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00:00Last week, the candidates got a reality check.
00:03If you might have thought throughout the course of this exercise
00:06that it's been a bit of a game,
00:08well, I can understand you having those feelings.
00:11I'm looking for somebody to work for me, all right?
00:14Serious, dead serious. Got it?
00:17Instead of a task, they faced hours of hostile questioning.
00:21Let's see it. Good.
00:23I'm going to be honest with you.
00:25Instead of a task, they faced hours of hostile questioning.
00:28Let's see it. Good.
00:30Sorry, you're a self-confessed liar, aren't you?
00:33Sir Alan's most trusted advisers grilled them fiercely.
00:38It was a Section B public order offence. Right.
00:41Nothing to do with drinking. Right.
00:43So you were disorderly without drink? Yeah.
00:45In the boardroom, the boss got the lowdown.
00:48James is a graduate surveyor who, if it wasn't the apprentice,
00:53he would apply for blind date or any other show.
00:55Having been briefed, Sir Alan took the unprecedented step
00:59of first firing one hopeful...
01:02James, you haven't convinced me. You're fired.
01:06..and then another.
01:08But we're different.
01:10Well, if we're different, then, Paul,
01:12maybe you've just answered it for me.
01:15You're fired.
01:17Now only Tim and Saira remained.
01:22With the final test to come, who will be the apprentice?
01:38The 12-week job interview is reaching its climax.
01:42Either Tim or Saira is about to become Sir Alan's apprentice.
01:51Saira's a good competitor. She's strong.
01:53She can be very aggressive and very direct.
01:55But we both know, as competitors, we're going to give it everything we can.
02:01I respect him as an opponent.
02:03I respect him the fact that he's young
02:05and that's what Sir Alan might be looking for.
02:07But I think I'm better than Tim.
02:11PHONE RINGS
02:13Hello, Saira speaking.
02:15Tim and Saira have been called to the boardroom
02:18to be briefed on their final task.
02:21The winner will receive a job worth £100,000 a year.
02:26For transport manager Tim and saleswoman Saira,
02:29this is no time for self-doubt.
02:32I only know how good I am when I compare myself to other people.
02:36And if you're asking me,
02:38do I think I was better than all of the 14 or 13 out there,
02:43then yes, I do,
02:45because I worked with them on every single task
02:47and every single one I shone through.
02:49My belief in myself was not...
02:53..unfounded.
02:54I've been able to come into this situation
02:57and do the best I possibly could
02:59and get through all the different tasks and not by accident.
03:02I truly believe I deserve to be here because I've worked hard.
03:08This time, the would-be executives will travel to the boardroom,
03:12business class.
03:16Right, let's see what's going to be in store for us now.
03:21Oh!
03:22Oh, a sail!
03:26Oh, I'll go with this one.
03:37Tim and Saira are about to discover
03:39they'll spend the next three days on the Thames.
03:45It'll be the ultimate test of their leadership style.
03:53But before you can lead a team, you've got to select one.
03:59Hello.
04:00SHE SCREAMS
04:04Sir Alan has called back the rejected candidates
04:07to work for the two finalists.
04:09SHE SCREAMS
04:10Hello, everybody.
04:15Hello, Saira.
04:16You're the two finalists.
04:18You recognise some of these familiar faces here.
04:21They're here to help you in the next task.
04:24Both of you are going to choose three people from your former colleagues.
04:30Here we go.
04:31Ladies, pull it.
04:33Towels, it is.
04:37Tim, you won the toss.
04:39You got the first choice.
04:42Ben.
04:46Saira.
04:47James.
04:50Tim, your turn again.
04:52Miriam.
04:56Saira.
04:59Raj.
05:04Tim, your final choice.
05:06Sebastien.
05:08Right, Saira, pick your final assistant.
05:11Paul.
05:12I was hoping.
05:14Right, folks.
05:15Both of you are going to be given a riverboat.
05:18What's going to happen is you're going to put on some kind of an event.
05:22I'm going to be judging this not just necessarily
05:25on who takes the most amount of money,
05:28but more on how professionally it has been done
05:31and also whether you gave all of the clients that night good value for money
05:36and, in my view, whether they'll ever come back again.
05:39Don't underestimate this one.
05:41This is a biggie because the big event is on Thursday night.
05:44You'll be back in this boardroom Friday
05:47where one of you is going to get fired.
05:50Off you go.
06:00This is the final hurdle before Sir Alan's job.
06:03This is the last opportunity I have to do the most I can.
06:09I'm determined to win it. I'm absolutely determined.
06:12They also know in me that I will do anything to win.
06:16Saira has chosen James,
06:18who's been on more winning teams than any other candidate.
06:25Raj, who she's always been close to.
06:28We are the Asian team.
06:3074 then, yeah?
06:31No.
06:32No?
06:3375.
06:34Oh, is it 75?
06:35Yeah.
06:36No!
06:39And Paul, a surprising choice given their constant rows.
06:44Four times I've been on the winning side. You came out with that statement.
06:47I'm not going to take responsibility for you being in that position right now.
06:50That's unfair.
06:52Paul, tell me why you've brought these two ladies in here.
06:55Nothing to do with you having a little altercation on the last task, then?
06:59As I walked out, I shook hands with Saira.
07:01That's an absolute lie. We did not shake hands after...
07:05We shook hands out there as we walked down.
07:07We did not shake hands, Paul.
07:09I think Sir Alan may have been a bit surprised why I picked Paul,
07:12but although Paul and I don't see eye to eye on things,
07:15with me, he realises that I'm a very strong woman
07:18and I've got enough balls to shut him down, and I think he respects that.
07:26I get people to work with me,
07:28and I think that we can do a better job if that's the case,
07:31and that's the way we're going to hopefully win.
07:35Tim has enjoyed success
07:37working alongside Miriam, Sebastian and Ben on previous tasks.
07:41It's exciting to have the old team back together again.
07:44It is a very, very solid team.
07:46Without doubt, I am 110% behind Tim, and I want him to succeed.
07:53Tim and Saira's challenge is to motivate a group of people
07:56who seem to have nothing to gain from the task.
08:01It's a different game,
08:03because we don't have to perform in the same way
08:05that we've had to perform as team members before.
08:07You're not going to get emboliconed.
08:09No, it's irrelevant.
08:11What we have to do is we have to help the project manager do what they want to do.
08:14So it's a very different kind of...
08:16It's a different dynamic, because before, everybody shared responsibility
08:19because you never were sure.
08:21Do you know what? That's why it comes down to your project leadership.
08:24Exactly.
08:25Can you manage someone who may not necessarily really give a shit?
08:28I actually think the pressure is on you guys as well,
08:31because this... No, not the pressure,
08:33but I think it's your opportunity to shine.
08:35Sean.
08:37We've had ten weeks to shine.
08:39The candle's flickering out now.
08:52Tim and Saira have three days to stage an event on the Thames.
08:57They'll choose between two riverboats,
09:00the Elizabethan, a replica paddle steamer,
09:03and the Natisha, a modern river cruiser.
09:06Hello. Hello there, Will.
09:08How are you, Tim? My name's Gary, the captain.
09:10For once, this task won't just be about profit.
09:13Sir Alan's also looking for a creative business brain.
09:18We need to come up with a theme now,
09:21and it's like, unless you want to go and sell tickets to people
09:25and you're like, well, what's the party about?
09:27And you're like, I'm not quite sure.
09:29We should go up to four corners
09:31and we should each come up with three themes
09:33and then we stick them all on the table.
09:35Unless somebody can come up very quickly with a bloody bright idea,
09:38let's not faff around.
09:40Imagine for a second we turn your bottom deck into a lap dancing club.
09:44Can't watch.
09:46We've obviously got some really good suggestions for this particular boat
09:49and some for the other boat as well,
09:51but we're more confident about being able to fill out this boat
09:55After checking them out, Tim and Saira actually want different boats,
09:59but neither wants to show their hand first.
10:03Hello, Saira. Good afternoon, Timothy.
10:05Which boat do you want?
10:07I'd like you to answer that question first.
10:09Ladies first, I ask the first question.
10:11I'm not moving, Tim. I stay here three days.
10:13Which boat do you want?
10:15I ask you the first question.
10:24This is going to take forever. It will. I'm not moving.
10:26I ask you the first question. I was polite.
10:28I don't care about you being polite. This is a business meeting.
10:30Of course it is.
10:32You want me to tell you which boat we want?
10:35I'll ask you a simple question. Which boat do you want?
10:38OK, we want that boat. OK, thank you very much.
10:46I said we want that boat. He went, thanks very much.
10:49That's it. Done deal.
10:52OK, thank you very much.
10:54Oh, yes. Is she?
10:56You're the man.
10:58What if they see it?
11:00No, no, it doesn't matter, because both boats are the same,
11:03but fancy giving this one up without a fight.
11:06Right, I'm on board.
11:08Are you going for a boat ride? Yeah. Where are you going?
11:10Down the road.
11:12Hey! Hey!
11:14See you in the Caribbean.
11:16We'll be in France in a...
11:18What's wrong with you?
11:20How do you keep doing that?
11:22With just three days till the event, it's decision time.
11:26Tim abandons lap dancing in favour of a fashion show.
11:34It's an ambitious strategy which needs the full support of his team
11:37and the staff on the boat.
11:39We want people to be satisfied by the end of the evening
11:42from a food perspective.
11:44Tim hopes to impress Sir Alan by staging a glittering event.
11:47An upmarket champagne or just a basic champagne?
11:50I think we'd like something that's a recognisable name.
11:53You're looking at a brand name like Moet & Chandon?
11:55I think we're looking at something like that, exactly right.
12:01Sebastian and Ben hit the phones.
12:04And we're looking to put on a fashion show.
12:07We're looking for aspiring fashion designers.
12:17Saira's approach is different.
12:19She reckons Sir Alan rates profit above style.
12:22If you want to call it the Smirnoff Party,
12:24provide the Smirnoff and done.
12:26So who is going to ring up the drinks people?
12:30I can make a call or two.
12:32Her aim, cut costs and make money.
12:35Whoever gives us the free drinks, it will be called that party.
12:40We're very flexible.
12:42If somebody was able to say to us,
12:44you know, eight bottles of this or ten bottles of this,
12:46quite frankly, I guess I'm looking for three or four cases of spirits.
12:51James' persistence pays off.
12:54It's Sue, isn't it? Sue?
12:57He finds a company looking to launch a new brand of Californian wine.
13:02We've got fairly distinct ideas in terms of the theming.
13:06We can work that.
13:08It will mean free plonk if they can agree a theme.
13:12It's a Californian wine.
13:14It's very much, if you think about road movies,
13:17it's all that kind of imagery.
13:19It's kind of Thelma and Louise and on the front of the wine bottle,
13:22it's got like a Californian license plate.
13:24So all that kind of imagery we want to kind of convey.
13:29We're quite happy to go with the Californian theme.
13:32So what would you suggest that we do to enhance that?
13:35Because if you're saying, look at California, look at Thelma and Louise,
13:39what things could we do on the boat to reflect that?
13:41I don't know. Get a Harley on board. I don't know.
13:44So it's me. Trips around the deck.
13:46OK. I have no idea.
13:48You might be able to get a Harley on board.
13:50We'll look at that.
13:51So you think at the moment we can get that 120 bottles?
13:53Yeah, that's kind of what we're looking at.
13:55Yeah, I think that sounds fine.
13:57And that'll be a mixture of kind of Chardonnays and Reds and Rosés.
14:00OK.
14:02Thank you, driver.
14:04As well as free drinks, Sarah wants cheap entertainment
14:09and dispatches Paul to Covent Garden.
14:14He's a very good guitarist,
14:16but I don't think we're looking for a guitarist.
14:18I think we're looking for maybe a magician, a mime artist,
14:21or someone a bit different.
14:26OK, he's a juggler.
14:29How does he think he's going to make a living from doing that?
14:31No wonder he dresses in rags, really.
14:34There's just no talent about any more.
14:41After a fruitless search, Paul stops for essential refreshment.
14:53Having spent all day on the phone,
14:55Ben's lined up some fashion designers for Tim to meet.
14:59That's really sexy.
15:01I like that one. I saw that coming into the door.
15:04Although one's got a list of famous clients...
15:07Geri Halliwell, Kylie Minogue.
15:10..the rest don't.
15:13Tim's hopes of impressing Sir Alan
15:15lie in the hands of a recent fashion graduate...
15:18It's got a lot of character, hasn't it?
15:22..and a designer with a rather niche market.
15:26You can see it's very fetishistic.
15:28But it's also absolutely feminine and beautiful.
15:30It's not pervy. It's sexy and beautiful.
15:33And it happens to be rubber.
15:36Tim's event promises to be eye-catching.
15:39But will it attract the audience of fashion buyers he hopes to sell to?
15:43We are trying to make money out of this, aren't we?
15:45As is everyone, in a commercial sense.
15:47So we are charging for tickets, and the ticket price is £40.
15:50I just don't think you'll get it. I'll be really honest with you.
15:53I don't think you'll get it.
15:55There's a lot to do.
15:57The logistics alone are just an absolute nightmare.
15:59And then trying to get people to buy into the idea
16:01with just two days' notice is going to be a tricky event.
16:04But I'm confident we've got a good team, we've got a good idea,
16:08and it's a viable objective.
16:10We can do it.
16:12It's just how many people we get on the night
16:14is really going to be important for us.
16:17Tim's event promises to be eye-catching.
16:19As is everyone, in a commercial sense.
16:21Tim's event promises to be eye-catching.
16:23It's just how many people we get on the night
16:25is really going to be important for us.
16:29Folks, I have a little bit of bad news.
16:32At the house, Paul needs to come clean about his expenses.
16:36Very important work.
16:38I did get, no, very hungry while I was there,
16:42and did spend a couple of pounds,
16:44and I need to reimburse the powers that be.
16:47What did you buy?
16:49Well, before I show you the receipt...
16:52If I lose this task of two pounds...
16:54LAUGHTER
16:57You bought a bloody burger, didn't you?
16:59No, I didn't.
17:01No, I...
17:03One prize, one sudden comfort, £5.95.
17:07LAUGHTER
17:09Now, there's my argument.
17:11Every penny counts, and £10 is a lot of money,
17:14and I don't think he kind of gets it.
17:17So I'm going to reinforce that and say,
17:19you need to bring me that £10 back.
17:21And I think that's one of the reasons why Paul isn't in the final,
17:24is because he can't be trusted.
17:27One thing I'm definitely not going to do is leave him alone tomorrow,
17:30because I don't want that to be repeated again.
17:43Day two, and true to her word,
17:45Sarah keeps Paul on a tight leash
17:47as they drum up customers for her wine-tasting event.
17:50So, it's a lot of fun, and it's only £25 a ticket.
17:53Only? Bargain.
17:55If you're interested, I'll show you the menu.
17:57If you're not, fine.
17:59What about this fine young man down here?
18:01Are you sure?
18:03Paul, I'm not being silly.
18:05That is not the way to go in and sell to those people.
18:08But why not?
18:09Because it's not the right approach,
18:11and as you saw, I'm not being silly,
18:13but you just literally went in and spoke to anybody.
18:17If that lady's not interested...
18:19There's three people in the place.
18:21There is. However, just going in off the street
18:25and talking to people as if, like...
18:27You know, it's not the right approach.
18:29So what would you have done that was different to what I would have done?
18:32What I would have done is, first of all, asked if I could see the manager.
18:35You firstly annoyed that bloke by saying,
18:37you're probably not the decision-maker,
18:39and immediately he got his shirt up, thinking,
18:41who the hell is she?
18:44Yeah, but the whole point, you said to go down to these places
18:47and to knock on doors, straight in.
18:49Oh, listen, we've got the whole day together, OK?
18:52How do you want to play it?
18:53How do you want to play it? You're in charge.
18:55If you say to me, Paul, I, Saira, want to do all the talking,
18:58you do all the talking.
18:59But don't say that my way was wrong,
19:01because my way wasn't wrong, just because it was different to yours.
19:04OK, you have to base your way on results.
19:06OK, did you sell any tickets in there?
19:08Fucking hell, one, the first place we walked into at quarter to 11
19:12and we happened to have had no result.
19:14That's what you're basing everything on, is that it?
19:16I could say that the reason we had no result
19:18was the fact that nobody was interested in going
19:20and you put the back-up of the bloke that was in there.
19:22By telling him it wasn't the decision-maker, who's in charge?
19:24Paul, we are doing a test together, we are not supposed to split.
19:27If I'm walking down the street and I'm like,
19:29where is Paul, where is Paul, and you're in there...
19:31It makes a fucking difference.
19:33It makes a difference to you, not to the way I pitched it to him.
19:36That made no difference.
19:37Listen, how...
19:38Because he didn't know that I was with you or anything.
19:40Listen to me, I've got all the facts, I've got all the presentation material.
19:43Going in and introducing ourselves, hi, I'm Paul, blah, blah, blah.
19:46Doing a pitch properly to these people today is going to be important.
19:51We'll do it your way, this time.
19:56Good morning. Hi, my name's Saira, this is my colleague Paul.
19:59Hello.
20:02Can I please speak to somebody regarding a corporate event
20:05that we're doing tomorrow night?
20:08Come along tomorrow night for 25 quid, have a great meal.
20:16No, not interested, fine.
20:18Thank you anyway. Hope we haven't given you indigestion.
20:20Bunch of tosspots.
20:22And the other bloke, Tosspot, was saying...
20:25No, you know, he was just being such an arsehole.
20:28It's like we haven't sold any tickets
20:30and we know we've got a party for 140 people.
20:33We don't do it, we don't do it.
20:38Ticket sales are not Tim's priority.
20:41The cost of his fashion show is rocketing.
20:47Work out in your spreadsheet what this costs.
20:50Your budget is below.
20:52No, we need to cut back, we need to cut back.
20:54Champagne, we're spending £2,000 on champagne.
20:57So our whole budget is on alcohol?
20:59A lot of which gets bought back.
21:01Well, not necessarily.
21:03A lot of which you make money on.
21:05I'll tell you what, a lot of which you make money on as well.
21:08Wait, wait, wait, wait.
21:10What can we knock off, off of those drink lists?
21:14To be honest, the cost here that is making the budget higher
21:17is the champagne.
21:21But if you want to cut down, we'll cut down.
21:24MUSIC PLAYS
21:34News of the project manager's problems
21:36reaches Sir Alan in his luxury villa in Marbella.
21:40They're about to get a taste
21:42of what being his apprentice will be like.
21:49Private number calling.
21:51Sir Alan here.
21:53Oh, hello, Sir Alan.
21:55And I'm just giving you a last minute, if you like,
21:57well, one of a better word, a reality check.
22:00Yeah.
22:01It's all very well being dressed up and looking nice
22:04and all that stuff, but without the punters,
22:06we've got no deal here, we've got nothing.
22:08We're on the same wavelength there, Sir Alan, yeah.
22:10You know, from what I can understand,
22:12a 45 quid a pot, it's starting to worry me
22:15that, first of all, you know, the fashion industry
22:18is made up of a load of poncers.
22:21They don't pay for anything.
22:23You need to get you and your team
22:25concentrating on bringing the punters in,
22:27because whilst this is all not about money,
22:30it's not all about the amount of money you're going to take on the night.
22:33You know, it is the biggest consideration, of course.
22:36And I think you'd better have a rethink about it,
22:39because, trust me, I'm giving you a lifeline here, all right?
22:42OK, Sir Alan.
22:43Get on with it.
22:45Bye.
22:46Bye-bye.
22:47I didn't really think it was him.
22:49I thought it was someone pretending I nearly burst out laughing.
22:54OK.
22:55Tim?
22:56That's what you call a kick up the arse.
22:58It's what you call, you don't have to worry.
23:01Shall we go and start sending some tickets?
23:03Yes.
23:04All right, Sir Alan, thank you for that.
23:06OK.
23:07Thank you, bye-bye.
23:08We're fucking around.
23:10I knew we were fucking around.
23:12Right, listen, I'm going to make a call, OK?
23:14Who to?
23:15No, I'm going to make a call to Oz,
23:17because what he's basically saying,
23:19stop fucking acting corporate and get those people on the boat.
23:23Forget the ticket price, get people on that boat for three hours,
23:27because it's not all about profit.
23:29So, as far as I'm concerned,
23:31we have got to go where there's thousands of people
23:34and we just tell them and give them a ticket
23:36and we've just got to get these tickets out.
23:39Let's go!
23:41Let's get people onto a luxury cruise for £5.
23:44What about just ordinary stores or something?
23:46That's what we're doing and we need people,
23:49and I'm ready to rock.
23:51Come on, Paul, we've got a job to do.
23:53Sarah decides to sell in the only way she knows.
23:56Do you want me to hold that?
23:58No, I'm going to bloody use it.
24:00Sarah, don't, please.
24:02No, I need people.
24:03This is on TV, my mum's going to see it and everything.
24:06We have arranged an amazing cruise along the River Thames
24:10for tomorrow night at 7 o'clock.
24:13This ticket would normally cost you about £1,000,
24:16but I'm doing it for £5.
24:19There's me here and a small bloke in a stripy suit
24:22who looks a bit dodgy, but honestly, he's quite safe.
24:25It's a bona fide trip, you'll have a great time,
24:28I'll be there as well, or I'll put you off now.
24:31At the house, Tim's team are trying to sell in bulk
24:35to corporate clients linked to the British fashion industry.
24:39Can I speak to one of your event managers, please?
24:43Blessing? What a beautiful name.
24:46He's asked Ben, a consummate negotiator, to do the talking.
24:50Our retail, this is our retail price, is £40 per ticket.
24:55You know the buyers, you've got a relationship with them,
24:58so it obviously makes sense for you to talk to them.
25:07I know timing's a massive factor, but...
25:10Yeah, it's a really exciting evening, it's a really sexy evening.
25:17Oh, come on, you can always make time.
25:20You're a professional, Sharon, how likely is it this is going to happen?
25:28Any possibility of shifting, let's say 20 tickets, let's say 10 tickets.
25:35Sharon, if it's one ticket, then you're doing us a fantastic favour.
25:51Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, can I just spend five minutes of your time?
25:55Excuse me, would you be interested...
25:57In Covent Garden, Sarah's approach starts to pay off.
26:01You're going to do it, aren't you? Good kids.
26:03Have you sold him yet? Yes, I've sold him his ticket.
26:05Come on, are you coming as well?
26:07Raj and James flog tickets to young professionals in bars.
26:10There you go, there's your ticket, thank you very much.
26:13For two? Great, I'd love to sell you two.
26:16After five hours of hard graft, Sarah and her team sell out.
26:20Raj and I followed a slightly different strategy.
26:22Go on, and you did a tenner? We did a tenner each.
26:24Well done.
26:25So, and I've just sold a whole load, well done.
26:28So you've sold 50 tickets by and large for a tenner each?
26:31Well, we've also sold 12 for 25.
26:34We're bouncing it already.
26:449pm and Tim is getting desperate.
26:47He's still trying to sell in bulk, now to West End ticket agencies.
26:52Now, what we want to do is give the opportunity to as many tourists,
26:55because they get to see all the sights of London at night,
26:58a tour of champagne and canopies, etc.
27:00Shall we try that one up there?
27:02Yeah, but he said to try in the clubs and things,
27:05stuff like Equinox and places that have got the little booth.
27:12Now, if you can get me 100 people to come,
27:14you can come as well for free and bring a friend.
27:17Now, if you can get me 100 people to come,
27:19you can come as well for free and bring a friend.
27:23Is that going to be the same with absolutely everyone along here?
27:28We are quite lost, and now it's pissing and fucking raining.
27:32Can we go back to the car?
27:36Yeah, so I don't know. Can we get out of the rain, please?
27:39MUSIC PLAYS
27:46Tim hopes to score high with Sir Alan by staging an ambitious event,
27:50but has he set his sights too high?
28:03OK, I've got seven things.
28:05Bloody hell, our stuff has gone up to £422.
28:08How come? I have no idea.
28:10Sarah has had a good day,
28:12but her unrelenting management style takes its toll on her exhausted team-mates.
28:17I've got one extra person at £9 for four hours.
28:20Yes, but don't forget, that's for four hours.
28:22Yeah, that's it. That's all I've added on to your figures.
28:25How can that be? Well, that's what I'm saying.
28:27So if you give me your figures, then I can check what price is,
28:30cos the pricing's all different.
28:32And that's why. That's your responsibility.
28:35For some reason, if you've got your figures,
28:37at least we can check to see if Andy's done something cheaper.
28:40This was supposed to be a 20-minute fucking session, this interview,
28:44and now all of a sudden it's ten to fucking 11,
28:47and I didn't want to be sat here anyway doing this bloody bullshit.
28:50That's why I suggested tomorrow fucking morning.
28:52It's as simple as this. All you have to do is say,
28:54right, OK, tomorrow morning when we go to the boat, we'll look at them.
28:57You can't do anything about them now, there's a discrepancy, fine, leave it, move on.
29:00But it's like £400 worth.
29:02Yeah, but you can't do anything about it now.
29:04If it's £400 worth, it's a £110 difference.
29:07Well, if you can't be bothered to go and get your book, Paul, and you can't be bothered...
29:10I'm doing this, you fucking idiot, for you!
29:12Don't you dare! I am here for you!
29:14I've had enough of rowing today,
29:16because you seem to think you can do everything right,
29:18when in fact you do exactly the same thing as everybody else.
29:21You do not do everything right, Sarah.
29:23What is your problem? My problem is you.
29:25Don't be here! I'm telling you, if you don't...
29:27You bloody piss me off with your fucking team, you idiot!
29:30That's why I'm here!
29:32Shut up!
29:33Paul, just leave!
29:34Shut up, the pair of you...
29:35For fuck's sake!
29:36You started the bloody day off getting on my bloody arse!
29:39If you're tired, just go to bed.
29:41I told you I was tired at ten o'clock.
29:43But no, we want a meeting, no, we want a meeting!
29:45Right, guys, I'm going to make an executive decision.
29:47I'm not happy to have a meeting like this in a mood.
29:50Those people that want to go to bed, go to bed, OK?
29:53And the other thing is, I'm quite happy to fire you, Paul,
29:55if you are going to take this kind of action...
29:57Oh, fuck off! You can't fucking fire me!
29:59I can!
30:00If you leave, I will leave.
30:02But you are in no position to fire me with your executive decision.
30:06Paul, all I'm saying to you is if I do not want you there tomorrow...
30:09I am here, I have done everything for this task to help you win.
30:13You've done nothing but cause me a lot of problems to be honest with you.
30:16Number one, I don't appreciate you talking to me like that.
30:18Hang on...
30:19No, James, hold on!
30:20Are you sure you want to say that?
30:21Yes, hold on!
30:22Then say it.
30:23James, number one...
30:24Right, whilst you have a row, I'm not going to take part because that's not helpful.
30:26I don't appreciate you talking to me like that.
30:27I don't appreciate you talking to me like that!
30:29I have sorted everything out on Monday.
30:31I told you I didn't want to have a meeting at ten o'clock at night because everyone was going to be tired.
30:34But no, you insisted on the ten metres.
30:36Well, I was tired.
30:37Nobody else wanted the meeting but you insisted on it.
30:40You said it was going to be twenty minutes.
30:42It is now five to eleven as I knew it was going to be.
30:44Paul, do you know what?
30:45If you want to go to bed, go to bed.
30:47But believe you me, if you take this attitude, I do not want you anywhere near that boat tomorrow.
30:51Fuck off!
30:52You are in no position to tell me what the fuck to do.
30:55You put me for your team.
30:56This is fucking ridiculous.
30:57I've just had enough.
31:05Fucking loon.
31:10I just want to try and gauge what you're thinking and whether we can just sort things out.
31:15Because to be honest, I hear your point, I hear hers.
31:19I don't actually see any point in rowing at all.
31:21And you two fundamentally have to bury the hatchet.
31:25And that is what I would recommend.
31:29But I've just said my piece.
31:31That's all I think you should do.
31:34The answer, James, is no.
31:39I don't shout because I'm bored.
31:41I shout because I'm angry.
31:42I know you shout because you're angry.
31:43She made a mistake and I never apologise because I never have anything to apologise for.
31:47When I get angry with someone, it means they've made me angry.
31:50And today with Saira was simply one of the most difficult days of my life because I spent all day biting my tongue.
31:56Because that fucking idiot went around basically insinuating that everything everyone did was ridiculous.
32:04And that she knew it all.
32:06And she doesn't know it all.
32:07I think there is something to apologise for that doesn't mean...
32:10She is on a massive power trip.
32:12She's going to make an executive decision.
32:14She's thinking about firing me.
32:16She fucking picked me.
32:17There are some things that you said to her which were somewhat unnecessary.
32:21Like what? Say it.
32:22Well, telling somebody to fuck off in an angry sense, in whatever situation, there's never really an excuse for that.
32:31It was justified then.
32:32To you, maybe.
32:33Because she wanted to tell me to eff off, didn't she?
32:36In a manner of speaking.
32:38Saying that she was going to fire me.
32:39Well, I thought what she did was unnecessary in terms of after you calmed down...
32:43She had said that I was a hindrance all day.
32:45She doesn't even know the meaning of the word hindrance apart from when she stands in front of a mirror.
32:48She is nothing but a hindrance.
32:50How she got to this position, God only knows.
32:52But here she is.
32:53And I have spent the last three days doing my damnedest to try and help her.
32:58I understand what you're saying.
33:00And in a sense it's down to you to make the decision or to do what you want to do.
33:04I don't understand what you expect me to say.
33:06To say sorry for what?
33:07Raising my voice or shouting?
33:09Yeah, but there's no reason why you can't give a conditional sorry.
33:12And what I would say is that there are some things that say, look...
33:14Get her in this room and I'll apologise.
33:15Get her in this room and I'll apologise.
33:17Okay.
33:18Will you?
33:19I will.
33:20If she doesn't come in, it means she doesn't want to hear it.
33:22So then I won't.
33:23Okay.
33:24You're tired, love.
33:43If you're tired, just go to bed.
33:46I'm sorry for raising my voice at you.
33:49And I'm sorry for using bad language.
33:52Thank you, Paul, that means a lot.
33:53So let's shake on it.
34:19It's the day of the event.
34:22You see, you've got Queen on there.
34:24Everyone gets into Queen.
34:25We are the champions.
34:26I mean, how appropriate is that?
34:28I'm not being stupid.
34:29Having kissed and made up, the mood in Sarah's camp is upbeat.
34:33Drive past.
34:34It's like my smile's blanketed my brain.
34:37And I'm not going to scream.
34:40You're calling, calling, calling, calling me.
34:48But Tim has woken up with a headache.
34:51He still hasn't sold any tickets.
34:54In a change of strategy, he sends his team to target students
34:57at one of London's biggest fashion colleges.
35:06Find out what time a major lecture finishes.
35:08We ask the professor if we can walk in five minutes before the end of the lecture.
35:11We stand up up front and we say, look, this is happening tonight.
35:14Tickets will sell now.
35:15I've got the phone number for the London Institute.
35:17Do you want to call them and ask?
35:20Yeah, phone them.
35:21With the event looming, Tim hopes his high-risk strategy will pay off.
35:26It may have been easier just to have a sit-down dinner
35:29and get people to come and do a sit-down dinner.
35:32But that was obvious and it wasn't very wow in terms of an event.
35:38And it wouldn't have taken a lot of planning.
35:40It wouldn't have shown a lot of business acumen to just put on a dinner and dance,
35:43which is already what the boat's utilised for.
35:46To pull off a fashion show in three days, which I haven't done yet,
35:52but to pull off a fashion show in three days would be a very big feat.
36:02This is going to be so good in here.
36:04I mean, tickets are 40, but if we said 50 a ticket.
36:09For 15 pounds you get champagne, a boat, a cruise up the river.
36:13See some of the models, some of the stylists, that sort of thing.
36:16Should be interesting.
36:17This is going to be one of the largest events to take place on the Thames this year.
36:23Cool, guys.
36:28Good. Cool, this place. Good, cool.
36:34The team tell Tim the news he's desperate for.
36:37His event has sold out.
36:39But only to students, not big spenders.
36:44We don't foresee a profit being made this evening, which is disappointing.
36:49But there's so many different things that we're being judged on,
36:52so we're hoping to tick as many of those boxes.
37:03Sir Alan's advisors scrutinise every single aspect of Tim and Saira's management style.
37:10I'm pleased to see he's, well, I would say rolled up his sleeves,
37:14except he's got a T-shirt on, but he's actually, you know, grafting.
37:18But all his efforts could count for nothing.
37:20The model agency has a problem.
37:23Have your models not been there yet?
37:31So what do you do if you've got no models?
37:40Yeah. All right, then, you take care. Bye.
37:48Why, when you do two good things, five bad things have to happen?
37:54On the top of each box, just put chill and then just put red.
37:57Red, OK.
37:58Saira's wine tasting looks set to make a profit.
38:03And I would just put all of the white and stuff just in a corner.
38:06That's what the bottle looks like.
38:08It's quite nice, isn't it? I think it's fairly cool.
38:10What strength is it? 39.5%, that's all right.
38:12Right, OK.
38:13But her event's Californian theme is nowhere to be seen,
38:17a fact noted by Sir Alan's man, Nick Hewer.
38:21What about the cactus? Wasn't there talk about cactus?
38:23There was, but we didn't manage to get the props.
38:26But we have got some, is it called bunting, coming along?
38:31Yeah, I don't know what that is.
38:32For around the wine, cos it's all Californian and American and all that sort of stuff.
38:36She has blagged a Harley-Davidson as a centrepiece.
38:41How's it going, Gareth?
38:42Hi, I'm Saira.
38:43I'm Paul, this is my job.
38:45That's a nice bike.
38:47OK, it's going to happen, isn't it?
38:52She's a poser.
38:53This is it.
38:55Without too much of a struggle, they manage to get it onto the dance floor.
38:59Oh, my God, but, yeah.
39:01It's a better looking bike than the photograph.
39:04I can't believe it, it's amazing.
39:08Upriver, on Tim's boat.
39:11How you doing?
39:12Oh, my God, we're OK.
39:13His designer has finally arrived.
39:17They are fashionably late, but they have found enough models to do the show.
39:23I like that, I'm feeling the love in the room, I'm feeling the love.
39:27It's going to be a good show, everyone, yeah?
39:28Definitely, I love it.
39:30We have a full bevy of models.
39:33We've got all the make-up artists, all the hair, all the seats,
39:37and we've got a guest lift for 140 people.
39:40So we've met our target, so the boat should be full,
39:43which is the main thing for us this evening.
39:46Everything we could have done is in place.
39:49Build it, and they will come.
39:55Good luck.
39:56Good luck.
39:57Good luck.
39:58Good luck.
39:59Good luck.
40:00Enjoy, and let's just have a party.
40:03Everyone's been hands-on, everyone's been positive,
40:06and it's just been amazing.
40:07And I just think, as a team, we're just going to have loads of fun tonight.
40:10I can't wait.
40:17They've been really scrubbed up, they're looking really smart.
40:19Can you stop eating the canapé if you're back here?
40:27Cheers.
40:35On Tim's boat, the rival event is underway.
40:52It's great, isn't it?
40:53I mean, you cannot say that doesn't look fantastic.
40:55Four days of work, and we get that.
41:05Tim's ambitious plan seems to have paid off.
41:08But will it be Sir Alan's idea?
41:16So it's a fashion show, fashion show, fashion show.
41:19What have we got down at the back? They're all our models.
41:22Would you like to have a look?
41:23I shouldn't, really.
41:24No, you might as well.
41:28Hello, ladies.
41:33Adventurous. Adventurous.
41:45Saira's plan had been to sell wine by the bottle.
41:49But with so much free-flowing booze at the tasting tables,
41:52nobody's buying at the bar.
41:55We've only taken £151 at the bar,
41:58and the measures that I've been seeing before are half-blasters.
42:01At least her team are pulling their weight.
42:05Look at this.
42:06Not only look at the speed at which I'm doing things,
42:08but as we speak, I have a new load coming out of there,
42:13clean and ready for drying.
42:15Oh, shit.
42:16Shit.
42:20Saira's worries about the free wine denting her profit
42:24are compounded by a surprise inspection from the boss.
42:32Get me a drink at least. Come on, hurry up.
42:34What would you like?
42:35I've come all the way down the river to see you.
42:38Oh!
42:43Worried that Sir Alan won't be impressed by her takings,
42:47Saira slashes prices.
42:50I would just say now, the wine announcement, the bottles,
42:53we've got 30 bottles left, £5 to take home.
43:02And eventually, the punters start spending.
43:08What's been a success was to make sure
43:12that there were enough people on here to create an atmosphere
43:16and, you know, buy enough drinks
43:18and just do lots of the different activities,
43:20so I think it's been a huge success.
43:27Fantastic show, quick changes,
43:29four different outfits for each model.
43:31You couldn't ask for better than that,
43:33so the crowd love it, that's the main thing.
43:35Well, how about that, then, for an evening of entertainment?
43:39A hand together for all the designers and models once again.
43:42Let me hear you.
43:53Twelve weeks ago, 14 candidates entered this house.
43:58Now there are just two left, and they're packing to leave.
44:06They face a final meeting in the boardroom with Sir Alan,
44:10where one of them is going to get hired.
44:21Yes?
44:22Frances, could you send them in, please?
44:36Afternoon, all.
44:58Tim, from a managerial position,
45:00could you send them in, please?
45:05From a managerial point of view,
45:07do you have any problems with your staff?
45:09We worked well together as a group,
45:11and that's not being diplomatic, that's being honest.
45:14I was just blown away with the energy and effort
45:17they put behind me as the team leader
45:20to ensure that we got the task completed,
45:22because, basically, they had nothing to gain,
45:25apart from their reputations.
45:28Sarah, how do you think your staff held up?
45:31Yeah, we had a few little...
45:34Did you feel like firing anybody?
45:36I did, actually.
45:37Due to the team that I had, the situations were calmer,
45:40we didn't have to go that far.
45:42Would you have fired someone?
45:43I would have done.
45:44Were you close to doing that?
45:46I was quite close to it,
45:47but the diplomat in our team made me see sense,
45:50so that was good.
45:51Because I'm an open-minded person, I listened.
45:55Tim, what's your call on why you went for the fashion show scheme?
45:59We generated a number of ideas,
46:01because we had a brainstorming session
46:02once we'd actually seen the boat,
46:04and the boat lent itself very well to that.
46:06As you saw, there was a long runway,
46:08which could double as a catwalk,
46:10so it actually lent itself very well to the actual idea.
46:14Sarah, same question.
46:15We made it very clear to ourselves
46:18that whatever we were going to do,
46:20we were not going to spend money.
46:22We wanted things for free.
46:24And, to be quite honest with you, we didn't really have a theme.
46:26We knew we wanted to have a party,
46:28wanted it to be quite simple,
46:30and then we really just let things happen.
46:32And then when we found our sponsor,
46:34we let them then decide the theme for us,
46:37and then go with it.
46:39One of the things I said to everybody was,
46:41it's not all about money and how much we make,
46:43but what is your real instinct, though?
46:45My instinct is that this is business,
46:47and it's about money.
46:49Everything that you do, or everything that I do,
46:52in a business environment,
46:54there's got to be a target, and you've got to reach it.
46:56Today, it's about money.
46:58And if you can go and have fun and games
47:00and spend thousands of pounds,
47:02but you're not showing a profit, forget it.
47:04Tim, same question.
47:06What's your general instinct?
47:08For me, personally, it was about an event
47:10which could be turned into a business.
47:12And that's why when we did go down the fashion route,
47:15it's about how could we make fashion a business.
47:18And for us, it was about hosting a fashion event
47:21and having a long-term business strategy
47:23where this would be the launch of it,
47:25and it's a viable object to be able to take them through to the future.
47:30I'll give you my call on this.
47:32I sent you out with 5,000 pounds.
47:34You came back with 5,800 pounds.
47:36I sent them out with 5,000 pounds.
47:39They came back with 2,800 or something like that.
47:42They didn't actually make any money on the night.
47:46Tim, where was the money going to come eventually?
47:49The money was going to come eventually
47:51that designers would pay us, basically,
47:53to use our venues and use our expertise
47:55in putting on events for them in the future
47:57because we would now have something tangible to say,
47:59we did this in this time frame, and it was a massive success.
48:02As well as that, we also organised with the designers
48:05a commission structure.
48:07Should anyone purchase any of their goods on the back of our events,
48:10we'd take a certain amount of commission from that.
48:12So there was always revenue streams coming back to us.
48:16Sara, you just heard Tim there
48:18talking about what his long-term strategy was.
48:21Why do you think that your thing would have been popular?
48:24Or do you think you would have to, every single time you did it,
48:27come up with a different theme every time?
48:30I think, with us, in the time that we were given,
48:33why change a winning formula?
48:36We spoke to the people on the boat.
48:38We said, what works well?
48:40Themed nights work very well.
48:42I'm searching for more of your creative ideas,
48:45not what the boat people say.
48:47We would long-term perhaps do corporate events and corporate themes
48:50and product launches.
48:52Because...
48:54I want to put this to you.
48:56You are walking around Covent Garden minding your own business one day
48:59and along comes some bubbly person
49:02who is virtually strangling you to buy something.
49:06But what they're actually saying is,
49:08I've got a boat, it's got a beautiful buffet on it,
49:11it's got a bar, I've got wine tasting, and it's a fiver.
49:14Wouldn't your reaction to that be, what's the catch?
49:16Yes.
49:17So don't you think that your ticket sales, really,
49:20actually reflected that you were giving away £20 notes for £5?
49:24To a certain extent we did that,
49:26but we weren't dishing out £20 notes and getting £5 back.
49:29What we were doing, we were getting rid of tickets
49:32and what we wanted were people on the boat.
49:35Our main revenue source was not based on the tickets,
49:38it was based on everything else we had to offer on the boat.
49:41And if we didn't get people on the boat,
49:43we were just going to be in deep trouble.
49:48BEEPING
50:01James.
50:03If you want somebody who's going to be immediately effective
50:07in a certain team, then Sarah is probably more equipped for that.
50:11She's really hungry and enthusiastic.
50:14She just goes for the task and with the people
50:17and she leads from the front.
50:19Can I add on to that?
50:21If you're looking at a rounded general manager
50:24who has got a number of skills in a variety of areas,
50:28then that is Tim.
50:30He can project manage, he can lead, he can make decisions,
50:33he can sell.
50:35Maybe not as well as Sarah, to be fair,
50:37but he's a little bit more consultative,
50:39he's a little bit more account management focused.
50:42How does that overall general management feel about him?
50:46Listen, ex-apprentices, once again I want to thank you
50:51for your very professional assistance in this last task,
50:54it's been great.
50:56Throughout my life I've bumped into a lot of people,
50:59I've done business with them,
51:01they've become friends of mine really over the period of time.
51:04I can add names like Richard Branson, Rupert Murdoch,
51:07and even Bill Gates.
51:09I can honestly say that if I want to pick up the phone to them,
51:12they'll take my call.
51:14Here's my card, any time you want to speak to me,
51:17I'll take your call, OK?
51:20Have a good trip back to wherever you're going.
51:55I want you to do me a favour.
51:57I want to have a chat with Nick and Margaret.
52:00Perhaps we'll take five, you step outside,
52:03and I'll give you a call again, OK?
52:06Difficult, difficult this is.
52:10BELL TOLLS
52:24So the decision is very tough.
52:26There's clearly two different skills there.
52:32They both had their teams really behind them,
52:35I mean, they both showed that leadership.
52:40You've been following them around for weeks and weeks and weeks.
52:44What is your call?
52:46I think over the last couple of weeks,
52:48it's crystallised more and more in my mind.
52:55Come on, Margaret, who should I hire?
52:59I think you should hire...
53:02If you don't mind, on this occasion, I'll ask you to leave, actually,
53:06and just leave me with them two.
53:08PHONE RINGS
53:11Send them in, please.
53:14Send them in, please.
53:39It's not just about the last task, obviously.
53:42Because it would be wrong if it was just on the last task.
53:45I've got to take a view of what's gone on in the past 12 weeks.
53:50I've listened to Nick and Margaret.
53:52I've listened to your own colleagues.
53:58You've obviously got two different skill sets.
54:01Your colleagues have said that you're a great manager,
54:06a good learner.
54:08Sarah's a super salesperson.
54:13But as you've no doubt picked up over the course of these weeks,
54:17I'm a man that makes up his own mind.
54:20It's what I've done all my life.
54:24One more time.
54:26Why should I employ you?
54:28You should employ me because of the results that I've produced for you
54:31over the last few weeks and months.
54:34I want the job, I want to work for you,
54:37I like what I see from you
54:39and I think I will fit into your company very well.
54:42I think it's a straightforward talking company
54:45that wants to make money and that's what I want to do.
54:50Why should I employ you, Tim?
54:52I'm at the right age to be focused into your organisation,
54:56to be adapted to the way that you work.
54:58I have all the right skills to produce fantastic results,
55:02I just need the right manager to make me do those results.
55:06And as you've said already, I am an extremely quick learner,
55:09so whatever you task me to do will be delivered.
55:18You must realise this is a tough one for me.
55:33And I've made up my mind now.
55:36Tim, your heart.
56:07I've given up my family, my little daughter, my friends,
56:11my life, basically, for 12 weeks.
56:23He likes to be tested and that's one element of the whole show.
56:29I knew all he needed to do was get into the house and he'll do well.
56:35I certainly am really, really proud.
56:38What's got me through all the time is that finishing line, is that job.
56:43Right, mate, I think we may have to unblock.
56:45It's the achievement of working your socks off and being rewarded for it.
56:50And for me to go in and do what I've done is absolutely amazing.