you very much indeed.
32:56Thank you very much. You're a wonderful salesman.
32:58Well, I sold to you, so I must be.
33:00You buy a bunch, I'll buy you a bunch.
33:02Oh, God! There you go.
33:04That can't be any fairer, can it?
33:06If you buy one and I buy you one.
33:08Oh, it's a sales thing, then.
33:10Are you Irish? My wife's Irish.
33:12What's your boyfriend called?
33:14Chris. And what's your name?
33:16Eva. Are you Polish, Eva?
33:18Yeah, I'm Polish. My aunt is Polish.
33:20So I'm going to cut a good deal with your boyfriend.
33:22Tell him you want two bunches, not one.
33:24I want two flowers!
33:26Two bunches for £8. Done.
33:28Are you good at table tennis?
33:30When I was your age, I was a champion at table tennis.
33:32Did you win any medals?
33:34Did I win any medals? I never lost any medals.
33:36My grandad was a painter and decorator.
33:38Was he? He painted Buckingham Palace.
33:40Did he? As the Lord is my witness.
33:42Traffic wardens don't get the respect they're due.
33:44They don't.
33:46Flowers? Are we in business?
33:48Impress your wives.
33:50There you go.
33:52Thank you very, very much.
33:54That's brilliant.
33:56Thank you very much indeed.
33:58Excellent. Thank you very much.
34:00Hello there.
34:02I've got these beautiful flowers here.
34:04I'm just wondering if you might be interested
34:06in buying some for the house?
34:08No, we have tertiary.
34:10Oh, OK. Thank you.
34:12How many you sold, Matt?
34:14Mill.
34:16Well done, mate.
34:18Watch and learn, my man. Watch and learn.
34:20I'll tell you something. I am on fire!
34:26After two hours at Portobello Market,
34:28the girls have sold three bunches of lilies
34:30for £7.50.
34:32It's nearly 11 o'clock. We've got to travel and everything.
34:34OK. Miranda is in charge of the static team.
34:36Miranda, you make your decision.
34:38What do you want to do?
34:40I want to leave, but this is...
34:42I truly believe it's a waste of time.
34:44OK. All right.
34:46So if you think it's a waste of time,
34:48get your flowers and...
34:50Can I go with the static team?
34:52I'm just getting demotivated here.
34:54No, you can't go with the static team.
34:56You've got to have a strategy.
34:58As project leader, you've got to be consistent.
35:00Would you mind? Hold on.
35:02No, I do mind. Guys, you're not consistent
35:04and I am getting annoyed about it.
35:06Adele, hold on.
35:08Adele, can you please listen to me?
35:10At the end of the day,
35:12we're not going to achieve our objective by...
35:14Hey, listen!
35:16Let's get positive about it.
35:18We've got to get this done.
35:20Every time I'm doing something,
35:22I'm getting a lot of, like,
35:24you know, why we're doing this,
35:26why we're doing that. It's like,
35:28guys, I'm giving you direction, I'm telling you to do this,
35:30do it. Full stop.
35:32We're going to Camden.
35:34But we can't just keep moving.
35:36You're going to have to stay out of that rain for five minutes.
35:48Raj, when you knock on a door,
35:50don't say sorry to trouble you,
35:52do us a favour. Just say hello,
35:54as if we've arrived. Look at all this.
35:56Is it three for £10?
35:58Anybody got a change of 20?
36:00Yes? Lovely. Thank you very much.
36:0217.
36:04Thank you very much. Bye-bye then.
36:06Thank you very much.
36:08Throughout the morning, with most bunches going at a healthy profit
36:10and despite the changeable weather,
36:12the boys sell steadily.
36:1420 quid. Thank you very much indeed.
36:16Thank you.
36:18Thank you.
36:20Having abandoned the market,
36:22the girls take to the high streets
36:24of North London in an attempt
36:26to kick-start sales.
36:28Come on, come on.
36:30Wait for me to give you the go-ahead to lower.
36:32What I've prepared to do is
36:34wholesale this for you at less than cost price.
36:36Without the permission of her
36:38project manager, Miranda decides
36:40to dump some stock below cost
36:42price on a local shopkeeper.
36:44Are you taking them all?
36:46It's a very good day. Marvellous.
36:48We bought the pre-packed
36:50flowers for £2.25
36:52and we sold them for £1.60.
36:54That's quite a loss.
36:56Yes. But to be
36:58fair, I think at the end of the day, rather than
37:00have stock sat in the van,
37:02I would rather, even if it is at a loss,
37:04have the stock turned into money,
37:06which I think is the best plan.
37:08So two for five, sweetheart.
37:10Thank you very much.
37:12Two for £5.
37:14Brilliant. Honest to God,
37:16you got two.
37:18Mid-afternoon in Hampstead High Street
37:20and sales are finally flowing at a good profit.
37:22Thank you so much.
37:24What's that? £2?
37:26Get that out of your purse. There you go.
37:28Thank you very much.
37:30Sweetheart, I know you just shook
37:32your head there. One for £2.50.
37:34It's in aid of the Covent
37:36Garden
37:38First Forte
37:40selling project.
37:42There you go. Thank you very much for your custom.
37:44You enjoyed those flowers.
37:46The thing is about the salesmanship,
37:48the only saleswoman there
37:50is Saira, right?
37:52It's not pretty to watch,
37:54but it's effective. Are you from Japan?
37:56Yes. Yeah, I've been to Japan.
37:58I went to Tokyo.
38:00Konnichiwa.
38:02Konnichiwa. You remember?
38:04Sorry. From Bosnia, no speech needed.
38:06Let me tell you.
38:08Are you As-salamu alaykum?
38:10Walaykum as-salam.
38:12Flowers, £2.50.
38:14Look how beautiful
38:16they are.
38:18I am a Muslim, and you are
38:20a Muslim, and you will
38:22buy from me because we are
38:24sisters. You don't get flowers like this
38:26in Bosnia, love. Come here.
38:28It's almost physical.
38:30Before you go with your beautiful eyes and your beautiful smile.
38:32It's a bit confrontational in a way.
38:34But she's
38:36shifting the merchandise.
38:38It's half five.
38:40The only place in London at half five
38:42where it's going to be busy is King's Cross Station
38:44because there's going to be commuters.
38:46So let's, just as fast as we can, get in
38:48and go to King's Cross.
38:50I think Baker Street is probably better.
38:52Shall we go to Baker Street? Yeah, OK, yeah.
38:54I say Baker Street. I think Baker Street.
39:00And literally just go out and grab
39:02the customers. This is our last hour
39:04now.
39:06This is really the last, last thing.
39:08We need to make this as high energy as possible.
39:10We're literally just coming up to King's Cross now.
39:12King's Cross is not a good place to sell.
39:14Believe me.
39:16Wow, loads of people.
39:18Fantastic.
39:22No, never lose a sale.
39:24Our strategy
39:26will be we keep the prices high.
39:28OK.
39:30Excuse me, sir.
39:32Would you like to buy some flowers
39:34for your grandma, for your mum,
39:36for your partner, for your boyfriend,
39:38for your girlfriend, anything?
39:40Thank you very much indeed.
39:42Thank you very much, sir. Have a nice evening.
39:44And have a very lovely journey home.
39:46Sold. Enjoy your evening. Thank you so much.
39:48You are a star. Thank you.
39:50Thank you. Nice doing business with you, sir.
39:52Stick it down there.
39:56Can I tempt you into buying
39:58a beautiful bunch of flowers
40:00for that lovely lady up there that must be your wife?
40:02Are you husband and wife?
40:04Well, there you are. I have a wife as well.
40:06Well, come on, man. Where are you going now?
40:08I'm going home. Yeah? OK.
40:10So these look lovely on the mantelpiece.
40:12Come on, the fiver.
40:14Hello, sir. Can I have some roses?
40:16Just four pounds? Just four pounds?
40:18Just four pounds.
40:20Three pounds?
40:22Three pounds for these flowers.
40:24Two pounds. That's it. Come on.
40:26That's giving them away.
40:28Two pound a bunch.
40:30Two... Come on, please.
40:32Please, come on. What does it take?
40:34Look, she seriously wants the flowers.
40:36What about if we all link arms
40:38and we don't let anyone pass?
40:40All right, let's keep going. Let's keep going.
40:42You can have this bunch of flowers
40:44for one pound.
40:46What's our dumping strategy?
40:48How do we get rid of these fucking wankers?
40:50I mean, we haven't got that many.
40:52I'm just trying to sell my last bunches of flowers.
40:54We've got only a few minutes to sell them.
40:58You know, everyone's coming out of tubes,
41:00going into tubes. We thought that that would be fantastic.
41:02You know, just swoop in.
41:04But we find that everyone just wants to get home.
41:06They don't want to talk, they don't want to say or do anything.
41:08They just want to get home.
41:10One pound? I've got 98.
41:12I'll take it.
41:14I have to give them to you.
41:16I have to. I have to.
41:18I can't even give them to you.
41:20Oh.
41:24Sarah, you can sell that.
41:26And I think you can sell it.
41:30Thank you very much, madam.
41:32There you go. Biggest bunch of flowers.
41:34Enjoy.
41:36Excellent.
41:38We all congratulate our project manager.
41:406.30 and the girls sell out first
41:42with half an hour to spare.
41:44We can't have lost money. We've sold all our stock.
41:46Well done, boys.
41:48We've sold all stock.
41:507 o'clock in Baker Street and the boys sell out,
41:52but only by slashing prices to well below cost.
41:54We've done very well.
41:56We've done better than we probably thought we would.
41:58I had great fears that we wouldn't clear all our stock.
42:00We're not failures on that particular front.
42:02We may not have done the best.
42:04We may have done the best. I don't know.
42:06Who's got the money?
42:08Whoa.
42:10Well done, boys.
42:12Have a good rest tonight
42:14and you'll hear the results tomorrow.
42:16Thank you very much.
42:18Well done.
42:28Tomorrow, in Sir Alan Sugar's boardroom,
42:30someone from the losing team will be fired.
42:32Basically, the good thing that we found today
42:34is that the responses were adaptable.
42:36If it wasn't for one person,
42:38namely Paul,
42:40he was giving it 120%,
42:42probably more than anyone else.
42:44I think there was faffing at times,
42:46and Matthew,
42:48there were certain times
42:50where you wasted our time.
42:52The reality for me
42:54as project manager
42:56is that if we lose tomorrow,
42:58I'm up for a firing.
43:00For me, the fact is you really led the task.
43:02And even though that sometimes
43:04bordered on being quite dictatorial...
43:06I think that maybe sometimes,
43:08just ever so slightly,
43:10you've come across as being slightly condescending
43:12or patronising,
43:14which I know you've got no intention to do.
43:16I was quite disappointed, as you're aware,
43:18in the morning,
43:20just because things were changing too quickly and sporadically.
43:22As the course of the day progressed,
43:24your management skills did come out
43:26and it was much better
43:28and improved with a day.
43:30And we really were a team.
43:329am, and the candidates
43:34head for the boardroom.
43:38All 14 have packed their bags.
43:40Whoever is fired
43:42won't be coming back.
43:54In less than an hour,
43:56the candidates are on their way
43:58to a meeting
44:00In less than an hour,
44:02having given up highly paid jobs
44:04for the chance to work for Sir Alan,
44:06one of them will find out
44:08the gamble hasn't paid off.
44:30You can go through to the boardroom now.
45:00Well, how do you think you did, girls?
45:22I think as a team
45:24we performed exceptionally well
45:26under the circumstances,
45:28we had a terrible day in terms of the weather,
45:30I think we had a very shaky start,
45:32but by the end we had gelled,
45:34we were strong,
45:36and we were very,
45:38just very motivated.
45:40You all share that view, do you?
45:42Yes.
45:44Tim, what about the boys?
45:46I think myself and my team,
45:48we performed admirably in the circumstances,
45:50every single one of the team members pulled their weight,
45:52and we remained as one
45:54all the way through it.
45:56You all happy with that?
45:58Yes.
46:00Right, well, let's not
46:02keep you in suspense then any longer.
46:04Nick, give me the numbers.
46:06Well,
46:08First Forte sold out,
46:10and from their £500 seed money
46:12they brought home
46:14£602.
46:16That's 20% of the total.
46:20Margaret?
46:22Well, Impact ended up
46:24pretty desperately getting rid of the last bunches
46:26of Bates Street.
46:34But they brought in
46:36£865.
46:38Congratulations.
46:40Well done.
46:42Well done.
46:44Dig the five.
46:46Well done.
46:52Chaps, no disrespect,
46:54I had a gut feeling that the ladies were going to win.
46:56I am very impressed,
46:58I've got to tell you.
47:00Not a lot of people impress me.
47:02I'm going to give the winning side a treat.
47:04I've got one of those capsules
47:06on the eye, the London Eye,
47:08and I've talked them into allowing us
47:10to cater on board with a champagne reception.
47:12So you get out there and you look at our
47:14great metropolis from up there.
47:16And you lot, you're going to have to
47:18come back in here.
47:20You're going to have to pick two of your colleagues
47:22who you think didn't support you
47:24on the day.
47:26We're going to have to go through things and one of you
47:28eventually is going to get fired.
47:30Okay.
47:38Well, they seem to celebrate
47:40their victory, don't they?
47:42I mean, that's a hell of a result.
47:44You know, I would have bet everything I had
47:46on the girls winning that one, being flowers,
47:48you know. But there you go.
47:50They must be great salesmen, that's all I can say.
47:52And there's a bit of trouble
47:54in that camp, I think.
47:56There's a bit of trouble in that camp.
47:58They are
48:00a bit of a
48:02bit of a
48:04bit of a
48:06They are
48:08psychologically very down now, the girls.
48:10And did you see, they weren't just
48:12upset, they were dejected, they were
48:14absolutely mortified. I turned
48:16around and honestly, it was like a funeral.
48:18You've never seen a sorrier mob in your life.
48:20And all the tasks that we've got, definitely
48:22we have the upper hand here.
48:24Cheers!
48:26Hey!
48:30You can never have
48:32too much champagne.
48:34Ah!
48:36Natural born winners.
48:38And this team
48:40is a really good team, because
48:42we're all good at different things. And as long as
48:44we play to our strengths, but listen
48:46to each other, then there's no reason
48:48why we can't go into the next task
48:50and do well.
48:52Cheers!
48:54To impact!
49:04For the losers,
49:06a post-mortem. Two people
49:08will then be chosen by the project manager
49:10Sarah, to join her in the
49:12firing line.
49:14You can go through now.
49:34Right.
49:36Was there any negotiations in buying the
49:38stuff, or did you just go up to the old geezer behind the
49:40counter and say to him, I'll have some of those?
49:42Was there any negotiation? Who was
49:44responsible for that? I decided to
49:46break it into two teams, because there were
49:48two very strong opinions
49:50the night before, when I was laying
49:52down the strategy. And so
49:54in order to make sure that people worked as a
49:56team, I decided that there was one
49:58person in the team who had the experience.
50:00Who was that? That was me. That was
50:02Miranda. So I decided, right...
50:04You know about market trading, is that right? Yes.
50:06So why did you sell stuff after
50:08two hours, below cost?
50:10That's what I can't understand. I made a decision
50:12on my own, that we weren't going to
50:14sell the stock entirely.
50:16We weren't going to sell out. So rather than just
50:18sit on dead stock at the end of the day,
50:20I'd rather turn it into money, even if it is
50:22at a loss. But what was the end of the day?
50:24Seven o'clock. And there you were, one o'clock?
50:26There wasn't enough passing trade
50:28for the stock to
50:30sell. And I knew that, and in hindsight
50:32I was right, because by seven o'clock,
50:34we'd only just sold out. The time to cut and run
50:36is, you know,
50:38four, five o'clock in the afternoon when it's all over.
50:40Yeah, it was... I feel a bit, an air of
50:42panic in there. We recognise
50:44that we made a few mistakes in terms of
50:46our purchases of the flowers.
50:48And also, because in the morning
50:50we had a lot of cheating problems, getting
50:52along with each other. You're saying you had differences
50:54of opinion then? Well, yes, we did have
50:56our discussions and, you know...
50:58Why didn't you have your strategy defined?
51:00You know, the moment I told you
51:02in the printing works what was going
51:04on, you should have had your strategy worked out then.
51:06You shouldn't be bickering about it the next
51:08morning when you're out in the field, surely.
51:10I just think that we didn't
51:12gel immediately, and as you quite rightly say,
51:14we should have. That didn't happen, and as
51:16a result, we've suffered. I think I've heard
51:18enough here to have a picture of what's
51:20going on, but you
51:22are going to have to make a decision about
51:24the two colleagues that you think didn't
51:26help you, or didn't contribute enough
51:28to this task.
51:32Over to you.
51:34And the two people that I
51:36feel that should stay in the boardroom
51:38with me are Adonike
51:40and Miranda.
51:44Right. Well, that's your decision.
51:46The four of you
51:48that are not required to stay back
51:50in the boardroom, you're free to
51:52go. You three
51:54just step outside into the reception,
51:56and I'll call you when I need you.
52:08Anyway, the interesting thing is
52:10Miranda's good sales,
52:12but she made a mistake.
52:14I don't care what she said.
52:16But this Nikki,
52:18Nikki, she didn't actually talk to us much.
52:20I think actually she was a little bit of a
52:22thorn in
52:24Sarah's side, actually,
52:26in the beginning.
52:52Sarah,
52:54Miranda and
52:56Adonike now have one
52:58final chance to convince Sir Alan
53:00not to fire them.
53:02I don't believe that I should be fired
53:04first, because
53:06as far as sales go,
53:08there's no stronger person, in my opinion,
53:10than myself.
53:12Anybody can sell at a loss, though, you know.
53:14Anybody can sell at a loss.
53:16No, of course, I appreciate that, but had I not...
53:18I could go out on the street and sell ten-pound notes
53:20for nine quid all day long, I can assure you.
53:22But had I not
53:24wholesaled when I did, then we would have
53:26sold at a much greater loss at the end of the day.
53:28So what am I supposed to do, applaud you
53:30for that? The fact of the matter is
53:32they cost you £2.25, didn't they?
53:34And I appreciate that. I've still got a problem
53:36with this, Miranda. I've got a problem
53:38with why you started to
53:40panic. I can only see it as panic.
53:42Adonike, come on.
53:44What have you got to say?
53:46I'll tell you where my problem lies with you,
53:48is that my very trusted man here,
53:50who I've known for 25 years,
53:52he keeps telling me that he don't think
53:54you sold a lot. I was doing most
53:56of the sales in Hampstead.
53:58As soon as I made the money, yes, I was
54:00a bit stiff up. Tyree
54:02was doing most of the sales in Hampstead.
54:04I've been a salesman all my
54:06life, OK? Yes. I know
54:08how much stuff I sold.
54:10I know I sold nothing less than 60 bunches.
54:12Where did you get the 60 from? Did you just make it up?
54:14No, I didn't make it up. So you reckon
54:16you sold about 60? I know I did.
54:18I don't reckon. I know I did. You know you did.
54:20Yes, I do know I did. It's taken me to prompt you
54:22to actually come up with a number. Saira,
54:24what do you think? The three of you are fighting for
54:26your existence. As project manager, I had
54:28a clear strategy. That strategy was not
54:30followed by these two people
54:32and I think... Hold on a minute. Sorry. Hold on
54:34one second. Was it not you that was
54:36saying to me, no more than 10 minutes ago,
54:38that you allowed some of
54:40your team members, because they had more
54:42expertise in something, like market trade,
54:44to go on and do something themselves?
54:46It's all very well to pass the buck. I'm not passing the buck.
54:48I did say that.
54:50Is that not sticking to your
54:52strategy? You gave them permission not to stick
54:54to your strategy, right? Sir Alan, in the time
54:56that we had, and with the
54:58headstrong personalities that I had to deal
55:00with, I delegated part of
55:02that responsibility because I
55:04believed that they had the skill to go
55:06away and stick to that strategy.
55:08The second point... I do also have to say, though, that
55:10I know that you're making reference to myself.
55:12I do have those skills and those skills prevailed
55:14and I do feel as though I'm being taken for a bit of a
55:16scapegoat now because you gave me responsibilities
55:18which you weren't confident enough to take
55:20on yourself. Can I just
55:22say, in response to that, selling a
55:24product at wholesale price
55:26to a wholesaler
55:28was not a decision made by me.
55:30Adonike, you're being
55:32very quiet here. What's going on?
55:34I suggested we sell at wholesale.
55:36Zara did not like that idea.
55:38You can't buy from wholesalers and sell to wholesalers.
55:40I suggested that we call funeral
55:42directors in the middle of the night because
55:44they were open 24 hours
55:46to try and get them to step outside
55:48their house. You wanted to ring funeral directors
55:50in the middle of the night to get them to
55:52step outside on the pavement and buy
55:54£60 worth of flowers from you. That was your
55:56strategy, was it? That was one of my strategies.
55:58Another suggestion of mine...
56:00Seems to me
56:02that you've got a lot of suggestions.
56:04I think I've heard enough.
56:06I've heard enough, ladies.
56:08Zara,
56:10I'm convinced
56:12you work very, very hard.
56:14And I know you're putting a lot of effort selling.
56:18Adonike,
56:22I'm concerned
56:24that you're
56:26questioning the strategy more
56:28than actually doing the selling.
56:30That's my concern.
56:34Miranda,
56:36I can't get my head around losing money.
56:38You know, that is
56:40bothering me a lot, but I've got to make a decision
56:42now.
56:46My decision is
56:50Adonike,
56:52you're fired.
57:02You have the two ladies,
57:04Lucky, in particular you.
57:06You talked yourself out of it.
57:08That's it.
57:18That's the way I saw it, folks.
57:20I think she was undermining
57:22exactly everything that was agreed.
57:24That's the feeling I got.
57:26Anyway, done is done.
57:28We'll get on to the next one.
57:34I am obviously quite a strong-headed person.
57:36I like to get my opinion across,
57:38especially when things don't seem quite right.
57:40If you're actually fired
57:42for not supporting
57:44a losing strategy, it's fine.
57:46You know, I'm proud of what I've done.
57:48I'm proud of all my suggestions.
57:50The bottom line is
57:52I have been fired, and that's just
57:54the bottom line, and you just have to accept it and move on.
58:00One job,
58:02now 13 candidates.
58:04Sir Alan's search
58:06for his apprentice has begun.
58:14Next week.
58:16What's going on, boys?
58:18It's business.
58:20Sir Alan sets
58:22a new challenge.
58:24Today's task is designing and innovating
58:26a product.
58:28I, as project manager, want to take a risk.
58:30I'm going to give you the worst
58:32consumers in the world.
58:34Children.
58:36Fantastic!
58:38This is a trading game with a twist.
58:40Sounds a bit boring to me.
58:42Sir Alan's struggled bloody football with you.
58:44I don't believe you too many times.
58:46What are you doing?
58:48I'm not going to succumb to this.
58:50As the girls seek revenge,
58:52who will be the next to go?
58:54They're pointing the finger at you.