The Apprentice UK S02E03 (2006)
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00:00Previously on The Apprentice, girls team Velocity won the first task.
00:15The boys were left reeling.
00:17This is us, the end.
00:21Sir Alan's next corporate challenge, a charity fundraiser.
00:24You're going to produce two themed calendars.
00:29Charity is closing any business.
00:31We do...
00:32On the boys team, Manny and Saeed had problems communicating.
00:36If you're going to say something, say something useful.
00:38Why the fuck are you being so aggressive?
00:42And then the knives came out.
00:44You're the project manager, you need to be in there.
00:47To be honest, I think the project managers lost complete control of the whole project.
00:53We're a team.
00:54Jo fell out with the rest of her team.
00:56I don't really fundamentally believe in the stylish cats and dogs, I think it's bollocks.
01:00You are going with it.
01:07The girls team lost the task.
01:09This sucks, as far as I'm concerned.
01:12Project manager Nargis chose Jo and Karen to join her in the firing line.
01:16Please, I said to her this morning, please, I said to her this morning.
01:19I think Jo thinks this is an inspiracy.
01:22Jo fought her corner and was given another chance.
01:25I am trusting you here, you're not leading me down the garden path.
01:28Nargis, I'm going to let you go.
01:30You're fired.
01:32Nargis became the second casualty of the boardroom.
01:35Now 12 remain to fight for the chance to become the apprentice.
01:40At the house, the other candidates wait to see who survived the boardroom.
01:55Who do you think is coming back?
01:57I think Karen and Jo will come back.
01:59It's not in my preference, but I think Karen and Jo will come back.
02:03Did Nargis do anything wrong?
02:05No, she did not.
02:06She didn't come back then?
02:08No, she was getting tired.
02:10It doesn't matter, if she did nothing wrong.
02:12I think it will be Nargis.
02:27Bring it on, bring it on, bring it on.
02:31Bring it on.
02:38And who are you supporting?
02:42People still want to see me go.
02:44They still see me as a threat.
02:46I'm not a threat, I'm a person, I'm only Jo Cameron, I'm not a threat.
02:48It's not like, oh my God, what's going to happen, Jo Cameron, bleh.
02:52You know, some people still do see me as a threat.
02:54They need to stop seeing me as a threat.
02:56Well done.
02:58Nice of days, actually.
03:09PHONE RINGS
03:11A 6am phone call from Sir Alan's office.
03:15Oh, shit.
03:17Half an hour, girls, half an hour.
03:19Come on, half an hour, half an hour.
03:22Come on.
03:24Half an hour, girls, half an hour.
03:26Come on, come on, quick, quick, quick.
03:29Half an hour.
03:32MUSIC PLAYS
03:35Oh, yeah.
03:37I'll come and see you in 30 minutes, man.
03:40Come on.
04:02Sir Alan's called both teams to London's Stock Exchange.
04:20Good morning.
04:22Well, here we are in the centre of the city, the great city of London,
04:26in the Stock Exchange,
04:28and around here are some of the greatest traders in the world,
04:32people that are negotiating day in, day out,
04:35and never accepting the first price that's given to them.
04:39When it comes to business, it's my personal opinion
04:43that buying is one of the most important things.
04:46Now, what's going to happen is
04:49I'm going to give you a list of ten items.
04:52I'm going to give you £1,000 each.
04:55You're going to go out and you're going to buy those ten items
04:58from the £1,000.
05:00The team that comes back with the ten items
05:04and the most amount of money left over is going to win.
05:07Everything clear?
05:09Yes, sir. Good.
05:11I'll see you back in the boardroom, six o'clock tonight.
05:14One of you will be fired.
05:17Both teams will be tracked by Sir Alan's aides, Nick and Margaret.
05:22The teams have offices at the Stock Exchange
05:25to plan their strategy for the day.
05:27But first, they must agree on a project manager.
05:30Right, project manager wants to do it.
05:32I'm happy to do it.
05:34The reason why I want to do it is because,
05:36A, I'm fresh out of the boardroom.
05:38My fundamental belief is that having gone through that experience,
05:41that has strengthened me.
05:43What skills have you got to be a leader? Have you got experience?
05:46Absolutely. I've managed a team of people.
05:48As leader, I'm going to be watching, OK,
05:50and there's going to be no game playing.
05:52There's going to be no messing about.
05:54Every single person has to be on the top of their game, OK?
05:56Because I've got eyes and ears in the back of my head, OK?
05:59Has everyone agreed then that Jo will be project manager?
06:02Yeah. Shall we get on with it?
06:04Every single person in their team has to be the best.
06:06This is not about me, it's not about you, it's not about a competition.
06:09Ruth, you need to be the best salesperson.
06:11The cat thing, we don't want you fucking about with cats.
06:14We need you to be the best salesperson.
06:16That was a different task, Jo.
06:18Whether it's me or not, OK, what I need is honesty, OK?
06:20So if you feel like something's going off track, we need to be honest with you.
06:23I ain't going to be offended by anybody. I wasn't offended by anything.
06:26We actually had eight hours and now we've got 7.45,
06:28so can we get on with the actual task?
06:30Yeah, and the first task is that we need to have a real critical timing plan.
06:33Shall we start then?
06:35Shall we start?
06:41Each team has a list of ten items to buy,
06:44carefully chosen to stretch their negotiating skills.
06:48Everything from a box of fine cigars to the kitchen sink.
06:52You know, we're making stereotypes, but who cares?
06:55But the girls' team, Velocity, can't agree on how to plan the task.
06:59There's six of us, there are ten products.
07:01Do we take 15 minutes now, bang on, look at the A to Zs
07:05and find some areas that suit...
07:07I actually disagree.
07:09I think that we should have a brainstorm in one group
07:11so that we keep this together.
07:13You see, I'd say, why don't we use the knowledge we've got in the room,
07:16discuss the products and just say, right, tyres, where are we going to get those from?
07:19Because they may know.
07:21I really don't understand what we're doing here.
07:23I've got to admit, I'm not clear.
07:25I think in that office, I knew what was meant to be happening.
07:29My understanding was that there was two teams
07:31who had been given a list of five items each
07:34to research, find a location to go and buy it,
07:37find a price.
07:39Within about ten minutes, that had disintegrated.
07:42I'm going to check in with Sharon in a minute.
07:44We need to stop everyone and just pay attention
07:47on what we're doing, because nobody's paying any attention to you.
07:50Just take your time, no rush.
07:52The boys' team, Invicta, appoint Saeed as project manager.
07:56He's got a clear strategy from the off.
07:58Keep in mind, guys, we have this office for two hours.
08:01We don't need to use it for two hours.
08:03There's no way in the rules that says we need it for two hours.
08:06So, again, let's not spend too much time planning,
08:08because this is a negotiation skill.
08:10We're going to be running around London,
08:12so we need a lot of time out there.
08:14OK.
08:15Both teams must be back at the boardroom at 6pm.
08:19This is a race against time, so let's concentrate,
08:21using the yellow pages, locating stores and shops
08:25at a smaller in-chain where we can go and we can, you know,
08:28manipulate, because that's exactly what we're doing.
08:30Secondly...
08:31Right, then, well, let's just get some coffee stuff.
08:33I've only got four items. Where's our fifth one?
08:35I've got it here.
08:36What is it? A tyre? Are you nailed on that?
08:38Yeah, I'm...
08:39You've got a tyre, yeah? I've got cigars.
08:41I'm looking to buy a dinner jacket.
08:43Now, I only need the jacket.
08:46Make notes. We can call from the car, guys.
08:48We can call from the car. Just take notes.
08:50Let's get all the info.
08:52After an hour and a half, the boys are on their way.
08:57They split in two,
08:59each group responsible for different items on the list.
09:04The girls are showing no sign of being ready to leave on time.
09:09I think we should go product by product
09:11and then discuss possible suppliers.
09:14Ideally, tap phone number.
09:15What I want is the product down here.
09:17The product.
09:18And then I want the names of where we're going, right?
09:20Yeah.
09:21Would you like to ask people to shout out
09:23so that I can populate this?
09:25Yeah, we can do that.
09:27Jo, I'm going to stop.
09:29Jo, I'm stopping and I'm going to pack up.
09:31Yeah, let's pack up. It's not the end of the world.
09:33Right, girls, Ruth, Sharon,
09:35what we're going to do is collect our thoughts,
09:37get it all organised,
09:38and then we're going to leave here
09:39and then we're going to have ten minutes,
09:40taking stock on where we are.
09:41Ten minutes is nothing,
09:42just to work out what we're doing, OK?
09:44The tempo was so...
09:46and the energy, it was actually stressing me,
09:48and that's down to the leader.
09:50You lead by example,
09:51and if your leader's getting stressed and panicking,
09:53the team won't get stressed and they'll panic.
09:59Everything the teams buy must be new.
10:02But across London, prices vary widely.
10:08The cheapest retailers for each item can be miles apart,
10:12and travelling between them will take up precious time.
10:17The teams must also negotiate the very best prices.
10:24Project manager Saeed heads for less affluent East London,
10:27where he grew up.
10:29The boys' strategy is to shop around before closing a deal.
10:33What we're doing right now, lads,
10:35is we're just basically getting all the cost prices,
10:37and we're earmarking shops.
10:38Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:39OK, so that we know, when we go for the clothes,
10:41we know we're getting the best price.
10:43Yeah, exactly.
10:44We are looking for a dinner jacket,
10:47and you mentioned a price this morning of £95.
10:51That's correct, yeah.
10:52Was that just for the jacket?
10:53That is just for the jacket, yeah.
10:54OK, and that's your list price on that?
10:56Yeah, that's part of it.
10:57OK, well, he's the man with the money,
10:59and you made it quite clear to me,
11:01I mean, really, we're looking to buy this
11:03at as close to £60 as we can.
11:05Well, unfortunately, I can't do that.
11:07Yeah.
11:08It's there now, it's on the shelf.
11:10I don't know.
11:11I mean, you said, if you don't mind...
11:13No, no, no.
11:15£70.
11:16I mean, can we push £70 for this?
11:18We could go somewhere near the base.
11:20I'm just thinking, if we can meet in the middle somewhere,
11:22then obviously that would be fantastic, if we can.
11:24So if we can go for £70, we'll take it off your hands.
11:26Definitely.
11:27Let me just check the list price.
11:29OK, OK, please, yeah, go ahead.
11:31Hang on a second.
11:32I mean, that would be great.
11:37Traditions of the Casbah in the market,
11:39we'll go for £75 and I'd be happy if that's OK with you.
11:43£75 for the jacket?
11:45Yeah.
11:47The team stick to the agreed tactic.
11:49Negotiate hard, then walk away in search of a better deal.
11:53Do you mind if we come back later?
11:55Yes, it is.
11:56For a price of £75.
11:57Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:59The other half of the team head for London's upmarket West End
12:03to buy a length of silk.
12:06Paul decides that role-playing will help to drive prices down.
12:10I'm going to make up that we are...
12:12I'm getting married. Yeah.
12:14You're my best man.
12:15I'm going to get quite emotional and I'm going to say,
12:17you know, it's just, I just can't believe you've been able to stop this stuff
12:20because everyone's recommendations are going to really play up, OK?
12:23I had a quick chat to Sarah about trying to get some silk.
12:26I'd just like to introduce Paul.
12:28I'm getting married, so sorry about that.
12:31Broadwick silks.
12:33It's for my wedding, actually.
12:35Yeah.
12:36Yeah, I'm getting married.
12:37Thank you very much.
12:38So, my wife, my partner, Kate, is going to be wearing very similar to colour to this,
12:43that's why it's quite important.
12:44Because I'm conscious as well that we've also got the buttonhole flowers.
12:47Yeah.
12:48And that's like...
12:49Are you in a black suit as well?
12:50Yeah, black suits, yeah, with quite pinky gerberas.
12:53Do you know gerbera flowers? Quite the big flowers.
12:55Yeah.
12:56For the time being, then, what prices are they?
12:58They're £10.95 a metre.
12:59Because that is a lot more we've seen as well.
13:02She says a lot more.
13:03And a bit more than we're on to budget.
13:05OK, erm...
13:07What's the best price that you could do it for?
13:09£10.95 a metre.
13:10Do you mind if I go and ring Kate?
13:12I'm going to go and give her a quick call,
13:13and then I'll come back in in about two minutes.
13:15I'm Paul.
13:16Nice to meet you.
13:17I'm getting married in a month's time, and I have to go and get some silk.
13:20They must pay less than the shop's asking price.
13:23Failure to do so could lead to the team being fined.
13:27Could you work out your overall price, then, exactly what it is?
13:29£69.35.
13:31£69 for cash?
13:32No.
13:33Are you married?
13:34I am, indeed.
13:35OK, what did your silk cost you?
13:36I bet you got it for cheaper than 70 quid, didn't you?
13:38Funny enough, yeah.
13:39Can't you just, you know, play the guilt trip,
13:42and, you know, helping one man out to another?
13:44We've got one price we do.
13:46Whether someone comes in and buys 50, 60 metres...
13:49You can't just even drop 35p, just so we can do something?
13:52Well, please, I could drop 35p, but what's the point of dropping 35p?
13:56So you're spending 69.
13:58Why can't, you know, you pay the 35p?
14:00It'd mean a lot to me.
14:01It'd mean a lot for 35p?
14:02Yeah.
14:03If it means a lot to you to make the business I do?
14:05Is that OK?
14:06Let's finish on that, then, yeah?
14:07Thank you very much.
14:10Hopefully it's going to make you and her very happy.
14:12Yeah, whatever.
14:14Might come back next year, mate, and get a different colour, you never know.
14:22Jo's team are still outside the stock exchange.
14:29They are really rather stringing it out, actually,
14:31wasting a bit of time, even now, more than two and a half hours after.
14:36But I would have thought, with a fair wind, we'll be off in about ten minutes.
14:4220 minutes later, the girls are still drawing up an action plan.
14:46Tire, ATS, household is E3.
14:52It's nearly three hours after the briefing before they're finally on the road.
14:57And they also split into two groups.
15:00My name's Ruth, just to begin with.
15:02Ruth's half of the team head straight for a cigar shop in the city.
15:05Now, I need the best price that you can physically give me today on cash for those.
15:10Best price is 161.
15:12Right. We can't do 161 without that.
15:15I haven't got 161.
15:16Basically, the prices we charge in the shop, I've discounted quite heavily.
15:20We haven't got 161.
15:21We'll round it up to 160, but that's...
15:23Yeah, there we go.
15:25So you've got a discount after all.
15:27But Ruth discovers that she's paying the same price as for a telephone order that includes a delivery charge.
15:33Can you knock the £2.50 off for me?
15:34Seriously, no.
15:35But you'd put that on if we were in Manchester.
15:37No, you're paying for the service, number one, one-to-one.
15:40Yeah.
15:42If I'm just taking an order on the phone, I've got no time involvement.
15:47So you're paying an extra couple of quid for me serving?
15:50We are, but at the end of the day, if I was doing it over the phone, you'd still have to outlay another £2.50.
15:54Yeah, but then the time spent on serving, time is money.
15:58But actually, to package and then put the £2.50 on actually costs more.
16:01If you could do those for £1.59, anything at all.
16:04Seriously, time is money, you know that.
16:06It is, without a doubt, and it actually takes more time to package, deliver, than it does for me to stand here and buy.
16:11It doesn't, seriously.
16:14Nothing at all? There's no margin there whatsoever?
16:17Seriously, you know we're paying you a great price.
16:22Thank you very much.
16:25Jo's half of the group are looking for saffron, and management consultant Alexa has volunteered to lead the first negotiation.
16:33How confident are you?
16:35On a scale of 1 to 10, how confident are you to do this first one?
16:38Well, do you want to do the first one, Jo?
16:40Answer the question, how confident are you about doing it?
16:42I'll do it, but I mean, I could probably pick up some tips if I watch someone do the first one.
16:47I actually think Alexa would be good to do it, just because she's got a very soft, you know, just very softly spoken.
16:54You know you are, you're quite soft mannered.
16:58Hello there.
16:59What are you looking for?
17:00My name's Alexa.
17:01What we're looking for today is 30 grams of saffron.
17:05So at your normal price would be £23.
17:09It is, yeah.
17:10So what sort of discount from that?
17:12After taking all the discounts out, I will charge you £20 for this, 32 grams.
17:17£20, that's quite a lot.
17:21Is there any way, if we buy it here and now for £16, you would be happy to give us this saffron, 30 grams, which will be 32 in the packs.
17:30Okay, I will do that for you.
17:32Thank you very much.
17:33Thank you, that's ever so good of you.
17:35Hi Ruth, can you hear me?
17:37Project manager Jo wants to clear all deals before they're closed.
17:41But news reaches her that Ruth's group are buying without her approval.
17:45They're buying things without my say so, and I'm not having it.
17:51Look, they've bought two things now.
17:53I don't mind them buying it, but what I need to be assured is that they're absolutely confident, like we're three on now,
17:58that they've gone through all that decision making process.
18:00And I don't feel that's happened on that one for £1.60, that's not good enough for me.
18:07The other half of Jo's team press on with buying their next item, silk.
18:12Is everyone happy with it?
18:14Paul paid nearly £70 for his fabric.
18:17So what would be the best price that you could offer us today on this?
18:23Your £48.94.
18:25Now, OK, so we're starting with £48.94.
18:28I really need to get some form of discount.
18:30The best price, is there any way you could go down at all on that price, please?
18:33On that price? I can round it off to £45 if you're paying in cash.
18:36£45? Could you do £40?
18:39That would make our day, it would.
18:42All right, I'll do it.
18:44At £40, it's nearly half what the boys paid.
18:48But they haven't cleared it with their project manager.
18:51I'm not happy, I'm not happy with that.
18:54I know, I know.
19:01Hello?
19:02Oh, hi Sharon, it's Jo.
19:04Listen, we're actually in a shop doing some negotiation at the moment.
19:07Can we call you back? It's not a good time.
19:09Sharon, listen, I understand that.
19:11But before you actually agree to the final buying price,
19:14can one of you just ring me, because there's a few things that I just want to check
19:17before you actually agree to go ahead with it.
19:19Jo, this is not very professional at the moment,
19:22so we'll speak to you when we get out of the shop.
19:24Has the negotiation been completed? You can always move away from the main conversation.
19:27Can we just call you back in a minute?
19:29Yeah, before you agree to the final...
19:31We'll call you back in a second.
19:34Yeah, I appreciate that, Sharon, but if you could...
19:36Thank you, bye.
19:40Bye.
19:43What's up?
19:48I just don't want there to be difficulty.
19:50Stop brooding, please.
19:54Don't be angry, because that's going to really just wind them up.
19:57This is so important that we are cohesive as a team,
20:00because this is really, really important.
20:06But before long, Jo's back on the phone.
20:08Hello? Hiya.
20:10Can you just give us a rundown on what you've secured so far?
20:13You can't keep on fooling us when we're doing that, Jo, because it looked terrible.
20:16Yeah, Sharon, but the thing is, I don't know what process you're in, do I?
20:20So, when I ring...
20:22Yeah, but...
20:25We came out of it OK, because...
20:30I told you that. I told you that four times, and you still wouldn't let us get on with it, so it held up.
20:36Yeah, OK, Sharon. We've got...
20:38Can we do this later?
20:42Yeah, we actually... Hang on, Jo, let us speak first of all.
20:45We actually... I actually went through the process.
20:47Guys, I could have got the copies somewhere else.
20:50Yeah, hang on, hang on.
20:53Jo. Jo.
20:54Let me just...
20:59Jo. Jo.
21:00Let me just...
21:08Jo. Jo.
21:09We're wasting time.
21:16Saeed is still shopping around in the East End, a place he claims to know well.
21:21Saeed, how big is this?
21:23I mean, it's quite a way down, but, again, would you do it directly?
21:26Five minutes up, five minutes down.
21:28All right.
21:29The plan is to buy all the items in the same place at the same time.
21:34The sink, sink. Stationary hardware, China.
21:38Excuse me, do you sell sinks?
21:40OK, thank you.
21:43OK, there's a...
21:44There's a place over there as well.
21:46Is there any place that you know that sell fresh lobsters around here?
21:49Fresh lobster.
21:50OK, so, obviously, you being the man...
21:53Fishmongers on the corner, end of the market.
21:56On the corner, there's some fishmongers, is there?
21:58The George's place, the fishmongers we were trying to get to...
22:00It's closed.
22:01They've closed?
22:02It's one o'clock.
22:03Yeah.
22:04Yeah, well, OK, next time we come back here, we'll be closing off deals.
22:07It's one o'clock now, isn't it?
22:09Yes, it is.
22:10And you haven't bought anything yet?
22:11We haven't. We've earmarked the dinner jacket.
22:15We're having problems with the sink, which we're trying to solve now.
22:19A sink, a kitchen sink.
22:20A sink.
22:22Can you tell me where else I could go to for sinks?
22:24Anywhere around here in this location.
22:28Still empty-handed, they head back to the first menswear shop to buy the dinner jacket.
22:33Two 380s.
22:35Manny's been told to improve on the £75 deal that's already been agreed.
22:40Guys, you're being unfair, right?
22:41No, no, no.
22:42I mean, I've already got 20 quid off.
22:43No, no, I know. This is what I'm trying to say to you, OK?
22:45I know what you're saying, but give me the full amount so I can buy if I have to.
22:48I'm not going to walk out.
22:49OK, no, no, I understand.
22:50OK, I know you're going to be happy. I'll give you the full amount.
22:52No problem. I'll give you the full amount.
22:53What the guys are telling me to do now is beg, beg, beg to bring it down.
22:59I'm going to go in. I hate doing this.
23:01When people have been, you know, up front, I like to be up front back.
23:05I'm going to go in and I'm going to try to get some more money off him.
23:08But really, I think we've already got a great price for it.
23:11Yeah.
23:12Quite frankly, it's a bit annoying.
23:14We would like to grab this dinner jacket, but we are completely out of cash.
23:20Now look, we agreed on 75. How close can you get to 65?
23:2774.95?
23:30You know...
23:39We're absolutely desperate. We're tired.
23:42We'd rather not have to go running around other shops where we can get cheaper quality,
23:47but for the price that we've got.
23:49I just can't. I really can't.
23:51To be honest, it wouldn't be worth my while doing it.
23:53Yeah.
23:5475. I'm sorry.
23:55PM. I mean...
23:58Yeah, I mean, basically...
23:59Can you take us up to...
24:01We're running out of time, guys.
24:03But I think we should just...
24:05Anything off 75.
24:06I think we've got about 73.
24:07We're saving a few pennies even.
24:0873.
24:09Because, you know...
24:10You've got the three pounds that I gave to you earlier on.
24:11I've got three pounds in here. I've got three pounds change.
24:1373. Can we say 73?
24:15Just to get an empty shop, yeah.
24:20Joe's team are also searching for a dinner jacket,
24:23but prices in central London are too high.
24:26What sort of cost are we looking at for this?
24:28This one is £129 for the jacket alone.
24:30They're told to try Camden Market.
24:35Not an obvious location for buying formal evening wear.
24:39Catercombs, thanks.
24:40Thank you very much for your help. Brilliant. Thank you.
24:43Right.
24:46Hello there.
24:47Hiya.
24:48Do you sell men's dinner jackets?
24:51Dinner jacket? You know, smart...
24:53Yeah.
24:54Yeah, just down here.
24:55Just an enormous order, please.
24:58Ruth's half of the team are having more success.
25:01They continue buying without getting Joe's approval.
25:04Right. We need to get...
25:07Stainless steel kitchen sink.
25:09Thanks.
25:10Do you sell kitchen sink?
25:11You can do it for a tenner, I'll take you then.
25:13Done.
25:14Yeah!
25:18Their efforts push the girls' team well in front of the boys.
25:21By mid-afternoon, they've bought six items.
25:25The boys have only got two.
25:27Where is this? Did you say...
25:28Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are we going down?
25:29What time is it? What number is it?
25:301.48.
25:31No, I think it might be that way. Let's keep...
25:32Saeed's group are looking for cooked lobsters, and they're struggling.
25:36So we've got no idea where we would get those sort of items.
25:39Can you give us any ideas at all?
25:42No.
25:43All right, fine.
25:46The only place you should get some of that during the week
25:48would be somewhere like Harrods.
25:50Harrods?
25:51Yeah.
25:53All right, thank you. Right, let's go.
25:54They're not sure where to go, or even what they're supposed to be buying.
25:58They look like frozen to me. They don't look cooked.
26:01Whole cooked?
26:03Yeah.
26:04That's not cooked, is it?
26:05It doesn't look... It doesn't look it.
26:07It means cooked, meaning boiled.
26:08Yeah, boiled, yeah. Actually, you wouldn't be able to tell, would you?
26:12If it's on ice.
26:13Well, yeah.
26:14Yeah.
26:15No, that's... That's not cooked.
26:16Because you cook them, and then you want to keep them fresh, don't you?
26:19For Joe's team, finding a dinner jacket in Camden Market is proving a wild goose chase.
26:27They leave with nothing except another tip-off.
26:30A menswear shop five miles away.
26:34So far, they've only bought one thing, and time is against them.
26:38Hello!
26:39How old is the man?
26:41How old is he?
26:42Who's he buying it for? You buying it for him?
26:44I am buying it because he has lost the one he would normally wear,
26:48and we need for tonight to buy a really cheap one.
26:50It has to be really cheap.
26:52I know this is not...
26:53No, you came to the right place.
26:56You came to the right place.
26:57We're all trying to get this jacket, please.
27:00Very cheap.
27:01Yes, please.
27:02Can you show me what you've got?
27:03Wait a minute, I'll bring it in.
27:04Okay.
27:05Thanks.
27:06Right, do you want to try it on?
27:08I'd like to have a little look, but it has to be single button, I think.
27:11Single-breasted.
27:12Single button.
27:13I'm only showing you button three.
27:14But we do have also a single button.
27:16Yes, yes, but of course, this is more fashionable, button three.
27:20Yeah, he wants... I don't know why he wants a single button.
27:22Nobody wants to be with an old man.
27:24I don't know, but anyway, let's do what he wants, shall we?
27:27We'll be looking at how much is this?
27:29Eighty-five pounds.
27:30How about if we said seventy-five?
27:32No, not even seventy-nine, ninety-five.
27:35You wouldn't even meet him at all?
27:36No, I can't, I can't.
27:37You're tough.
27:38I thought you were going to be a bit softer than this, but you're pretty tough.
27:42If we can take it down to eighty pounds, would you be willing to shake my hand now
27:46and say for eighty pounds you would sell that jacket to me, please?
27:49Yes, you look so nice.
27:51You will.
27:52I will.
27:53You're a star.
27:54Thank you very much.
27:55That's very good of you.
27:56We need to see the jacket, though.
27:57I've shaken your hand and I haven't even seen the jacket.
28:00It's been a long drawn-out, and Karen still hasn't confirmed the jacket's in stock.
28:06Well, I haven't got a single breasted, but I got a double breasted.
28:11Oh, no, we need a single breasted.
28:13No, it looks like I've run out.
28:16Another dead end. Two and a half hours and they've bought nothing at all.
28:22It's time they can ill afford.
28:29By late afternoon, Saeed is still on the hunt for red lobster.
28:34Cooked, they both need to be cooked.
28:36And, yeah, they need to be cooked.
28:39Basically, they need to be red.
28:40So, I mean, not obviously grilled or anything like that, just basically cooked.
28:44Okay, so they're not green or, you know, the original colour they come with.
28:52Finally, he tracks down a restaurant, but it's only got two of the three lobsters he needs.
28:57You've got five minutes to start the job.
29:00Let's get started.
29:01I have fifteen pounds with me, that's all we've got left.
29:05Well, that's more or less what I've got left.
29:07Sorry, that's each lobster?
29:08No, that's for two.
29:09That's for two lobsters?
29:11That's for two lobsters.
29:12Right.
29:13And as I said to you, I will promise to give you return business.
29:15I guarantee you, every person that I meet from now on until I die,
29:20okay, they all know where to come when they want a lobster.
29:24Okay, how's your health?
29:25Obviously, you can tell that I'm over here.
29:27We're talking the same language.
29:29You've only got to get one more person to come into my restaurant
29:32and I've made whatever I've lost on two lobsters.
29:34Steven, you've made me proud.
29:35That's exactly what I've got in mind and we're doing good business.
29:39So, fifteen pounds I'll shake on that.
29:41Thank you for your time.
29:49After a fruitless tour of North London, Joe's group gets the dinner jacket.
29:53Jamie, Jamie.
29:54Seventy-five, yes.
29:56Seventy-five, Joe, that's fine. Let's get going.
29:58They've bought two things on their list.
30:00Ruth's group have picked up seven.
30:03There's still a car tyre to get and it falls to Karen to find it.
30:08We've still got 40 minutes.
30:1040 minutes is grand.
30:11We'll be able to do it, Joe, don't worry.
30:13So, while we're on the way, can we just make a telephone call
30:16just to check out this tyre?
30:17Sure, sure.
30:18And I'll keep bloody nagging to death about this, I apologise.
30:20I am nagging about this a lot.
30:23Hi there, I'm looking for a Goodyear Eagle MCT5 Chrysler Voyager tyre.
30:29Oh, please, please.
30:30Do you have it in stock?
30:33I know I'm having an absolute nightmare.
30:35I know it's really cheeky, it is really cheeky of me.
30:43With little progress, Joe decides to pass responsibility for the tyre
30:47to the other half of her team.
30:49Because otherwise, if we go back without this tyre,
30:51then we're doomed, all right?
30:53This tyre could mean the difference between winning or losing.
30:55OK.
30:56She's just said us buying the tyre is the win or lose situation.
31:01Oh, no, don't fucking put that on me.
31:03That's what she says to us.
31:04That's not fair.
31:05No, that's not fair.
31:06I'm not having that.
31:07I mean, if we just work down the list, out of the ten things,
31:09we've got seven of them.
31:11I'd be very interested to know what they've been doing
31:13in the four or five hours that they've been away from us.
31:17SIGHS
31:23Saeed's team are up against it, searching for their last lobster.
31:27All right, restaurant, this restaurant.
31:29You look left, I'm going to look right.
31:31Any sort of seafood bar, anything?
31:33You're on, you're on.
31:40Where is it?
31:41Excuse me, sorry.
31:42Cheers.
31:47Hello, Saeed, nice to meet you.
31:49Yeah, the basic situation is we need to purchase a lobster.
31:53OK, usually I sell a whole lobster for £28
31:56if you're sitting down to eat in the restaurant.
31:58OK.
31:59Because you're going to take all the extra cost, £14 is a deal.
32:02No, £10 is a deal.
32:03£10? Come on, you don't buy it in Sainsbury's for £10?
32:05We are sticking to the budget, that's the only reason.
32:07Oh, my God.
32:08Cash? Cash.
32:09Cash in hand?
32:10Cash in hand.
32:11Fantastic.
32:12Thank you very much.
32:14Right, let's go, guys, let's go.
32:20Left.
32:24Let's go, go, go, go, go.
32:33With less than an hour left,
32:35both teams are down to the final item on Sir Alan's list, a tyre.
32:40Returning to the boardroom without it will lead to a big penalty.
32:44We need to go and get our tyre.
32:46Can we please keep to schedule?
32:47It means that we have to leave the tyres, leave the tyres.
32:50I need to meet you there at ten to six.
32:52So what are you basically saying to me?
32:53If we can't get the tyre, we have to go?
32:55No, no, I'm saying get the tyre, but be very, very quick.
32:57Quick deal, out.
32:58All right, bye.
33:01Hi, Michelle.
33:02Hiya, right, we cannot get this tyre.
33:05But now us three are relying on you three to get that tyre
33:07because you've got spare time.
33:08I know, but please don't say...
33:10But please don't do it like this.
33:11Please don't say this is life or death
33:13and you're relying on us to do this because...
33:14No, it wasn't our life.
33:15You know, we're trying everything that we can.
33:17But that's what I'm just trying to emphasise about how important it is
33:20because you guys are the ones with the time and we're not.
33:22Yeah, OK, bye.
33:24What a fucking farce.
33:25What's happening?
33:26What does she want us to do?
33:27What the fuck does she want us to do?
33:40No, I want a tyre.
33:43I want a tyre.
33:54Are we going to get back to the boardroom for six o'clock?
33:56We will.
33:57We're going to do it, we're going to do it.
33:59Paul's group head to a garage that has the tyre in stock.
34:02North, here, here.
34:03Stop, stop, stop.
34:04Right, there he is.
34:05Go, go, go.
34:07Ruth's half of the team are en route to a tyre shop near the boardroom.
34:11But with only half an hour to get it, they're lost.
34:14Oh, fuck.
34:16What's happened?
34:17Oh, shit.
34:18Right, just where is fucking 126?
34:21I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone.
34:23Shut up.
34:24Dunn will lead the boys' final negotiation.
34:27Pound off.
34:28We literally need absolutely anything.
34:31He must drive down the £94 asking price
34:34or the team will be fined.
34:36£94.
34:37It just means a lot to me not to pay what you say you want.
34:40No, £94.
34:41Excellent.
34:42That's the bottom line.
34:45Can you do me a big favour, please?
34:47I am, I've already done that.
34:48I know, I appreciate it.
34:49£94 is bomb.
34:50I really don't want to pay the first price for it.
34:53If I say you're £93.99, what's going to happen?
34:56Yes, I'd shake you by the hand.
34:57Fair enough.
34:58Done.
35:00Right, let's get them unpaid.
35:05It's me.
35:07We cannot get it.
35:08Right, well, we've got a tyre for you at Sloane Avenue,
35:11so you need to go to Sloane Avenue.
35:13We can't.
35:14We're going to miss the boardroom.
35:16Why?
35:17We're going to miss the boardroom.
35:18Right next to the boardroom, we've got the name of a guy.
35:20He's expecting you.
35:21She doesn't want us to go to the boardroom.
35:23Hang on, it's quarter to six.
35:25She doesn't want us to.
35:26There's no tyre places within the facility that are open.
35:28She's the project manager and if she tells us not to go back to the boardroom,
35:31we've got to listen.
35:32Let me call her back now.
35:33Tell her we've got ten minutes and there is no way we can get anywhere in ten minutes.
35:36Shut up.
35:37It'll take us ten minutes to get to the bloody boardroom on time.
35:40Well, this isn't our call.
35:42It's a PM.
35:43She's got to go.
35:44Michelle, at the end of the day, if your leader is taking you in the complete wrong direction...
35:47I agree.
35:48You tell them.
35:49You tell them clearly what the facts are.
35:50Give me the phone.
35:51I'm not telling her that.
35:55They'll have time.
35:56What's the MOT sign there?
35:57Have we got time, though?
35:58That's the question.
35:59No, let's go.
36:00No, let's go.
36:01Oh, hello.
36:02Hello, what's this?
36:03Hey, hey, hey.
36:04We can get out and run.
36:05Where the fucking hell is Sav?
36:06I'm all bloody stripped.
36:07I've got my heels on.
36:08What are you?
36:09I've got my heels on.
36:10I'm going to get them.
36:11Shall we just take our shoes off?
36:12Yeah, that'd be...
36:13Yeah.
36:14Hang on, we can have a moment.
36:15The girl's there, love.
36:16That girl's there.
36:17The girl's there.
36:18They're struggling for something.
36:19Oh, they need something.
36:20Oh, come on.
36:21Michelle.
36:22Where is it?
36:23Michelle.
36:24Michelle.
36:25Michelle.
36:26Michelle.
36:27Michelle.
36:28Michelle.
36:29Michelle.
36:30Michelle.
36:31Where is it?
36:32Michelle.
36:33Where the fuck are you?
36:34I'm not going to get late for this.
36:35Come on, let's go.
36:44Sir Alan is expecting everyone in the boardroom at 6pm.
36:52The girls head back without the tyre.
37:02What?
37:15The team started with a budget of £1,000.
37:18Whoever's come back with the most money will win.
37:32MUSIC PLAYS
37:52Hello, good evening.
37:53Good evening, sir.
37:57Let's get on with it, shall we?
37:59Margaret?
38:00I followed Invicta round and they bought all the ten items
38:05and they came back with £326 and a penny.
38:10Right.
38:11And Nick, the girls?
38:13Well, Velocity failed to buy the tyre.
38:18And your rules stipulate that the guide price,
38:21in this case of £90 for the tyre,
38:24plus a fine of £50,
38:27is added to their expenditure
38:30so the total is £318.
38:36The boys win by £8.
38:42Well done.
38:44I've got a great treat lined up for you.
38:46You're off to the races tomorrow at Sandown.
38:49I've got you the best box there with food and drinks laid on.
38:53Ladies, tomorrow you're going to come back to this boardroom.
38:57One of you is going to get fired.
38:59OK?
39:00Everybody off.
39:01Thank you, sir.
39:17I'm not sure that everybody was 100% behind Joe as a project manager
39:22and I'd be very interested to hear what people say
39:24should we end up in the boardroom.
39:28The poorest member of the team, I would have to say, is Joe.
39:33She can't make decisions.
39:35She can't empower people.
39:37And she can't calm situations.
39:39She can't control her emotions.
39:41So what happened in your day?
39:43I felt on this task that Joe was a person
39:46that did not perform the best as project manager
39:49and, to be honest, I think it was Joe's fault this time that we lost.
39:54For my mind, we're all clear on what happened.
39:56I think we've got a view of what happened in the day
39:58and it's just all down to the boardroom tomorrow.
40:00It's shit, but it's just got to happen, innit?
40:11Next morning, the treat.
40:15It's the winner's enclosure for Saeed's team.
40:18How can I help you?
40:19£26 on number four.
40:21£26, win number four, strudel, 8-1.
40:24Odds on favourite not to come back is Joe.
40:26Joe, favourite.
40:28I bet a tenner on the nose that she ain't coming back.
40:30Yeah, Joe.
40:31No doubt.
40:32I agree.
40:33I can see it.
40:34Where?
40:35Right ahead.
40:36Where's lane four?
40:38Lane four.
40:39It's not lane four.
40:42It's not athletics, really.
40:44Lane four.
40:48Here we go.
40:49Here we go.
40:50Come on.
40:51Come on.
40:52He's in.
40:54Come on.
40:56Come on.
40:57Oh, shit.
41:00Come on.
41:01Come on.
41:02Oh, man.
41:11Yes!
41:12Wetherallan's in the back.
41:13Wetherallan is killing it.
41:16You chose the right lane.
41:17You chose the right lane.
41:19It's a natural.
41:20Quote of the day.
41:24Let's make sure we keep winning because treats work.
41:37For the losers, the boardroom beckons.
41:40One of them is about to get fired.
41:43All right, Jenny, can you send the ladies in, please?
41:58Right, Joe, you was the team leader, right?
42:00Yeah.
42:01Yeah.
42:02What were you doing for the first two and a half hours when I left you?
42:06I was in the car.
42:07You were in the car?
42:08Yeah.
42:09What were you doing for the first two and a half hours when I left you?
42:12What were you actually up to?
42:14Well, we were actually up to deciding what the, like I say,
42:17deciding how we were going to select the supplies,
42:19deciding on the groups, deciding clearly what the strategy was.
42:22All that time?
42:23Yeah, because my belief is that it's really important
42:25to get that right before we get in the car.
42:27But you spent two hours, 40 minutes,
42:29and the first thing in the morning strategising.
42:31Yeah.
42:32Your team wasted another three and a half hours
42:35buying a bloody dinner jacket.
42:37I absolutely agree that the time in the morning was not well spent.
42:42Listen, I mean, there's a bit of altercation I've heard of
42:46where you have said, and I want to explore this,
42:50you don't want any of your teams that went off separately
42:53to buy anything unless they speak to you.
42:55Is that right?
42:56I did. I said that.
42:57Didn't you ring in the middle of one negotiation?
42:59I did, yeah.
43:00That was with you, was it?
43:01I tried to ask Joe.
43:03I says, Joe, I'll call you back in a second.
43:05I was quite assertive, saying I will definitely phone you back.
43:08But Joe just wasn't listening.
43:10I says, Joe, this is really, really unprofessional.
43:12Can you please just let us go just now?
43:14And she just never let me go.
43:16And then I just had to say, Joe, I'm sorry,
43:17but I'm putting the phone down, I'm going.
43:19Sharon, what did you negotiate for?
43:21Sir Alan, negotiation is something that's new to me.
43:24When you say it's new to you,
43:25do you mean it's in the kind of admission you're not very good at it?
43:28Well, it's not my strength, it's not my biggest strength.
43:30What is your biggest strength?
43:31Creativity.
43:32Creativity?
43:33Yeah, I would say, yeah.
43:34Yeah.
43:35I'd like to hear from you why, you know, why I should employ you.
43:40I do try very hard.
43:41I work well with the rest of the team members.
43:43I am enthusiastic.
43:44I've got a willingness to learn and try different situations.
43:47And I'll do the very best I can.
43:49Well, I'm sure you would do the very best.
43:52Sometimes the very best is not good enough.
43:54And Alexa, what I don't need is people standing in front of boards,
43:58writing up strategy and all that stuff.
44:00Whilst, yeah, OK, five, ten minutes of it,
44:03let's get our act together, two hours, 40 bloody minutes of it
44:06is a bit too much when you've got only ten hours to execute.
44:10I completely agree with you.
44:11I think, for me, I would have preferred just a bit more of a quick blast
44:15on the flip chart planning up front,
44:17but then moving on immediately into the task itself.
44:21I see.
44:22Karen, was you any way at all responsible for procuring the tile?
44:30Was I responsible for it?
44:32Yeah.
44:33Whose responsibility was it to procure the tile?
44:37Because the tile was the thing that, you know, to use a pun, let you down.
44:40Yeah.
44:41It was our group, Sir Alan, it was the group...
44:43A group?
44:44No individual?
44:45No.
44:46There's got to be somebody who was leading the tile negotiation.
44:49Sir Alan, the person that's responsible for procuring the tile
44:51knows who that person is.
44:52Well, who is it?
44:53So I'd hope that that person at this point...
44:55Well, who is it?
44:56You're the team leader.
44:57I don't know who it is.
44:59It's Karen.
45:00Who's responsible for the tile?
45:02The group of three that were in that car were responsible for the tile.
45:05Is that not true?
45:06Yeah, but ultimately the responsibility was resting with you on the tile.
45:09OK.
45:10Why didn't we get the tile?
45:12Can we understand this now?
45:14Was it we ran out of time or was it you thought it was too expensive,
45:17what was being offered, or what?
45:18We ran out of time, Sir.
45:19You ran out of time.
45:20No, we did make a decision.
45:21No one would make a decision about what?
45:23We didn't, Jackie.
45:24We spent too much time.
45:25At the end of the day,
45:26there's only one thing that is worse than making the wrong decision
45:28and that's not making one at all.
45:30And the original thing we did was...
45:32No, you see, the problem is we haven't talked this through properly.
45:35You have got that completely wrong.
45:37How many places did you go to negotiate the dinner jacket?
45:40Two.
45:41We went to two places.
45:42One of them, you sat there romancing with some old bloke from Sicily,
45:45didn't you, for about 15 minutes,
45:47until you found out that he didn't actually have the bloody jacket anyway.
45:51We were in for eight minutes, yeah.
45:53I think it was a little bit longer than that, actually,
45:55and I normally like to get my facts right, you see.
45:58But the thing is, I've nearly got six hours out of ten hours
46:02that you've got to do this task.
46:0460% of your bloody time was not actually out there
46:08talking and negotiating
46:10and driving directly to places that you knew had the stuff.
46:14And she's putting the blame on you, on the tyre.
46:18And you haven't explained to me why it's got nothing to do with you.
46:21No, I'm not saying it doesn't have anything to do with me.
46:24I was part of a team of three.
46:26I will not take full responsibility for the tyre storm
46:29because it was not fully my responsibility.
46:32OK, look, you know the rules, you know the rules now.
46:36Name them.
46:37Two people that are coming back in this boardroom with you
46:40cos one of you will get fired.
46:42Yeah, I'm happy to do that.
46:43You're a project manager,
46:44you have to take a lot of responsibility yourself on this.
46:47Yeah, I'm happy to do that, but first I'd like to clarify,
46:50are we judging people on their performance in this task
46:52or on the performance of all three?
46:54That's none of your business, quite frankly.
46:56That's none of your business, right?
46:58I'm the one dishing out the job here,
47:00so don't you start pontificating about other tasks here.
47:03You're responsible for this task,
47:05and your job is to tell me who didn't perform on this task, OK?
47:10Don't start drifting off onto other things,
47:12and I'm not going to debate that with you, all right?
47:23Oh, God.
47:28What you mean to tell me, since last night,
47:31you still haven't got a clue what's going on?
47:34You've had the benefit of a whole night to think about it.
47:37Karen, Alexa.
47:38Karen and Alexa, OK.
47:40I'll call you back in when I'm ready for you.
47:44Jesus Christ!
47:48OK.
47:49The point I was trying to make is,
47:51the strategic meeting for two hours, 40 minutes,
47:54at the stock exchange afterwards,
47:56was supposed to, A, identify which vendors had the merchandise
48:01and, B, what the location is.
48:03And it doesn't have to be in the UK.
48:05It doesn't have to be in the UK.
48:07It doesn't have to be in the UK.
48:09It doesn't have to be in the UK.
48:11B, what the location is.
48:13And, you know, even a bloody minicab driver could work that out.
48:17It can come from Timbukt bloody, too.
48:19You just need a map, where is this, where is that, where is this?
48:22This is the logical direction that we're going to go.
48:25Okay, Jenny, will you send the three ladies in, please?
48:54I want to hear from you. Why isn't it your fault?
49:01The reason why it's not my fault on this occasion is that because we did split into two teams
49:05and one of the teams performed exceedingly well.
49:10So in line with the fact...
49:11Not the one that you were with.
49:12Yeah, it does seem a bit strange, but...
49:14More than strange.
49:15Sorry?
49:16More than strange.
49:17So you're taking credit for the success of the other half of your team, the ones you
49:21were not with. That's correct.
49:22And if the strategy was flawed, how did one team do it and how did the other team not
49:25do it?
49:26And if this was my...
49:27The whole task would have failed.
49:28Yeah, but you were with the bloody team that didn't do it.
49:30I know that, yeah.
49:31I mean, you know, I could take that argument. If you were with this team, you're singing
49:36the praises.
49:37I accept that.
49:38But you were with the bloody team that didn't do it.
49:39I accept that.
49:40Let's start from another angle, shall we?
49:42Okay, fine.
49:43What's she doing in there?
49:44What's she doing in there?
49:45Alexa's doing here because over the...
49:46I think we need to see more from Alexa.
49:49Alexa, there is a way, there is a kind of a demeanour, there is a posture upon which
49:54people negotiate. I'm wondering whether you've got that in you. Have you got that in you?
49:58I absolutely...
49:59You know, what's come in feeding being fed back to me is that it's a bit amateurish,
50:03it's a bit childish, it's a bit little girlish.
50:05No, I've got no doubt that I've got that ability and I don't think my approach is amateurish.
50:10I see. Why shouldn't I fire you?
50:13Because I've got an awful lot to offer. I think I've...
50:16I don't know if you have, you see. I don't know if you have because I do not need strategists,
50:21you know. I don't need lecturing to... I need doers, right? Someone goes out, sells, buys,
50:27sorts things out, gets things organised.
50:29Yeah, no, that's what I enjoy doing. I think I...
50:32But you haven't done it very well, have you?
50:33Well, I haven't had enough of a chance to show myself what I can do yet.
50:36Well, you've had three weeks here, you know.
50:37And I think I have contributed a lot during those tasks. I think I'm not about just strategy.
50:43Yes, I like to have a plan in place and reorganise...
50:46You'd better not be just about strategy, so you wouldn't have a chance with me, I can tell you.
50:49What's she doing in there? What's she doing in there?
50:51Karen's here because, fundamentally, I believe that the tyre did let us down yesterday.
50:55Was she responsible for getting the tyre or not?
50:58Yeah, I did keep asking Karen throughout the day because we were... I was concerned about the tyre.
51:02Is she lying?
51:03I was not responsible for getting the tyre.
51:06Let me just explain the reasons why I've come to that decision.
51:08We're responsible for getting the tyre.
51:09We all share collective responsibility, but the reason why I feel this is so important is because
51:14I was nervous about the tyre. I kept saying to Karen,
51:16please make sure, you know, this...
51:18Because what I was nervous about was the price that they were...
51:20Please make sure what?
51:21To be honest, I did keep... I was like a rock vial.
51:24I keep saying to Karen, please assure me this tyre, you know, you need to make sure,
51:27because it's a critical item, please make sure that this is going to happen, this tyre.
51:34Karen, do I need another corporate lawyer? No, I don't.
51:37Why shouldn't I get rid of you today?
51:39I've shown Mr Allen in the last three tasks that I can do and perform the skills that you're looking for.
51:46Well, I actually do. Dirty hands.
51:47Absolutely dirty my hands. I've shown...
51:49Who should be fired then out of it? You're going to say to her, are you?
51:53You're going to point straight to her, are you?
51:55If you're talking about responsibility for the reason the task fails,
51:59it has to come down to the planning.
52:01As a team, as a project manager, you have to take responsibility for that planning.
52:05Who should get fired then?
52:06I have to say Joe then.
52:07Who do you think should be fired?
52:09I have to say Joe, just because I don't think there was enough organisation.
52:12Not looking good.
52:14Right, Joe, you do have this determination, you do have this full-thrightness,
52:18you do have qualities of selling, you've clearly got qualities of buying.
52:22I just don't know if you're just a bloody nutter.
52:26That's the problem, right? That's the problem, because I love people with spirit.
52:31You put yourself forward as the team leader.
52:33You have to convince me, because you are very, very close to that door over there.
52:39Don't flannel me with kind of like a machine-gun rat attack.
52:42You tell me why I should leave you here.
52:44Sir Alan, let me put it this way, OK?
52:46I didn't come into this boardroom today putting myself in this risky position.
52:49I accept the fact that this is a risky position.
52:50You're in a very risky position.
52:51I know I am.
52:52Firstly, most importantly, I stepped up when I knew that half the team
52:55were fundamentally against me. I knew that anyway.
52:58Secondly, I believe that if it's fundamentally flawed,
53:01then everything would have failed, and it didn't.
53:04I've got to make a decision here.
53:12Karen, I'm having difficulty understanding the tyre issue.
53:16I'm having difficulty understanding you did know where the stuff was,
53:20you did know the locations, and then you tell me you don't know the locations.
53:23As a lawyer, as an articulate person, trained to be articulate,
53:27you have not clarified. I haven't got clarity on this.
53:30Alexa, I'm very concerned about you being a bit weak for what I require.
53:41However, you are the team leader, and you sat in that car with these two,
53:47and you're telling me that one of these two should go.
53:50That, I can't get my head around.
53:52Sir Alan, I've got to make a decision here.
53:54I believe that if it's fundamentally flawed,
53:56then you're telling me that one of these two should go.
53:58That, I can't get my head around.
54:00Sir Alan, the last boardroom, you said don't let me down, right?
54:03The team criticised me for my emotion and crying,
54:06and since then, I believe that I have not let you down, and I won't.
54:10Can I make a point, Sir Alan? I do not believe that I'm weak.
54:12Quite the contrary, and I really need to be given that opportunity,
54:16I believe, to show myself in project manager role,
54:19so that I can show you what I can do.
54:21Alright, you got it, okay?
54:25You're staying.
54:26You've spoken up for yourself.
54:28So have you. I like people who stick up for themselves.
54:31That's what it's all about.
54:32I've heard nothing from you, Karen.
54:34You haven't stood up for yourself.
54:36I don't need more corporate lawyers.
54:38You're fine.
54:52Go on.
55:10That is the really hardest thing I've ever had to do,
55:13hardest fucking thing I've ever had to do.
55:16Alexa fought for a corner, I like that.
55:18I like that.
55:19I like that. The other one is stark raving, bloody mad, but so am I.
55:24Don't fucking let me down, all right?
55:27I don't need another lawyer, Margaret.
55:28Sorry, I've got you, if that's not bad enough.
55:31I mean, you know you couldn't sell a box of matches if you tried,
55:34but you're very good at what you do do.
55:36But she she claims she's trying.
55:37I'm sorry she had to go.
55:39Nice lady, but she had to go.
55:49I don't think that was a fair decision.
55:55He talked at length about why Joe and Alexa should go.
56:00They were given their chance to speak up.
56:02I don't think they particularly defended their own positions.
56:05Yet they're about to go back to the house and I've been fired.
56:08And I find that really, yeah, pretty unjust, actually.
56:13One job, now just 11 candidates.
56:16Sir Alan's search for his apprentice continues.