Gerry’s Big Decision
July 3, 2009 by Jonathan
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Gerry’s Big Decision made its debut last night on Channel 4. It got rave reviews in the Daily Telegraph TV supplement and was a sort of ‘Dragons Den’ meets the ‘Apprentice’ meets ‘The secret Millionaire’. Business guru Sir Gerry Robinson, ex-head of (amongst others) Granada TV and Coca Cola (Europe) seems to be spending his [...]
The Apprentice – Ben finally fired
May 21, 2009 by Jonathan
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A bit of a hum-drum episode last night. A variation on the “buy from wholesalers-sell to the public” task which has been repeated at least once in each series. This variation was baby and mum-to-be related and the “pitch” was at the Earls Court baby show. It’s hard to say which of the products was [...]
The apprentice week 8
May 14, 2009 by Jonathan
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As the Apprentice moves on in weeks, so the tempo rises. There are fewer cars to take the candidates around from to place. Everyone has a seat in the boardroom and there is no place to hide. And that includes Margate… A creative task this week where the teams had to re brand the town [...]
The apprentice week 7 – Classic mistakes and an out take?
May 7, 2009 by Jonathan
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The apprentice always takes a bit of time to get going and by week 7, most of the lightweights have been fired and possible winners start to emerge. A couple more weeks and then the dreaded interviews with Suralan’s next layer of Lieutenants (after Nick & Margaret). New task last night where Suralan obviously expected [...]
The Apprentice – week 6 – Noorul fired
April 30, 2009 by Jonathan
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Well it had to happen. Noorul Choudhury was fired last night from The Apprentice episode 6. After a couple of weeks under performing, he got the boot last night. The task was actually a spin of one of my favourite tasks. In previous series, the candidates had been required to source and buy as cheaply [...]
The Apprentice – Week 5 – "Treasure flakes"
April 24, 2009 by Jonathan
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Well, forget analysing the management skills of the Apprentice candidates this week and just watch a classic episode full of people falling out and shouting at each other… A variation of the “creative task” with a TV ad, character and cereal box needed in two days. All should appeal to health conscious parents AND kids [...]
