The Apprentice UK S04E11 (2008)
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00:00Previously on The Apprentice.
00:15Sir Alan put his foot down, driving the candidates into the supercar business.
00:19You've got to rent these cars to a very special clientele.
00:23Bring it forward.
00:25Claire quickly took pole position for her team.
00:27What do you think of it?
00:28It's gorgeous, isn't it?
00:30I'll go get the paperwork then.
00:32While team leader Michael struggled to get out of first gear.
00:37Take an hour.
00:38At least do it for an hour because you're going to regret it.
00:40No, I'm not going to do it.
00:41OK.
00:42Good luck anyway, thanks.
00:45On the other team, Lee was the latest in a long line of project managers to clash with
00:49Lucinda.
00:50I need everyone to be accountable for something.
00:53I'm not going to come and hold your hand.
00:55Don't say it's holding my hand because it's not holding my hand.
00:57How would you explain it then?
00:59I would say offering support.
01:00See you later.
01:02But Lee managed to rally his team for some big sales.
01:05OK, yeah.
01:06Order for two days?
01:07Two days.
01:08Fantastic.
01:09Yeah, you're going to go for it?
01:10Yeah.
01:11Alex led the way with £10,000 worth of business to take them to the chequered flag.
01:18Super salesman Alex there.
01:20Thanks, Sean.
01:21On the losing side, Helene failed to shift anything.
01:24Let me tell you something.
01:25She has got a mouth the size of Blackwall Tunnel, but is a great salesperson.
01:30You, I see nothing.
01:32You tell me, what are you good at?
01:34I have never done direct sales.
01:36I've been stuck in a corporate environment in an office for a lot of years, but that
01:40said, I've got stuck in, I've come out of my comfort zone, and I will give it absolutely
01:44my all.
01:45But it was team leader Michael who finally ran out of gas.
01:48Michael, I think this time I have to say to you, you're fired.
01:54Thank you for the opportunity.
01:55And became the 11th casualty of the boardroom.
01:59Now just five candidates remain to fight for the chance to become The Apprentice.
02:17One week to go before Sir Alan decides who will be his next apprentice.
02:24Time is running out for the five candidates to stake their claim.
02:28This is Francis from Sir Alan's office.
02:30He wants you to meet him at the Viglen head office.
02:33The cars will be with you in half an hour.
02:36Thanks, Francis.
02:37Excellent.
02:38Summoned to one of Sir Alan's head offices, they suspect what lies ahead.
02:42I hope we're going to be doing some interviews today.
02:46I like interviews.
02:47This is your chance to chat.
02:49This is my chance to talk.
02:51If it is interviews today, then yeah, I'm nervous because obviously you're going to
02:54go and get an arse-chewing from top people within Sir Alan's businesses.
02:57It's going to be hardcore because we're down to the final five.
03:01Lucinda Ledgerwood is a business analyst on £100,000 a year.
03:06So far, she's the most successful candidate, having won eight out of ten tasks.
03:11To my mind, I am the strongest candidate here.
03:14My CV is very accomplished.
03:16I'm determined and dedicated and I get on.
03:19With six losses, senior retail buyer Claire Young has the worst record.
03:24I feel that I've almost got to know Sir Alan.
03:27We've had a lot of dialogue.
03:29I've had his finger waved in my face.
03:31I've had him screaming in my face.
03:33In a way, I think losing his character building.
03:36Never taken back into a final boardroom by a losing team leader,
03:40recruitment sales manager Lee McQueen.
03:43I'm a nice guy, but the fact of the matter is I'm not going to put myself in the bottom three
03:47just to get face on with Sir Alan.
03:49It's a good record. You know, you don't go and lose football matches
03:52just for the experience. You want to win.
04:01Ah! So exciting!
04:03Woo!
04:11Another survivor and the youngest at 24, sales manager Alex Wotherspoon.
04:17My CV's not as long in the tooth as many of the other candidates,
04:21and, you know, I can't help that.
04:23I'm 24 years old. I can't extend my age.
04:26But I am dynamic, I'm agile.
04:28I've got the full package to be the apprentice.
04:32At 32, the oldest candidate still standing is Helene Spate,
04:36pricing leader for a global corporation.
04:40At times I've thought, you know, I was going to be sent packing
04:43when I felt I haven't performed very well.
04:45But I have got a good CV, I've got a proven track record, it's not bullshit,
04:50and I'm going to give it absolutely everything I've got,
04:52because I need to prove myself.
05:01MUSIC PLAYS
05:17Good morning. Morning, sir.
05:19The good news today is that you're not going to be set a task.
05:23However, you're still in for a very tough time,
05:27because I have four of my very trusted colleagues,
05:32and they're going to put you through a very intensive interview process
05:37that's going to find out if you've really got what it takes to work for me.
05:42They're going to report back to me,
05:45and tomorrow, in the boardroom, three of you are going to get fired.
05:58Today, the candidate's credentials will be put under the microscope
06:02by four of Sir Alan's toughest business colleagues.
06:06This is, like, my ass is actually on the floor at the moment.
06:10I am absolutely shitting myself.
06:15No-nonsense property tycoon Paul Kelmsley
06:18has been instructed by Sir Alan to probe the candidate's strength of character.
06:23Difficult, your CV.
06:25Really struggling with it.
06:28You're boring, Alex. I'm sorry? You're boring. I'm not boring.
06:33Once Sir Alan's global troubleshooter, Claude Littner now works for himself.
06:38And when it comes to hiring and firing, he's ruthless.
06:42I was just reading your CV,
06:45and you look to me as though, frankly, you're unemployable.
06:49Borden Katchuk, chief executive of Vigeland Computers,
06:53has worked for Sir Alan for over 20 years.
06:56A stickler for detail,
06:58he'll dig deep into the candidate's backgrounds.
07:01You're not an apprentice, are you?
07:03Why? I don't know what you're doing here.
07:09And stepping into the line-up, Karen Brady.
07:12She became managing director of Birmingham Computer.
07:17She became managing director of Birmingham City Football Club at just 23,
07:22and has since won Sir Alan's respect as one of Britain's leading businesswomen.
07:27Karen's job today, focus on the candidate's personal strengths.
07:32So what are you fantastic at?
07:34Sales. That's your number one skill, is it?
07:37No, I didn't say that.
07:39We are so close. If you nail this, you're in the final.
07:42And that's why I'm nervous about it,
07:44because I'm so close to something that I really want,
07:47yet all of that hard work for the last ten weeks
07:49and within a few hours of interviews, that could go straight out the window.
07:52That's why I'm scared.
07:54I want to make sure that they want me.
08:00Good to meet you. And you. Have a seat.
08:04So, Lee, I'm reading your CV and it says,
08:07you use humour to lighten the mood of things.
08:10Yeah, I think it's important to do that,
08:12especially when you're running a sales team.
08:14So, I want to see this silly impression of a dinosaur you do.
08:17Of a reverse pterodactyl.
08:19Got to see it. Do you want to see it right now? Absolutely.
08:22Unbelievable. Go on. OK.
08:27Impressive?
08:29Sir Alan. I don't think he'd be too impressed.
08:32I didn't find it funny, but he definitely wouldn't.
08:34No, and I wouldn't do a reverse pterodactyl in front of Sir Alan.
08:37So why don't you just say no, then?
08:39It's a serious job. I'm not going to do it.
08:41I'm not going to mess around.
08:45You come across to me anyway as just a nice, fun guy.
08:49Is there any substance to you?
08:51Yeah, of course, there's lots of substance to me.
08:53I'm not here to be a jester.
08:55For example, when somebody needs to be fired,
08:57I had to fire a 42-year-old man who had two kids.
09:00He was crying to me, Paul.
09:02Lee, give me another chance. I need to have another chance.
09:05I can't provide for my family.
09:07I had to fire him because he wasn't performing.
09:09How did that make you feel?
09:11I didn't go and shout from the rooftops,
09:13yeah, look at me, I'm an arsehole,
09:15but it had to be done for the business.
09:17And it was the right business decision to do.
09:19But so what? What value are you going to add?
09:22Sir Alan is all about making money.
09:24What are you going to do? You're a worker, Lee, aren't you?
09:31My theme was, you're really passionate, you're really driven,
09:34you're really nice.
09:36That's nice, though.
09:37Yeah, but it's not, is it? Cos nice guys don't win.
09:40No. They don't.
09:46Hi, good afternoon.
09:49Clearly you're a very, very bright, intelligent individual,
09:53but you look to me as though you're not employable.
09:56Why would you say that I look to be unemployable?
09:59I am a contractor. I've never been out of contract.
10:02So you're not actually employed by a company.
10:04You contract your services to the company.
10:06Absolutely. Right.
10:07Which means I have to work on my own merit.
10:09If you can't hold your own... Why are you a contractor?
10:12I enjoy the flexibility of going to different businesses
10:14and working in different areas.
10:16Isn't it right that actually you're a contractor
10:18cos no-one's going to employ you? No.
10:20I can absolutely promise you that there is absolutely no grounding
10:23in that assumption.
10:24But your jobs have got nothing, as far as I can see,
10:26to do with anything to do with teamwork,
10:28nothing to do with working in a company environment
10:30cos you're an outsider, you're a contractor.
10:32I lead teams.
10:33So you lead teams but you don't like being part of a team?
10:35Oh, absolutely. No, no, no. Part of a team is leading a team as well.
10:37How have you got on with your colleagues on The Apprentice?
10:39It has been a struggle within The Apprentice.
10:41For you or for them? Erm, probably for both.
10:46Lucinda's been up there ages.
10:49Oh, I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that.
10:51She'll be going, erm, erm, excuse me,
10:54and he'll just be like, shut it.
10:56Shut up now.
10:58This process has been particularly difficult.
11:00Why is that? Is there something in your character
11:02that just gets up people's noses?
11:03I'm not, I'm not the normal bod.
11:05And people feel threatened with my nice accent
11:07and my funny dress sense.
11:09And people will not listen.
11:11That they're not willing... No, they're not willing...
11:13People will not listen? I mean, you are unbelievable.
11:15They're not willing necessarily to take things on their own terms.
11:17Because what you say is law, they won't listen.
11:19How about you listening? How about you listening?
11:23I'm listening.
11:24I don't mean to mean now, I mean generally.
11:27I just find it really hard to deal with you, Lucinda,
11:29because I just feel that you cannot possibly work with a team.
11:31I just don't see how it works.
11:33I understand that teamwork is crucial,
11:35and I can assure you that I am a good team player.
11:38And reliable and stable.
11:40And very employable.
11:42Well, that'll be for Sally to decide.
11:44Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you.
11:55You're smiling.
11:57Grimacing, maybe.
12:01How was it, Lucinda?
12:03Quite intense, to say the least.
12:07I don't know, all these questions are coming up, which...
12:14I'm actually thinking that maybe I shouldn't be here.
12:17What is my motivation? What's my drive?
12:20Do I want to be a permanent employee?
12:23With very little diversity.
12:25I'll be crawling the walls.
12:27I'll be driving everyone mad.
12:41Hello.
12:43So, I've been doing a lot of reading about you.
12:45You've spent most of your career in cosmetics, shampoo and toothpaste.
12:49Yeah, I've worked in marketing, I've worked in sales, I've worked in retail.
12:53You were also a club rep.
12:55I was. I was a club rep when I was 18, 19 and 20.
12:58I did what all, you know, teenagers do, I went out.
13:01What was that?
13:03Well, I liked boys, I liked drink, I liked music.
13:05But there's nothing which, if my grandma picked up the paper,
13:07I'd be embarrassed about.
13:09I haven't done anything particularly sordid.
13:11You say under your biggest achievements is an eight...
13:14I just want to quote you on it, if you don't mind.
13:17Eight million incremental cash profit.
13:20Yeah. What's that mean?
13:22OK, I added eight million pounds onto my cash margin bottom line.
13:26What do you earn a year at the moment?
13:2885,000, plus bonuses.
13:31And what's been your biggest bonus to date?
13:34My bonus last year was 27K.
13:36So, you increased profit by eight million pounds.
13:40Yeah. And they gave you 27,000.
13:42Yeah. Not a very good negotiator, are you?
13:44I... I have to tell you, if you did that sort of increase in my business,
13:47you'd be earning a lot more than 27,000 bonus.
13:50But I think that's very...
13:51And I think I'd actually like to give you a job, because you're cheap.
13:54I think... Clearly can't negotiate, and we can get away with murder.
13:57Paul, I can negotiate, and I wouldn't ever say that I'm cheap.
14:00I'm very happy with the salary which I earn.
14:02I'm very pleased with the job which I did last year.
14:04But that's why I'm sat here, because I know that I'm capable of so much more.
14:07I can tell you, you didn't do a good deal there.
14:09OK. Yeah, well, something's wrong.
14:12Hey.
14:17He's quite hot.
14:21There's something quite powerful about him, quite sort of like Neanderthal.
14:24The fact that he's worth, like, over 200 million...
14:26And she's just, like, leaned over that desk and sucked his lips off.
14:29SHE LAUGHS
14:42So you're the former landscape gardener who now works in a supermarket.
14:48I don't work in a supermarket.
14:50I was the north regional manager of four sales teams.
14:53Your CV's one of the most boring CVs I've ever read.
14:57Thank you. You're welcome.
14:58Tell me about yourself.
15:00Tell me something interesting, because I didn't find anything interesting in the CV.
15:04You didn't. 24 years old.
15:06Obviously taking into account my age, that's why my CV isn't as extensive as...
15:09I was running my own business two years before.
15:12Fantastic. In 2022.
15:14Right.
15:16So what do you think is your substance?
15:18You're a good salesperson, but do you have that all-rounded business experience?
15:22You know, I believe that I've got as much experience as I could have at my age at 24.
15:28Alex, I was 23 when I was running Birmingham City Football Club.
15:31You're a year older. Yeah.
15:33So what's your substance?
15:39I noticed here that you were born in Bolton.
15:42Yeah, that's right, yeah.
15:43Is it not then pretty normal that if you were born in Bolton that you would speak English?
15:48I do speak English, yeah.
15:49Yes, but it's very unusual to find in your CV somebody who's born in England
15:54actually puts down as one of his skills English fluency.
15:59Fluency in English?
16:01I mean, looking through your CV, you big yourself up a lot.
16:04You've got advanced skills.
16:06It's not enough to say you've got skills of consultation or negotiation.
16:09You've got the advanced skills.
16:11In relation to my age, I believe I have an extensive skill set,
16:14you know, to your average 24-year-old.
16:17You've done some market survey, have you?
16:19I haven't done a market survey,
16:20but I've got a lot of friends who are around the same age as me,
16:23so if I wanted to take a sample of the market, then that would be my sample,
16:25and in comparison to my friends, my success...
16:27You've got thick friends.
16:28I beg your pardon?
16:29You've got some thick friends.
16:30I wouldn't say so.
16:31I mean, not that education counts, but I did go to private school for 14 years.
16:34How do you think Alex is? He seems quite...
16:36Is he all right?
16:37Alex is sweet, mate.
16:38Yeah, he's fine.
16:40Bless him. He's so sensitive and takes everything to heart and...
16:43I think Alex is cool. He seems well.
16:45That's good.
16:47Let's look at this positively for a moment.
16:49Let's say that you actually do win through.
16:53What are the things that you're going to offer Sir Alan?
16:55I think one of my key skills is, you know, being adaptable in any situation.
16:59Like you say, I'm 24 years old, so I have an experience...
17:02Can you not just answer a question?
17:04I mean, it's just how many times do I have to ask the same question
17:07before you actually give me an answer?
17:09What is it that you're going to offer Sir Alan?
17:11What is it? Adaptable. I've written that down.
17:13Sir Alan is looking for an apprentice.
17:15I'm not a 35-year-old person with a lot of experience.
17:18I'm pretty raw.
17:19Don't tell me what you're not. Tell me what you are.
17:21I'm an individual.
17:22I know you're 24, but what are you good at?
17:24When I go into the boardroom tomorrow,
17:26I'm going to say, that Alex bloke, he's dead hot on...
17:29Give me some ammunition.
17:30Everything that I say I am, you're knocking it down.
17:33I'm highly... I'm motivational.
17:36OK. Alex, thank you very much indeed.
17:50Hello, Alex. How are you?
17:52I think she's returned.
17:53Was it hard on you?
17:55Eh?
17:56He'd be brilliant. Yeah, he is.
17:58He's an absolute bulldog.
18:00I thought he was quite turf.
18:03He'll come out in one piece.
18:05He'll be good.
18:06You always articulate yourself well.
18:16Nervous?
18:17Erm, a little bit, yeah.
18:19Shouldn't be. You describe yourself as being ballsy.
18:22Yeah, I'm a ballsy northerner.
18:23But you don't come across as that ballsy.
18:25You know, to get where I am,
18:26in a male-dominated environment, in engineering,
18:28you have to be bloody ballsy.
18:29They're not going to have a Wilton Violet in an office, are they?
18:32Heading up a 500-strong sales team.
18:34I've gone in and taken over a job from, like, a 40-year-old male,
18:37and it's a real male-dominated environment.
18:40And they didn't like it.
18:41They're like, women haven't worked here in 11 years,
18:43and I've got the shittiest office.
18:45They tried hiding contracts from me, giving me misinformation,
18:48and I've worked bloody hard.
18:50But you're walking away from that?
18:51Yeah, I am walking away from it,
18:52cos it's time for me to walk away from it.
18:54Are you sure? No, not at all.
18:56I've delivered.
18:57In fact, Paul, it's too easy now, and I need to get out there
19:00and throw myself into something completely new,
19:02which is why I'm here.
19:03I'm not bullshitting anyone.
19:05Highlight for me the most significant event in your life
19:09that's brought you here in front of me today.
19:13You know, it's kind of personal, really,
19:15but, you know, I came from a pretty bad background,
19:18and was almost forced to leave school at a very young age.
19:21Tell me about that.
19:23Most of my parents were alcoholics,
19:25and it was a very sort of troubled childhood,
19:27and, you know, leaving school with very few qualifications,
19:30it was very apparent that I would have to work
19:32literally from the bottom up.
19:34And then I thought, do you know what?
19:36I want a different life than what I've had up to now,
19:38and I'm going to work my damned hardest
19:40to try and be successful and get to the top.
19:42And I have had to fight incredibly hard,
19:44but I'm not prepared to let anything stop me now to be successful,
19:47and I think I've done incredibly well,
19:49with a fairly bad start in life.
19:51Do you think that makes you a stronger candidate
19:54than the rest of the guys?
19:56Yeah, no, I think that's fair to say,
19:58but, to be honest, I have struggled through this process.
20:01Why is that?
20:03I'm just not used to being surrounded by 15 gobshites.
20:21Hi, good afternoon.
20:23So, Lucinda...
20:27You're a business analyst, but you like pressing flowers. Mm-hm.
20:30You like scuba diving, but you've got a diploma in Chinese medicine
20:33and aromatherapy.
20:35You're not really a serious businesswoman, are you?
20:38I am absolutely 100% a businesswoman.
20:41How does Sir Alan know that after three months
20:43you're not going to run off and open some kind of yoga retreat
20:46in a cave in Nepal or something?
20:48If I was to want to run off to open a yoga retreat in Nepal,
20:51then I would have done it by now.
20:53But you're not really motivated by business, are you?
20:55I am absolutely motivated by business.
20:57Are you motivated by money?
20:59If I was motivated by money, I would have a smart car
21:02and I would have a big house.
21:04So you're not motivated by money? I'd ride a scooter, no,
21:06and I would not be here, because I earn in excess of what they're offering.
21:09I have a very strong work ethic, and I work very hard at what I do,
21:12and I am very good at what I do, and that is where I get my kicks.
21:15It's not the money.
21:17It seems to me, as someone who takes the business world particularly seriously,
21:20don't you think the best thing you can do at the moment is question why you're here?
21:26She says, I don't want a permanent job.
21:29The job of Sir Alan is a permanent job.
21:32I was like, what the fuck are you doing here?
21:35We're all breaking our balls, going through this rigorous process,
21:39and you don't want a permanent job?
21:43One down, four left.
21:46Do your fellow candidates like you? On the whole, no.
21:50I have had, Paul, a shocking time. Have you? Absolutely.
21:53I have at times questioned whether or not this has actually been a business,
21:57or whether or not it's been more of unprofessional people cackling and gaggling
22:01and pushing and shoving. I'm not a glory hunter.
22:03Lucinda, that's what goes on in business.
22:05I've worked in business for 10, 11 years, absolutely, and I will stand up to it.
22:09But you're in competition, and the business world is all about competition.
22:13If the competition is not played well and fair,
22:15then of course people are going to get upset. So they didn't play fairly?
22:18No, because there was lots of gang-building and fighting.
22:21So you'll be great in business if everybody plays fairly?
22:24Oh, absolutely not. You're very highly strung, aren't you?
22:27I wouldn't say necessarily highly strung, but I'm trying to get my voice over yours
22:31because you're asking questions but you're not listening to what I'm saying.
22:34I'm sorry if I'm not a good listener,
22:36but I think you've actually just described yourself.
22:53Did you have a late night last night?
22:55No.
22:56You're in the energy business, aren't you?
22:58Yeah, I was.
22:59Come on, let's find some energy with you.
23:01No, I mean...
23:02At the moment I don't think you'd light a candle, let alone light a room up.
23:05You're a bit of a self-preservationist. It's only about Alex, isn't it?
23:08It's not really about the team.
23:10I don't think it's all about Alex Wotherspoon.
23:13I think that working amongst a direct sales team...
23:16My previous job was 100% commission.
23:19So if I didn't motivate my teams and get them all geed up
23:22and ready to go out to work and making money for themselves,
23:25then I wouldn't make any money myself.
23:27Tell me something that's not boring.
23:29Tell me something you've done as an entrepreneur since you left school or college.
23:33Since I left school, we had some ups and downs as a family.
23:36We had to move out of our home. My parents lost their business.
23:39Did that inspire you?
23:40It did inspire me, yeah.
23:41It put a lot of passion and a lot of fire inside me.
23:44Myself and my brother, we didn't have any money.
23:46So we thought, what could we do?
23:48Went up to the local farm, realised that he had a lot of loose aggregate
23:51in and around his farm from stones, pebbles.
23:53Went and bought a load of heat-sealing bags, packaged it all up
23:56and we were turning over a few thousand pounds a month after a few weeks.
24:00So that's entrepreneurial.
24:02We've just sat here since this morning and watched it slowly go dark outside.
24:06Yeah.
24:07It's a long day, isn't it?
24:09Hardcore.
24:33I see, Lee, that you're British.
24:36That's correct.
24:37Does that mean you went to school in England?
24:40That's right.
24:41Did they ever teach you spelling?
24:43They did, but spelling...
24:45They eluded you, did it?
24:46Well, spelling in education isn't my forte, to be honest.
24:49That's quite clear.
24:51Because in the quote,
24:53why should you be Sir Alan's next apprentice,
24:55which one would have thought is quite an important question,
24:58you managed to say,
25:00today's goals will be different to tomorrow's.
25:02Tomorrow's got two spelling mistakes in it.
25:04It's not a hard word, tomorrow.
25:06Until I finally fulfil my ambition to be recoingust,
25:11which I presume is recognised.
25:13I've got to tell you, that's an important question,
25:15but I haven't got a clue how you answered it.
25:17It's incomprehensible and you've made so many spelling mistakes
25:20you couldn't have used your spellcheck.
25:22And what I would say to you is I'm disappointed with that.
25:25Yeah, what does that mean?
25:26Well, I'm disappointed that I've conveyed the message across to the reader...
25:29That you can't spell.
25:30That I can't spell and there's grammatical errors in there.
25:33Did you... Were doing a degree, were you?
25:36No.
25:37Unfortunately for me, my exam results, et cetera,
25:40were never good enough to do a degree.
25:42When I was a training catering manager,
25:44they put me through to a professional qualification in catering.
25:47I was there for two years and I was actually doing my HCIMA
25:50for that period of time.
25:52Sure, it was two years.
25:53As far as I'm aware, it was two years, yes.
25:55Was it?
25:59The university's actually dropped me a line here
26:01confirming that you're only there for four months.
26:05Really? Oh, OK.
26:06Well, then it was four months then.
26:08It's two years or four months?
26:10Well...
26:11Do you want to see?
26:12No, no, no.
26:13No, if that's what you're saying...
26:15No, I'm asking you. I've asked you twice.
26:17It's your CV.
26:18It says Thames Valley University, 1999.
26:21It says Thames Valley University, 1996 to 1998.
26:27Then I've put something incorrect in my CV, then, Borden.
26:30What, just one thing?
26:31Well, I've made a mistake already, haven't I?
26:33So it's difficult for me to be completely concrete with you now, isn't it?
26:36What worries me is that you've got someone here
26:39who's, you know, prepared to bullshit their way through.
26:42I'm not prepared to bullshit my way through.
26:44Well, you did on that.
26:45I'm not prepared to bullshit my way through.
26:47But you did on that, and I just think...
26:49And that worries me a little bit about you,
26:51cos I'm now looking at this and saying, what else is it about?
26:54My integrity's out the window.
26:56All I would say to you is,
26:57I'm not proud of my educational background, Borden,
27:00and I've put something down there to make my educational background
27:04seem a little bit better than what it is.
27:07And that's a blip on my integrity, and I can't erase that.
27:10All I can say is, you know, I'm disappointed in myself for doing that.
27:20I was particularly unimpressed with your comment,
27:23I should be the next apprentice,
27:25because I've dipped my toe in the sea of success,
27:27and I'm now ready to dive into the ocean of opportunity.
27:32Yeah.
27:38My nickname has been, from Sir Alan,
27:40Motormouth, Big Gob.
27:42I'm not going to lie.
27:44I'm not going to lie.
27:46My nickname has been, from Sir Alan,
27:48Motormouth, Big Gob.
27:50But all talk, no action is one of my biggest frustrations.
27:53What do you mean by that?
27:54For example, when somebody says to me,
27:56I'll have an email to you for ten o'clock,
27:58I expect an email there with the information they promise for ten o'clock.
28:02But in business, people do let you down, so how do you cope with that?
28:05I've had to say, this is the knock-on consequence for me,
28:08could you please make sure it doesn't happen again?
28:10And what if they don't listen to you?
28:12I would stop doing business with them.
28:14Fine. All done now.
28:16I think that if I get fired, I'm not what they're looking for.
28:20I feel proud of what I've said and how I've conveyed myself, so...
28:25Yeah, I wonder why. I just felt a bit frustrated.
28:27I don't think I've come across as well as what I wanted to,
28:30do you know what I mean?
28:37I really want to know from you why you should get this job,
28:42because you're earning more money than this job offers.
28:45You're doing what you want, moving contractually around the same company.
28:49There's some people here that really need this job.
28:52You don't strike me as one of them.
28:54Need, to me, doesn't necessarily come into it.
28:57I'm not driven by money.
28:59I'm driven by being the best I can,
29:02and also being within a company which I feel that will stretch me,
29:05and also I will be able to contribute to.
29:07I want this job because I feel that I can give it credit and merit.
29:11I feel that I can bring something to it.
29:13Do you think people will look at you and say,
29:16yes, I can see that Lucinda means business?
29:19I mean, people do judge on appearances, absolutely.
29:22I may stand out, but standing out isn't necessarily a bad thing.
29:25But the moment I open my mouth, yes, people do know I mean business.
29:28OK. Thank you very much.
29:34Last but not least.
29:35So how are you feeling, good?
29:37As good as I can be.
29:39Are you pleased with your day's work of interviews?
29:41The interviews this morning I did not express myself as I would have liked to have done.
29:45This afternoon, very much better.
29:47Oh, that's good.
29:48This morning I was frustrated and I was questioning what I was doing here and why,
29:53in all honesty.
29:54But after reflecting and considering,
29:56then I really do know that I want this job and it is the right thing,
29:59and that I'm going to fight for it, tooth and nail.
30:11I am pleased I stuck with it because I'm not a quitter.
30:16I know that I have the credibility, the experience and the ability
30:21and the personality to give what it takes to be the next apprentice.
30:27I feel that Sir Alan should have people like me in his business.
30:30For every one of me, you need ten quieter people,
30:33but you need people like me to drive your business forward
30:35and be innovative and think of different ideas.
30:41I am insecure about my educational background.
30:43You know, when you're in and around people, you don't want to feel inferior.
30:47When people look at me, do they think he can do this?
30:50Or do they think he hasn't got the right attributes,
30:53he hasn't got the right background in order to be able to do this?
30:57Judge me how you want, but they're the facts.
30:59The facts that matter.
31:00Yeah, OK, I made a mistake.
31:01And I learned from that mistake and I won't do it again.
31:07We've all worked so hard to get here.
31:09Three people are going to get fired.
31:11That's why I think this is a shame, because it will be over.
31:14It seems like we've been in here so long and we've worked so hard
31:18and all of a sudden it's like, bang, gone.
31:22Tomorrow, the reality is this.
31:24Tomorrow, three of you will get fired.
31:26What do you mean, three of you?
31:29LAUGHTER
31:32Don't you think it's a bit different now, though,
31:34because it's like final five.
31:35It's hardly like you've gone out with any disgrace.
31:37You're right, three people have to go home,
31:39but it's not because they're crap.
31:41They've got into the final five.
31:43He knows all of us pretty well by now.
31:45Yeah, that's true.
31:59The boardroom awaits.
32:03Today, the candidates will discover
32:05who will make it through to the final.
32:20The interviewers prepare to deliver their verdicts.
32:29MUSIC FADES
32:35Morning, all. Morning.
32:41First of all, thanks once again for devoting your time
32:46to these last five candidates.
32:49And, as usual, I will value your comments.
32:53So, someone like to kick off?
32:55Would you like me to? OK, go on, Bournemouth.
32:57OK. Alex, nice young man, positive,
33:02really, really wants the job.
33:04And I think, although he's not a big earner at the moment,
33:07the thing that impressed me,
33:08that he was on a commission-only based role.
33:11Commission-only, not a base salary.
33:13Man after your own heart, Bournemouth. Absolutely.
33:16I tell you what, Alan, that sorts out the men from the boys.
33:19Someone at that age is when they put themselves on the line.
33:22No comfort zone. If you sell, you earn.
33:25Alex would be surprised, I think, what I've got to say about him,
33:28cos he had a terrible interview with me.
33:30He came in, he looked half asleep.
33:32That said, chatting to him,
33:34I actually saw a lot more in him during that interview.
33:38He could be a good candidate for you.
33:40I think he's young, he's ambitious,
33:42I don't think he's frightened of hard work.
33:44I think the one thing I would say about him, Sir Alan,
33:47is that he is incredibly charming and good-looking.
33:49I mean, I had to tell him off at one point.
33:51The question is, without charm,
33:53would you succeed in the business world?
33:57No.
33:58Why are you shaking your head?
34:00You did some modelling at university, you can't be ashamed of your looks.
34:03No, I mean, I'm not ashamed of my looks,
34:05but there's a lot more to me than just the surface.
34:08You're very defensive.
34:09It happens to women in business all the time, these things,
34:12and it's water off a duck's back.
34:14You have to learn to be able to cope with that.
34:16He kind of feels embarrassed that he's so charming and good-looking
34:19and doesn't see those as assets.
34:21I don't know why, I've been like that all my business life.
34:26What? You don't think so? Oh, all right.
34:28Sir Alan, he's not the finished article, he's an apprentice.
34:32He might be a junior apprentice, that's the only...
34:35I tell you what, that boy is shy, he's subtle, and he'll make it.
34:39He's a good candidate. I don't disagree with you.
34:41He's a good candidate. I don't disagree with you.
34:43Claude? I take a slightly different view, Alan.
34:45I found him incredibly bland, a little bit shallow,
34:50and frankly, you'd have to do quite a bit of work with him, I think.
34:55Claude, kick off with any one of the others that you want to talk about.
34:58Well, I'll talk about Lucinda, if I may, Alan.
35:01She's a very intelligent, bright individual,
35:04no doubt highly skilled at what she does,
35:07and I think she would be a disaster for you.
35:09I'll tell you a good point.
35:11If you're building a nice office for yourself,
35:14you want it lit beautifully with candles,
35:16nice smelling candles, good aromatherapy in the air,
35:19a nice karma, perfect.
35:21Paul, that is unfair.
35:23Apart from that, she is absolute nutcase.
35:26I'm sorry. That is unfair.
35:28She's incredibly articulate and incredibly intelligent.
35:31She was a good team leader, and you can't take that away from her.
35:34If this girl worked for Alan, she would aggravate you within 30 minutes.
35:38Oh, I think less than that.
35:39The thing is, though, she was on the winning team eight times.
35:43OK?
35:44The two tasks that she was the team leader of,
35:48I've got to tell you,
35:49people came back and said she was a fantastic team leader.
35:52Alan, she might be a good team leader, but is she a good player?
35:55Sometimes you're the boss and sometimes you're a part of a team.
35:58That is an interesting point you raised there, Claude.
36:00While she got applauded for being a great team leader,
36:03when she wasn't team leader, she was always undermining them.
36:07She made a complete mess of it.
36:08If she hadn't been the one who decided what she was to do,
36:11she got it wrong, she got in a panic, she'd be questioning.
36:15She's already earning £100,000 a year.
36:18I'm not worried about the money, Claude.
36:20Why is she here?
36:21Is she going to learn that she's not already doing it?
36:23You're undermining the reason why someone's here, Claude.
36:25How dare you?
36:26I mean, you should know better than anyone else.
36:28Why are you still there?
36:29I'm still learning from the last girl.
36:31My God, why is she here?
36:32Alan, she's going to be quite a handful for you.
36:34I think she's got...
36:35Might be quite a handful for you, mate,
36:37cos I might send her down your place.
36:39You never know.
36:42OK, Lee.
36:44He kicked off the interview with an impression of a dinosaur,
36:48because it was in his CV, I just wanted to see it.
36:50That must have gone down like a lead balloon.
36:52It was just a ridiculous thing to do.
36:54I was hoping he'd turn around and say,
36:55look, this is a serious interview, I don't think it's right.
36:57That said, between you and me, it was a very good impression.
37:00He's a very likeable guy, he's a grafter.
37:04He killed it for me at the end of the interview
37:06when he winked at me as he walked out.
37:08Wish you good luck.
37:09Thank you very much, Paul.
37:10Appreciate your time.
37:11Cheers, mate.
37:12All the best.
37:14Like that.
37:15That's what a door-to-door salesman would do.
37:18I think he's a good salesman.
37:20I had a very nice pen with me during the interview
37:22and he had a plastic biro,
37:23and I said, well, try and sell me the plastic biro.
37:25Ah, the old classic, sell me this pen thing.
37:28The old classic.
37:29OK, Karen.
37:31The reason why this is a good pen
37:32is because it's made out of material that can be recycled.
37:36It's got a unique hole in the lid,
37:38so little children actually can't...
37:40If they swallow it, they can still be able to breathe.
37:42Obviously, that hasn't got that at all.
37:43But does that pen suit me, Lee?
37:46I wouldn't say that this pen would look good on your arm, Karen.
37:50You're very obviously a well-dressed woman,
37:52but what I would say to you is it's a practical pen.
37:54If you needed something to be practical,
37:56maybe you haven't got a handbag with you or something like that,
37:59this is a lot more slimline than what that particular pen is.
38:02So, yeah, I would say that it would suit you in certain situations.
38:05And he did a very good job, actually.
38:07The one thing I would say about Lee, more than all of the others,
38:11this is his big chance with you.
38:14And I think this is the last big chance he will get,
38:17because he is slightly cheesy, he is slightly brash.
38:20He needs this.
38:22From my perspective, he said he went to university for two years.
38:25Right. I didn't have him down as a university student.
38:28Well, he failed. He walked out. He didn't complete.
38:31Really?
38:32But he wasn't there for two years at all.
38:34I've got proof. In fact, I've got a document and confirmation on it
38:38that, in fact, he'd only been there for four months.
38:42If he's done as well as he's done in the organisations he's worked for,
38:46he doesn't need to do that.
38:48I think somewhere in all of that,
38:50he's got some hang-up about his formal education.
38:54A lot of people exaggerate and lie about their qualifications
38:58to get what they want.
39:00My first job, I lied about my qualifications.
39:02I'm not condoning it, but I'm saying don't kill the kid.
39:05Paul, I'm not killing him. I'm just saying I gave him an opportunity to own up.
39:09He didn't need to go there, really. No, he didn't need to. No.
39:12Well, my take on this, Alan, is that here's a guy who is a trier
39:16and he's certainly worth consideration,
39:18so I wouldn't dismiss him out of hand.
39:21Karen, how about Claire?
39:23I thought Claire was fantastic, I have to say.
39:26She's an achiever, she knows everything about her business.
39:30She's a bit bullshy, she's a bit loud, but she's a doer.
39:34She would do a fantastic job for you,
39:37and if you don't give her a job, I will.
39:40Oh! Whoa!
39:42I think that she's really been on a journey through this process.
39:46Claude? I won't be offering her a job, Alan.
39:49She's obviously a very, very good retail person,
39:52but as far as transferring those experiences to what you might have,
39:56I've got some doubts.
39:59She's got a nice way with her,
40:01and then this whole image she's got of club rep, etc,
40:04I could see her as a club rep.
40:06I could see her in the canteen conducting the Birdies song with your staff.
40:11She doesn't listen. Trying to shut her up is almost impossible.
40:14Yes, I've come across that.
40:16I am very vocal. I'm not the type of person,
40:18if I see something going wrong, to stand back and watch.
40:21I will challenge people. I think it's imperative that if you have a belief
40:24in something, you stand up and you actually speak,
40:26rather than being a big, fat lemon and just sitting there.
40:29OK, just, sorry, let me ask a question.
40:31Try and give you time to breathe.
40:33I mean, I have to tell you that at quite an early stage in this process,
40:37I recognised she does talk a lot,
40:40and there was one particular occasion I really gave a what for.
40:44To be fair, she seemed to have signed on to better things.
40:48Right, right. She's definitely improved, hasn't she?
40:51First task, she was fibbing and bullshitting,
40:55Maybe she's putting on this act and charade
40:57in order to get through to this stage.
40:59Maybe she hasn't really changed at all.
41:04Well, we have one more candidate left that we haven't spoken about,
41:07Helen. I actually liked her, Alan.
41:10She's come from a humble background, troubles family life.
41:13With respect, I don't want to hear about all this.
41:16I've had enough of listening to the hard, struggling,
41:19this, that and the other.
41:21I want to focus on what I've seen in this 12-week process.
41:25I was trying to explain why she, at 16, went into the job market
41:28rather than perhaps taking an alternative path.
41:30I don't think it's because she wasn't clever enough, for argument's sake,
41:33but I just think that because of her family situation,
41:35and I understand you don't want to dwell on that,
41:37she was forced to go into work very, very early.
41:40And I think that she's done pretty well.
41:42I thought that she was a plausible candidate.
41:44I would second that.
41:46Slightly different, if I'm honest.
41:48I'd put her as backroom staff.
41:51She works in a very sterile corporate environment.
41:54I didn't see any real fire in her.
41:56I admit that during the process she's somewhat lost her way,
42:00but I thought her interview was incredibly emotional.
42:03I know you don't want to hear it,
42:05but her upbringing is incredibly significant to her.
42:07I don't think you can totally rule out situations
42:12that people have in their childhood and upbringing.
42:14I think that they do mould you, they do put you where you are.
42:17I understand, I'm sympathetic.
42:19I appreciate people that have climbed the greasy pole and all that stuff.
42:23It's just that so many times people just hang on that only.
42:28She's had some tough knocks, she's got herself up,
42:31she's got on with it, she's very articulate,
42:34she's very well-rounded, and she would offer a different dimension.
42:40Well, once again, folks, tremendous input, tremendous input.
42:45Karen, very interesting having a lady's view.
42:49Thanks again for all your help, OK?
42:51Thank you. Thank you very much.
42:55See you.
42:57Alan, piss off.
43:10What's interesting is that they haven't given you a clear stare
43:13on who they think is the best.
43:15No, there's differences of opinion, yeah.
43:17Extraordinary, actually.
43:19You know, it gets to this stage where you've got five candidates
43:22that have all got something good about them, right?
43:24They have all got something good about them.
43:31All right, well, look, we'll call the apprentices in
43:34and we'll see who's going to stay and who's going.
43:37So Alan's ready for you now.
43:44MUSIC PLAYS
44:06Right, well, a bit different than a task, but as difficult.
44:13Alex, the feedback I got from my colleagues
44:16were you didn't do well in the interviews.
44:19It didn't seem to come alive.
44:21Did you feel that it was an important part of the process?
44:24I felt like it was probably the keystone to the whole process.
44:27You know, I wanted to try my hardest.
44:29Wouldn't you think, then, that if ever you were going to excel...
44:32I think that's just down to my nature.
44:34I never really lose my temper and vocalise it in an aggressive way.
44:37I'm softly spoken.
44:38Let's forget that you're losing the temper thing,
44:41I don't put anything on my kind of priority hit list
44:44that I like people that shout their mouths off and lose their temper.
44:48I mean, that's not what rings my bells.
44:50I did realise in the interviews that I was coming across softly spoken,
44:53but I sat there with a view to give it my best
44:56and I do believe that I did.
44:58Mm. Right.
45:00Now, Lee...
45:04..you spent a lot of your time in the recruitment industry.
45:08That's correct, sir.
45:09So, yesterday should have been a bit of a breeze for you, really.
45:12I wouldn't say that it was a breeze yesterday at all.
45:15But, yeah, I've definitely got experience of interviewing.
45:18I have to recruit my own people as well for my teams.
45:21What do you think about people that overflower their CVs
45:24and actually kind of sell them a bit too close to the wind,
45:27as far as that's concerned?
45:29Yeah, I think definitely, you know, I've done that myself in this process.
45:34I've put wrong dates down on a professional qualification that I was taking.
45:37You put down that you went to some university course for a couple of years
45:41and, in fact, when my people inquired, you was actually there for four months, right?
45:46That's correct.
45:47All right. Bluntly, what would you have done
45:49if you found that out about someone sitting in front of you?
45:52I would have evaluated how important it was
45:55to the job that they were actually going for
45:57and I would try and find out exactly why they did that in the first place.
46:00Do I always want to worry in the back of my mind,
46:03is it true what you're saying to me, or is this another creative presentation?
46:07I would say to Alan that, again, that's a mistake,
46:10but I would look at my track record as well.
46:12Big mistake, no?
46:13It is a mistake, yeah.
46:14When you're coming into a process like this?
46:17Yes, it is.
46:18All it does is it puts into doubt some of the other stuff that you might be saying.
46:23But hopefully I've managed to mitigate that doubt
46:26because of the way I've performed over the last ten tasks.
46:30Claire, we've spoken in this boardroom many times about you talking too much
46:36and there was a point that I felt you'd actually taken on board what I'd said,
46:41although some of the feedback I got from some of the guys
46:45were it seems you've slipped back into your old habits.
46:48The interviews were challenging.
46:50I'm very passionate, I'm opinionated, and maybe I was very chatty,
46:56but I did try to talk as little as possible.
47:00I think the point I'm making is that are you a very canny type of person
47:04that has kind of hooked on to what you think I like
47:08and therefore in front of me what you'll do is you'll button up a little bit,
47:12but actually old habits die hard.
47:15Sir Alan, the Claire who you saw in week one and the Claire who's sat now,
47:20I have changed.
47:23However, the way I am, I don't feel that I should change altogether.
47:28The reason I'm here is because I'm passionate about business
47:31and I am emotional and I put everything into what I do
47:34and I think I've proven that I'm very driven, I'm resilient,
47:38I'm like a dog with a bone, I just keep on going.
47:43Lucinda, you were team leader twice
47:47and interestingly enough, your colleagues said you were very good.
47:52Yeah, they did.
47:54But yet it seems that when you're not in charge,
47:58then that's when it seems to fall apart.
48:00What would you say about that?
48:02I do like control, admittedly.
48:04In my company, I'd be in charge, you wouldn't be in charge,
48:07so are you going to fall apart, are you going to be despondent?
48:10Absolutely not and I haven't done that to date.
48:12Whenever I've had an altercation with someone, I've spoken to them afterwards
48:15and got on and worked very happily alongside and supported.
48:18Seralyn, with absolute passion, I would say to get this far in the process,
48:24sitting in the interview process yesterday, which was incredibly intense,
48:27and turn to Lucinda and say, you know, I don't want this job,
48:30that to me is just soul-destroying.
48:33Who said that?
48:34Lucinda.
48:35I said I was concerned.
48:36She said it to everybody.
48:37We were all there, Seralyn, we all heard it.
48:39Absolutely, I said going through the interviews,
48:40I wasn't sure if I was going to be the right person,
48:42if I was doing the right thing.
48:43For you to sit there and go, this isn't for me, you know,
48:45what should I say, how do I tell Seralyn?
48:47May I explain myself?
48:48I wasn't just blasé, I was really thinking about if I'd be the right person
48:52and if I'd fit in, and I thoroughly and seriously do,
48:55after the final interviews and thinking about it, do believe so.
48:58I'm finding this so aggravating that I've given up everything
49:02that I've got to come down here, so I'm prepared to, if I get the job,
49:05I can move down to London and I can start straight away.
49:08So to hear you window-dressing it up with all this terminology
49:11and knowledge that makes it sound all airy-fairy,
49:13which doesn't actually say, I want the job.
49:15Please, I don't need the job, but I think there's a very big difference
49:18between need and want.
49:19Well, I do need the job.
49:20I want the job.
49:21And that's the difference.
49:22No, needing.
49:23If I want it, it's not that I need it, it shows that I'm willing
49:26and prepared to, actually, dare I say, go down a salary bracket
49:29and maybe go down a step or two in what I'm doing.
49:31I want it, I don't need it, I want it.
49:34Look, Lucinda, do you see this whole contest
49:39as just another one of these wonderful events in your life?
49:43Let me assure you that I'm now ready to settle down.
49:46I've moved around enough.
49:47Why is that, what you've learned in the last 10 weeks?
49:49From what I've learned, and also I'm tired of moving around,
49:51I want to get stuck in, I want to be in one place for one time
49:54and get on and do my best and use the skills I've got.
49:57Loyalty is a big aspect of what I do.
50:00When I know I've got a good thing and when I enjoy it
50:02and people appreciate me, I stay.
50:05We're down to the 11th week.
50:09The next thing is the final.
50:12That means that I've got to decide now
50:16who's leaving this process, yeah?
50:24Helene, I've tried to understand what you're about
50:30and I'm still at sea a little bit
50:32when it comes to you because of not seeing
50:35that kind of magic moment anywhere,
50:37not having reported back to me that magic moment anywhere.
50:41Yes, I'm not the best salesperson, but...
50:43No, you're definitely not a good salesperson.
50:45But a lot of people here have stuck to doing sales on every task,
50:48which they know in the outside world they do every single day,
50:52so it's a very, very safe bet to do that.
50:54I've tried new things here.
50:56If you put me into your business, Sir Alan,
50:58I will 100% deliver for you.
51:00I wouldn't have done so well in a global company.
51:03There's no hiding places there.
51:05If you don't do well, you get fired. It's as simple as that.
51:15Alex, yeah, you're young,
51:19but I may be looking for someone a little bit more rounded,
51:23with a little bit more experience.
51:25My age came up from Claude and Paul interviewing me,
51:28but I see that as a strength.
51:30I think I'm a partially painted canvas at the moment,
51:33on which not only I, but your organisation,
51:36I can paint a good picture.
51:3824 is, you know, I'm young and full of life,
51:41and I've got a long way to go.
51:47Lucinda, a very clever lady, I would say.
51:51Very, very clever lady.
51:53Whether you've channelled it in the right direction,
51:56I'm struggling still.
51:57Admittedly, I found one of these processes
51:59probably the most horrific I've ever had to encounter.
52:01Well, I told you it weren't a walk in the park. Absolutely.
52:04I told you it wasn't Mary Poppins. Absolutely.
52:06But not looking at excuses,
52:07I have been a good team player outside of this competition.
52:10I have led probably the best out of all the candidates to date.
52:14But one can't argue with the facts of the past ten weeks.
52:18You weren't successful when you were not the team leader.
52:23Lucinda, I'm afraid to say that you're a little bit too zany for me.
52:28You're fired.
52:53Lee...
52:55..you're a likeable type of chap.
52:58You've clearly got a lot of passion in you, wanting this job.
53:02We've got this problem with your CV.
53:05Why should you go forward? Come on.
53:08Sir Alan, for me, where I believe I differ from anyone else
53:13is I deliver.
53:14I have never failed to deliver, both as a project manager,
53:18as an individual team player.
53:20I'm proud of that fact, sir Alan.
53:22And the reason why is because I have delivered every time.
53:27And Claire, same thing. Come on.
53:29I've sold, I've presented, I've taken on all the feedback I think it takes.
53:34A big person who can just take a huge amount of critique
53:37and actually change.
53:39I wonder how many people would survive the pressure and five boardrooms
53:43and still wake up every morning and be smiling
53:45and be determined and be driven.
53:47But that's because I want to be your apprentice
53:49and become better at business.
53:55Claire, has the leopard changed its spots?
53:59Yes, you're bubbly, yes, you're enthusiastic.
54:02Are you going to disrupt all my bloody staff?
54:04Are you going to drive them round the bloody bend?
54:06Am I going to be able to put up with you, keep up with you?
54:09I don't know.
54:10Do I need that aggravation at my time of life after 40 years?
54:14You know, I'm looking for someone who wants to listen a bit
54:17and I don't think you listen.
54:19And I think that's your biggest problem, you don't listen.
54:31But fortunately for you, I'm going to let you stay.
54:38In fact, I'm going to let you all stay.
54:42And the reason is, is because you're all very, very good candidates, I think.
54:48You've all got something about you.
54:50And so, all four of you are in the final.
54:54OK? Fantastic. Good.
54:56Thank you. Thanks a lot, sir. Off you go.
54:59Oh, my God.
55:04An unusual final, but I think it's a fair final, fair to them,
55:09because there's four of them there that are all real contenders.
55:13All real contenders.
55:15It's a tough decision I've got to make.
55:18I've got to make it.
55:20I've got to make it.
55:22I've got to make it.
55:24I've got to make it.
55:26It's a tough decision I've got to make.
55:29And this way, you know, it assists me in making the right decision.
55:35Lucinda, well, she will always be a mystery.
55:38Quite clearly, she's not for our organisation.
55:42Certainly not.
55:48I feel throughout the process I haven't actually been myself.
55:51I've struggled. I really have struggled.
55:54I certainly wasn't one to scream and shout about how good I was.
55:57That wasn't liked.
55:59My accent wasn't liked.
56:01My approach to life wasn't liked.
56:03What I wore wasn't liked.
56:05I am who I am. I don't need to answer to them.
56:18Hello, winners. Hello, finalists.
56:20How are you?
56:22Oh, God!
56:24We did it! Come on!
56:26We're in the final!
56:32One job. Now just four candidates remain.
56:36Sir Alan's search for his apprentice is almost over.