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00:00This is not a game. This is a 12-week job interview. It's a dog-eat-dog situation.
00:13Fourteen people have come to London in search of a job.
00:18There is no phone-in here. There is no text number. There is no panel of judges.
00:25I'm the one that decides who gets fired and I'm going to be the one ultimately who decides who gets hired.
00:34They've come to battle it out for a job with Sir Alan Sugar.
00:38I am the most belligerent person that you could ever come across.
00:42Tough and straight-talking, Sir Alan's built a business empire worth 800 million pounds.
00:49Business is not about coming, piss my money up the wall.
00:52He's offering one job with a six-figure salary.
00:57To get it, they're going to have to live and work together.
01:01Don't fucking dick me around. I'm getting pissed off with it.
01:04Quite frankly, I'd like to get rid of the bleeding three of you.
01:07This is the ultimate job interview.
01:10You're fired. You are fired. You are lightweight. You're fired.
01:13We're fired.
01:15We're fired.
01:17Previously, on The Apprentice.
01:20Cheers! Cheers!
01:23Girls team velocity won the first task.
01:27The boys were left reeling.
01:30This is us. We then.
01:32Sir Alan's next corporate challenge, a charity fundraiser.
01:35fundraiser you're gonna produce two themed calendars nobody is closing any
01:42business we do on the boys team Manny and Saeed had problems communicating if
01:48you're gonna say something say something useful why the fuck are you being so
01:52aggressive and then the knives came out I need to be in there to be honest I
02:00think the project managers lost complete control the whole project we're a team
02:05Jo fell out with the rest of her team I don't really fundamentally believe in
02:10the stylish cats and dogs I think it's bollocks you are going with it
02:18the girls team lost the task this sucks as far as I'm concerned project manager
02:25Nargis chose Jo and Karen to join her in the firing line please I said to her this
02:29morning please I said to her this morning I think Jo thinks it's a conspiracy
02:32Jo fought her corner and was given another chance I am trusting you you're
02:38not leading me down the garden path I'm gonna let you go you're fine Nargis
02:44became the second casualty of the boardroom now 12 remain to fight for the
02:50chance to become the apprentice at the house the other candidates wait to see who survived the
03:06boardroom who do you think is coming back I think Karen and Jo will come back it's
03:13not my preference but I think Karen and Jo will come back did Nargis do anything wrong no she did
03:18nothing I think it will be nice
03:25I think it will be nice
03:27bring it on
03:33people still want to see me go they still see me as a threat I'm not threat I'm a person I'm not a threat it's not like oh my god what's gonna happen
03:40Jo Karen you know some people still do see me as a threat they need to stop seeing me as a threat
04:07is a threat a 6 a.m. phone call from Sir Alan's office
04:37I can't see you in front of me, I can't see you in front of me
05:07Sir Alan's called both teams to London's Stock Exchange.
05:32Good morning.
05:33Well, here we are in the centre of the city, the great city of London, in the Stock Exchange,
05:40and around here are some of the greatest traders in the world.
05:44People that are negotiating day in, day out, and never accepting the first price that's given to them.
05:52When it comes to business, it's my personal opinion that buying is one of the most important things.
05:58Now, what's going to happen is, I'm going to give you a list of ten items.
06:05I'm going to give you £1,000 each.
06:07You're going to go out and you're going to buy those ten items from the £1,000.
06:13The team that comes back with the ten items and the most amount of money left over is going to win.
06:20Everything clear?
06:21Yes, sir.
06:22Good.
06:23I'll see you back in the boardroom, six o'clock tonight.
06:27One of you will be fired.
06:30Both teams will be tracked by Sir Alan's aides, Nick and Margaret.
06:35The teams have offices at the Stock Exchange to plan their strategy for the day.
06:40But first, they must agree on a project manager.
06:42Right, project manager, what's going on?
06:44I'm happy to do it.
06:45I'm happy to do it.
06:47This is why I want to do it.
06:48It's because, A, I'm fresh out of the boardroom.
06:50My fundamental belief is that having gone through that experience, that has strengthened me.
06:55What skills have you got to be a leader?
06:57Have you got experience?
06:58Absolutely.
06:59I've managed a team of people.
07:00As leader, I'm going to be watching, okay, and there's going to be no game playing.
07:04There's going to be no messing about.
07:05Every single person has to be on the top of their game, okay, because I've got eyes and ears in the back of my head, okay?
07:10Can we just, has everyone agreed then that Jo will be project manager?
07:14Yeah.
07:14Shall we get on with it?
07:15Every single person in their team has to be the best.
07:18This is not about me.
07:19It's not about you.
07:19It's not about a competition.
07:21Ruth, you need to be the best salesperson.
07:23The cat thing, we don't want you fucking about with cats.
07:26We need you to be the best salesperson.
07:27That was a different test, Jo.
07:28I know, but what I'm saying is, I'm not bothered whether you like me or not, okay?
07:31What I need is honesty, okay?
07:32So if you feel like something's going off track, we need to be honest with it.
07:35I ain't going to be offended by anybody.
07:36I wasn't offended by anybody.
07:37We actually had eight hours, and now we've got 7.45.
07:40So can we get on with the actual task?
07:42Yeah.
07:42And the first task is that we need to have a real critical timing plan.
07:45Shall we start then?
07:46Shall we start?
07:53Each team has a list of ten items to buy,
07:56carefully chosen to stretch their negotiating skills.
08:00Everything from a box of fine cigars to the kitchen sink.
08:04You know, we're making stereotypes, but who cares?
08:08But the girls' team, Velocity, can't agree on how to plan the task.
08:12For six of us, there are ten products.
08:14Do we take 15 minutes now, bang on, look at the A to Zs,
08:17and find some areas that suit?
08:19I actually disagree.
08:20I think that we should have a brainstorm in one group so that we keep this together.
08:25You see, I'd say, why don't we use the knowledge we've got in the room,
08:28discuss the products, and just say, right, tyres, where are we going to get those from?
08:31Because they may know.
08:32I really don't understand what we're doing here.
08:34I've got to admit, I'm not clear.
08:37I think in that office, I knew what was meant to be happening.
08:41My understanding was that there was two teams who had been given a list of five items each
08:46to research, find a location to go and buy it, find a price.
08:52Within about ten minutes, that had disintegrated.
08:54I'm going to check it with Sharon in a minute.
08:55I think we need to stop, everyone, and just pay attention on what we're doing,
09:00because nobody's paying any attention to you.
09:02I'll just take your time, no rush.
09:05The boys' team, Invicta, appoints Saeed as project manager.
09:08He's got a clear strategy from the off.
09:10Keep in mind, guys, we have this office for two hours.
09:14We don't need to use it for two hours.
09:16There's no way in the rules that says we need it for two hours.
09:18So, again, let's not spend too much time planning,
09:21because this is a negotiation skill.
09:23We're going to be running around London, so we need a lot of time out there.
09:26OK.
09:27OK, and that will run for hours.
09:28Both teams must be back at the boardroom at 6 p.m.
09:31This is a race against time, so let's concentrate using the yellow pages,
09:35locating stores and shops at a smaller in-chain where we can go
09:39and we can, you know, manipulate, because that's exactly what we're doing.
09:42Secondly...
09:43Right, then, well, let's just get some photo copies done.
09:45I've only got four items. Where's the fifth one?
09:47It's a silk.
09:47I've got it here, I've got it here.
09:48What is it? I'm tired.
09:49Are you nailed on that?
09:50Yeah, I'm tired.
09:51You've got a tire, yeah?
09:52Yeah.
09:52I've got cigars.
09:53I'm looking to buy a dinner jacket.
09:55Now, I only need the jacket.
09:59Make notes.
09:59We can call from the car, guys.
10:01We can call from the car.
10:01Just take notes.
10:03Let's get all the info.
10:04After an hour and a half, the boys are on their way.
10:07They split in two, each group responsible for different items on the list.
10:16The girls are showing no sign of being ready to leave on time.
10:21I think we should go product by product and then discuss possible suppliers.
10:26Ideally, telephone number.
10:28What I want is the product down here.
10:29The product.
10:30And then I want the names of where we're going, right?
10:33Yeah.
10:33Would you like to ask people to shout out so that I can populate this?
10:37Yeah, we can do it, yeah.
10:40Joe, I'm going to stop.
10:41Joe, I'm stopping.
10:42And I'm going to pack up.
10:43Yeah, let's pack up.
10:44It's not the end of the world.
10:45It's going to get on top.
10:46Right, girls, Ruth, Sharon.
10:47What we're going to do is collect our thoughts, get it all organised, and then we're going to
10:51leave here and then we're going to have ten minutes taking stock on where we are.
10:54Ten minutes is nothing just to work out what we're doing, okay?
10:57The tempo is so...
10:58And the energy, it was actually stressing me, and that's down to the leader.
11:02You lead by example, and if your leader's getting stressed and panicking, the team will get stressed
11:06and they'll panic.
11:07Everything the teams buy must be new, but across London, prices vary widely.
11:19The cheapest retailers for each item can be miles apart, and travelling between them
11:25will take up precious time.
11:26The teams must also negotiate the very best prices.
11:36Project manager Saeed heads for less affluent East London, where he grew up.
11:40The boys' strategy is to shop around before closing a deal.
11:46What we're doing right now, lads, is we're just basically getting all the cost prices and
11:49we're earmarking shops.
11:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:51Okay, so that we know, when we go for the clothes, we know we're getting the best price.
11:55Yeah, exactly.
11:57We are looking for a dinner jacket, and you mentioned a price this morning of £95.
12:04That's right, yeah.
12:04Is that just for the jacket?
12:05That is just for the jacket, yeah.
12:06Okay, and that's your list price on that.
12:09Okay, well, he's the man with the money, and you made it quite clear to me.
12:14I mean, really, we're looking to buy this at as close to £60 as we can.
12:18Well, unfortunately, I can't do that.
12:20Yeah.
12:21It's there now.
12:21It's on the shelf.
12:23I don't know.
12:23I mean, you said, if you don't mind, £70.
12:29I mean, can we push £70 for this?
12:31We could go somewhere near the base.
12:33I'm just thinking, if we can meet in the middle somewhere, then obviously that would be fantastic.
12:36If we can't...
12:36So if we can go for £70, we'll take it off your hands.
12:38Definitely.
12:40Let me just check a list price.
12:41Okay, okay, please, yeah, go ahead.
12:43Hang on a second.
12:44I mean, that would be great.
12:45Let's not purchase.
12:47Okay.
12:47Let's not purchase.
12:48The traditions of the Casbah in the market would go for £75, and I'd be happy if that's okay with you.
12:56£75 for their jacket?
12:57Yeah.
12:59The team stick to the agreed tactic.
13:02Negotiate hard, then walk away in search of a better deal.
13:06Do you mind if we come back later?
13:07Yes, it is.
13:08For a price of £75.
13:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:12The other half of the team head for London's upmarket West End to buy a length of silk.
13:18Paul decides that role-playing will help to drive prices down.
13:23I'm going to make up that we are, er, I'm getting married.
13:26Yeah.
13:26You're my best man, and I'm going to get quite emotional, and I'm going to say, you know, it's just I just can't believe that you've been able to stop this stuff, because everyone's, you know, recommendations are going to really play it up, okay?
13:34Hi, I have a quick chat to Sarah about trying to get some silk.
13:38I'd just like to introduce Paul.
13:40I'm getting married, so, er, sorry about that.
13:44Broadwick silks.
13:46It's for my wedding, actually.
13:47Yeah.
13:47Yeah, I'm getting married, and, er, thank you very much.
13:50Um, so, er, my wife, my partner, Kate, is going to be wearing very similar to colour to this, that's why it's quite important.
13:56Because I'm more conscious as well that we've also got the buttonhole flowers.
13:59Yeah.
14:00Um, and that's like, yeah.
14:01Are you in a black suit as well?
14:02Yeah, black suits, yeah, with, er, quite pinky Gerberas.
14:06Do you know Gerbera flowers?
14:06Quite the big, big flowers.
14:08Yeah.
14:08For the time being, then, what prices are they?
14:10They're £10.95 a metre.
14:12Because that's a lot we've seen as well.
14:16And a bit more than we're having to budget.
14:18Um, what's the best price that you could do it for?
14:22£10.95 a metre.
14:23Do you mind if I go and ring Kate?
14:24I'm going to go and give her a quick call, and then I'll come back in in about two minutes.
14:29I'm getting married in a month's time, and I have to go and get some silk.
14:32They must pay less than the shop's asking price.
14:35Failure to do so could lead to the team being fine.
14:39Could you work out your overall price, then, exactly?
14:41£69.
14:41£35.
14:43£69 for cash?
14:44No.
14:45Are you married?
14:45I am, indeed.
14:46All right, OK.
14:47What did your silk cost you?
14:48I bet you got it for cheaper than 70 quid, didn't you?
14:50Funny enough, yeah.
14:51Or can't you just, you know, can I play the guilt trip and, you know, helping one man out to another?
14:56We've got one price we do.
14:58Whether if someone comes in and buys 50, 60 metres...
15:01You can't just even drop 35p, just so we can do something, right?
15:04Well, please.
15:05I could drop 35p, but what's the point of dropping 35p?
15:08So you're spending £69.
15:10Why can't, you know, you pay for £35?
15:11It'd mean a lot to me.
15:13It'd mean a lot for £35?
15:15Yeah.
15:15If it means a lot to you to make the business, I'll do it.
15:17Is that OK?
15:18£35.
15:18Let's finish on that, then, yeah?
15:19Thank you very much.
15:20Thank you for that still.
15:22Hopefully it's going to make you and her very happy.
15:24Yeah, whatever.
15:25Might come back next year, mate, and get a different colour, you never know.
15:34Joe's team are still outside the stock exchange.
15:38What else do we think about?
15:39They are really rather stringing it out, actually, wasting a bit of time, even now, more than two and a half hours after.
15:48But I would have thought, with a fair wind, we'll be off in about ten minutes.
15:5220 minutes later, the girls are still drawing up an action plan.
15:59My entire ATS, house code is E3.
16:03It's nearly three hours after the briefing, before they're finally on the road.
16:10And they also split into two groups.
16:13My name's Ruth, just to begin with.
16:15Ruth's half of the team head straight for a cigar shop in the city.
16:18Now, I need the best price that you can physically give me today on cash for those.
16:23Best price is 161.
16:25Right.
16:25We can't do 161 without that.
16:27I haven't got 161.
16:29Basically, the prices we charge in the shop are discounted quite heavily.
16:32We haven't got 161.
16:33We'll round it up to 160, but that's, it's, you know.
16:37Yep, there we go.
16:37So you've got a discount off your own.
16:39But Ruth discovers that she's paying the same price as for a telephone order that includes a delivery charge.
16:45Can you knock the £2.50 off for me?
16:47Seriously, no.
16:48But you'd put that on if we're in Manchester.
16:49You're paying for the service, number one, one-to-one.
16:52Yeah.
16:53I'm not dealing, if I'm just taking an order on the phone, no time involvement.
16:59Yeah.
16:59So you're paying extra couple of quid for me serving me?
17:02We 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.
17:06Yeah, but then the time spent on service, time is money.
17:11But actually, to package and then put the £2.50 on actually costs more.
17:13If you could do those for £1.59, anything at all.
17:17Seriously, time is money, you know that.
17:19It is, without a doubt, and it actually takes more time to package, deliver, than it does for me to stand here and buy.
17:23Oh, it doesn't. Seriously.
17:27Nothing at all?
17:28There's no margin there whatsoever?
17:30Seriously, we are...
17:32OK.
17:33You know we are paying it a great price.
17:35Thank you very much.
17:35Joe's half of the group are looking for saffron, and management consultant Alexa has volunteered to lead the first negotiation.
17:45I'm happy to do it.
17:46How confident are you?
17:48Gail, I want to turn.
17:48How confident are you to do this first one?
17:50Well, do you want to do the first one, Joe?
17:52Answer the question.
17:53How confident are you feeling about doing it?
17:54I'll do it, but, I mean, I could probably pick up some tips if I watch someone do the first one.
18:00I actually think Alexa would be good to do it, just because she's got a very soft, you know, just very softly spoken and soft.
18:07You know, you are. You're quite a soft manner.
18:09OK.
18:11Hello there.
18:11What are you looking for?
18:12My name's Alexa.
18:14What we're looking for today is 30 grams of saffron.
18:18So, at your normal price, would be £23.
18:22Indeed, yeah.
18:22And so, what sort of discount from that?
18:25After taking all the discounts out, I will charge you £20 for this, 32 grams.
18:29£20.
18:31That's quite a lot.
18:34Is 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?
18:43OK, I will do that for you.
18:44Thank you very much.
18:46That's ever so good of you.
18:48Yeah, we've got it.
18:48Hi, Ruth. Can you hear me?
18:49Project manager Joe wants to clear all deals before they're closed.
18:54But news reaches her that Ruth's group are buying without her approval.
18:58They're buying things now, I'm not going to.
19:04But they've bought two things now.
19:06I don't mind them buying it, but what I need to be assured is that they're absolutely confident, like we three are now, that they've gone through all that decision-making process.
19:12And I don't feel that's happened on that one for £160, that's not good enough for me.
19:19The other half of Joe's team press on with buying their next item, silk.
19:25Is everyone happy with it?
19:26Paul paid nearly £70 for his fabric.
19:29So what would be the best price that you could offer us today on this?
19:35You're £48.94.
19:37Now, OK, so if we're starting with £48.94, I really need to get some form of discount, the best price.
19:42Is there any way you could go down at all on that price, please?
19:45On that price, I can round it off to £45 if you're paying in cash.
19:48£45?
19:49Could you do £40?
19:52That would make our day if you could.
19:54At £40, it's nearly half what the boys paid, but they haven't cleared it with their project manager.
20:03I'm not happy, I'm not happy with that.
20:05I know, I know, I know.
20:07Just don't be too...
20:09The tracks we've got there.
20:13Hello?
20:14Oh, hi, Sharon, it's Joe.
20:16Listen, we're actually in a shop, doing some negotiation at the moment.
20:19Can we call you back? It's not a good time.
20:21Sharon, listen, I understand that, but before you actually agree to the final buying price,
20:26can one of you just ring me, because there's a few things that I just want to check before you actually agree to go ahead with it?
20:31Joe, this is not very professional at the moment, so we'll speak to you when we get out of the shop.
20:36Has the negotiation been completed? You can always move away from the main conversation.
20:40Can we just call you back in a minute?
20:42Yeah, before you agree to the final...
20:44We'll call you back in a second.
20:46Yeah, I appreciate that, Sharon, but if you could...
20:49Thank you, thank you, bye.
20:52Bye.
20:56What's up?
21:00I just don't want there to be difficulty.
21:02Stop brooding, please.
21:06Don't be angry, because that's going to really just wind them up.
21:09This is so important that we are cohesive as a team.
21:12This is really, really important.
21:18But before long, Joe's back on the phone.
21:21Hello?
21:22Hiya.
21:23Can you just give us a rundown on what you've secured so far?
21:25You can't keep on phoning us when we're doing that, Joe, because it looks terrible.
21:29Yeah, Sharon, but the thing is, I don't know what process you're in, do I?
21:32So, when I ring...
21:34I have to do the ring when the...
21:35Yeah, but...
21:36When I need to pee to you.
21:38We came out of it okay, because you...
21:40I did...
21:41...the product team, okay?
21:42So, what else have we...
21:43I told you that.
21:44I told you that four times, and you still wouldn't let us go on with it, so it held up.
21:49Yeah, okay, Sharon.
21:50We've got...
21:50Can we do this, Luke?
21:52...through, about the location, about making...
21:54Yeah, we actually...
21:55Hang on, Joe, let us speak, first of all.
21:58We actually...
21:58I actually went through the process.
22:00I could have got the...
22:01...somewhere else.
22:01Yeah, hang on.
22:03Hang on.
22:05Joe, Joe, let me just...
22:07Joe, Joe, let me just...
22:13Joe, Joe, let me just...
22:15Hang on, sorry.
22:19Hang on, we just got our name.
22:21Joe, Joe, we're recent, huh?
22:23Sayid is still shopping around in the East End, a place he claims to know well.
22:34Sayid, how big is this?
22:36I mean, it's just quite way down, but I mean, again, would you do the record?
22:39Five minutes up, five minutes down.
22:41All right.
22:41The plan is to buy all the items in the same place at the same time.
22:47The sink, sink.
22:49Stationary hardware, China.
22:51Excuse me, do you sell sinks?
22:53Okay.
22:54Okay, thank you.
22:55There's this client shop.
22:56You can go to the fresh place over there as well.
22:58Is there any place that you know that sell fresh lobsters around here?
23:01Fresh lobster.
23:02Okay, so, obviously, you being the man...
23:06Fishmongers on the corner, end of the market.
23:08And the corner there's some fishmongers, is it?
23:10The George's place, the fishmongers we were trying to get to, they've closed.
23:14It's one o'clock.
23:16Yeah.
23:16Yeah, well, okay, next time we come back here, we'll be closing off deals.
23:20It's one o'clock now, isn't it?
23:21Yes, it is.
23:22And you haven't bought anything yet?
23:23We haven't.
23:24We've earmarked the dinner jacket.
23:27We're having problems with the sink, which we're trying to solve now.
23:32A sink, a kitchen sink.
23:33A sink.
23:34Can you tell me where else I could go to?
23:37The sinks, anywhere around here in this location.
23:40Still empty-handed, they head back to the first menswear shop to buy the dinner jacket.
23:48Manny's been told to improve on the £75 deal that's already been agreed.
23:52Guys, you're being unfair, right?
23:54I mean, I've already got 20 quid off.
23:56No, no, I know.
23:56This is what I'm trying to say to you, okay?
23:57I know what you're saying, but give me the full amount so I can buy it if I have to.
24:00I'm not going to walk out.
24:01Mate, okay, no, no, I understand.
24:02Okay, I know you're going to be happy.
24:04I'll give you the full amount.
24:04No problem.
24:05I'll give you the full amount.
24:06What the guys are telling me to do now is beg, beg, beg.
24:10To bring it down.
24:11I'm going to go in.
24:12I hate doing this.
24:14When people have been, you know, up front, I like to be up front back.
24:17I'm going to go in and I'm going to try to get some more money off him.
24:20But really, I think we've already got a great price for it.
24:23Yeah.
24:24Quite frankly, it's a bit annoying.
24:27We would like to grab this dinner jacket, but we are completely out of cash.
24:33Now, look, we agreed on $75.
24:37How close can you get to $65?
24:40$74.95?
24:43You know, it's...
24:44We're absolutely desperate.
24:54We're tired.
24:55Yeah, I know.
24:56We'd rather not have to go running around other shops where we can get cheaper quality,
25:00but for the price that we've got.
25:01Yeah.
25:02I just can't.
25:03I really can't.
25:03It's just, to be honest, it wouldn't be worth my while doing it.
25:06Yeah.
25:07$75.
25:07Yeah, I'm sorry.
25:08PM, I mean...
25:10Yeah, I mean, basically...
25:12Can you take us up to...
25:13We're running out of time, guys.
25:16But I think we should just...
25:18Anything off $75.
25:18I think we've got about $73.
25:20So we're saving a few pennies even because...
25:21$73.
25:21Because, you know...
25:22You've got the £3 that I gave to you while you're on.
25:23I've got three pounds in here.
25:25I've got three pounds change.
25:26$73?
25:27Can we say $73?
25:28Just to get an empty shop, yeah.
25:29Can I have a shot?
25:33Joe's team are also searching for a dinner jacket, but prices in central London are too high.
25:39What sort of cost are we looking at for this?
25:40This one is £129 for the jacket alone.
25:43They're told to try Camden Market.
25:47Not an obvious location for buying formal evening wear.
25:51We'll be out of corner.
25:52Catacombs, thanks.
25:53Thank you, I wish for your help.
25:54Brilliant, thank you.
25:56Right.
25:56Hello there.
26:00Hiya.
26:00And you sell men's dinner jackets.
26:04Dinner jacket?
26:05You know, smart fit, yeah?
26:06Just down here?
26:07Yeah.
26:08Just in all the programs, yeah?
26:10Ruth's half of the team are having more success.
26:13They continue buying without getting Joe's approval.
26:16Right.
26:17We need to get stainless steel kitchen sink.
26:21You can do it for a tenner, I'll take it, then.
26:25Done.
26:26Wow.
26:26Yeah, well done.
26:28Great.
26:30Their efforts push the girls' team well in front of the boys.
26:33By mid-afternoon, they've bought six items.
26:37The boys have only got two.
26:39Well, where is this?
26:39Did you say down there?
26:40Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
26:40Are we going down?
26:41What time is it?
26:41What number is it?
26:421.48.
26:43No, I think it might be that way.
26:44Let's keep going.
26:44Saeed's group are looking for cooked lobsters, and they're struggling.
26:48So we've got no idea where we would get those sort of items.
26:52Can you give us any ideas at all?
26:54No.
26:54All right, fine.
26:58Well, if they're any place to get some of that during the week, we'd be some of the Harrods.
27:03Harrods?
27:03Yeah.
27:05All right, thank you.
27:05Right, let's go.
27:06All right, let's go.
27:07They're not sure where to go, or even what they're supposed to be buying.
27:10They look like frozen to me.
27:12They don't look cooked.
27:14Whole cooked.
27:16Yeah.
27:16That's not cooked, is it?
27:17It doesn't look, well, it doesn't look it.
27:19It must be.
27:20Cooked meaning boiled.
27:21Yeah, boiled, yeah.
27:22Actually, you wouldn't be able to tell, would you?
27:24If it's on ice.
27:25Well, yeah.
27:26Yeah.
27:27No, that's not cooked.
27:28Because you cook them, and then you want to keep them fresh, no?
27:32For Joe's team, finding a dinner jacket in Camden Market is proving a wild goose chase.
27:39They leave with nothing except another tip-off, a menswear shop five miles away.
27:47So far, they've only bought one thing, and time is against them.
27:51Hello.
27:53How old is the man?
27:54How old is he?
27:55Who's he buying it for?
27:56You're buying it for?
27:57I am buying it because he has lost the one he would normally wear, and we need for tonight
28:01to buy a really cheap one.
28:02It has to be really cheap.
28:03Really cheap?
28:04Really cheap.
28:04I know this is not.
28:05So you came to the right place?
28:07Yeah, great.
28:08You came to the right place.
28:09We're all trying to get this jacket, please.
28:12Very cheap.
28:13Yes, please.
28:14Yeah, we need the cheap.
28:14Can you tell me what you've got?
28:15I bring it in.
28:17Thanks.
28:18Right.
28:18Do you want to try it on?
28:20I'd like to have a little look, but it has to be single button, I think.
28:24Single button.
28:24Single button.
28:25Well, I'm only showing the button three.
28:27But we do have also a single button.
28:28Yes, but of course, this is more fashionable, button three.
28:32Yeah, he wants, I don't know why he wants a single button.
28:34I don't know, but he wants to be an old man.
28:36I don't know, but anyway, let's do what he wants, shall we?
28:40What are we looking at?
28:40How much is this?
28:41£85.
28:42How about if we said £75?
28:44No, not even £79.95.
28:47You think just not, you wouldn't even meet in the middle?
28:49No, I can't, I can't.
28:50You're tough.
28:51I thought you were going to be a bit softer than this, but you're pretty tough.
28:54If we can take it down to £80, would you be willing to shake my hand now and say for £80
28:59you would sell that jacket to me, please?
29:01She looks so nice.
29:04You will.
29:05I will.
29:05You're a star.
29:06Thank you very much.
29:07That's very good of you.
29:08We need to see the jacket, though.
29:09I've shaken your hand and I haven't even seen the jacket.
29:12It's been a long drawn-out, and Karen still hasn't confirmed the jacket's in stock.
29:19Well, I haven't got a single breasted, but I've got a double breasted.
29:24Oh, no, we need a single breasted, a single button.
29:26No, it looks like I ran out.
29:29Another dead end.
29:30Two and a half hours, and they've bought nothing at all.
29:34It's time they can ill afford.
29:42By late afternoon, Said is still on the hunt for red lobster.
29:47Cooked.
29:47They both need to be cooked.
29:48And, yeah, they need to be cooked.
29:51Basically, they need to be red.
29:53So, I mean, not obviously grilled or anything like that, but it's basically cooked.
29:57Okay, so they're not green or, you know, the original colour they come with.
30:00Finally, he tracks down a restaurant, but it's only got two of the three lobsters he needs.
30:10We've got five minutes to start the job.
30:12Oh, let's get started.
30:13I have 15 pounds for me.
30:15That's all we've got left at the...
30:16Well, that's more or less what I've got left.
30:20Sorry, that's each lobster?
30:21No, that's for two.
30:22That's for two lobsters?
30:23That's for two lobsters.
30:24Right, okay.
30:25And as I said to you, I will promise to give you return business.
30:28I guarantee you, every person that I meet from now on until I die, okay, they will know where to come when they want a lobster.
30:36Okay, how's your health?
30:38Obviously, you can tell that I'm over here.
30:40We're talking the same language.
30:41You've only got to get one more person to come into my restaurant, and I've made whatever I've lost on two lobsters.
30:47Stephen, you've made me proud.
30:48That's exactly what I've got in mind, and we're doing good business.
30:52So, 15 pounds I'll shake on that.
30:53Thank you for your time.
30:57After a fruitless tour of North London, Jo's group gets the dinner jacket.
31:06Jamie, Jamie.
31:0635, yes.
31:0875, Jo, that's fine. Let's get going.
31:10They've bought two things on their list.
31:12Ruth's group have picked up seven.
31:15There's still a car tire to get, and it falls to Karen to find it.
31:20We've still got 40 minutes.
31:2240 minutes is grand.
31:23We'll be able to do it, Jo, don't worry.
31:26So, while we're on the way, can we just nag a few?
31:27Telephone course, just to check on this tire.
31:29Sure.
31:30And I'll keep bloody nagging you to death about this.
31:31I apologise.
31:32I am nagging about this line.
31:35Hi there.
31:36I'm looking for a Goodyear Eagle NCT 5 Chrysler Voyager tire.
31:41Please, please.
31:43Do you have it in stock?
31:44Yes.
31:45I know I'm having an absolute nightmare.
31:48I know it's really cheeky.
31:49It is really cheeky of me.
31:51With little progress, Jo decides to pass responsibility for the tire to the other half of her team.
32:02Because otherwise, if we go back without this tire, then we're doomed, all right?
32:05This tire could mean the difference between winning or losing.
32:07OK.
32:08This is my own point.
32:09She's just said, us buying the tire is the win or lose situation.
32:13Oh, no, don't fucking put that on me.
32:15That's what she says to us?
32:16That's what she says to us.
32:16That's not fair.
32:17No, that's not fair.
32:18I'm not having that.
32:19I mean, if we just work down the list, out of the ten things, we've got seven of them.
32:23I'd be very interested to know what they've been doing in the four or five areas that have been away from us.
32:36Saeed's team are up against it, searching for their last lobster.
32:40All right, restaurant.
32:41This restaurant.
32:41You look left.
32:42I'm going to look right.
32:43OK.
32:43Any sort of seafood bar, anything?
32:44You're on.
32:45You're on.
32:45Yeah.
32:45Where is it?
32:54Excuse me.
32:54Sorry.
32:55Cheers.
32:59Hi.
33:00Saeed, nice to meet you.
33:02Yeah, basically the situation is we need to purchase a lobster.
33:06OK.
33:06Usually I sell a whole lobster for 28 pounds if you're sitting down to eat in the restaurant.
33:11OK.
33:11Because you're going to take all the extra costs, 14 pounds is a deal.
33:14You know, 10 pounds is a deal.
33:1610 pounds?
33:16Come on, you don't buy it essentially for 10 pounds.
33:18We are sticking to the budget.
33:19That's the only reason.
33:20Oh, my God.
33:20Cash?
33:21Cash.
33:21Cash in hand?
33:22Cash in hand.
33:22Thank you very much.
33:24Hold on.
33:24Thank you very much.
33:25Right, let's go, guys.
33:26Let's go, go, go.
33:27You might never know something.
33:29All right.
33:33Left.
33:36Let's go, go, go, go, go.
33:44With less than an hour left, both teams are down to the final item on Sir Alan's list,
33:51a tyre.
33:52Returning to the boardroom without it will lead to a big penalty.
33:57We need to go and get our tyre.
33:58Can we please keep to the schedule?
34:00It means that we have to leave the tyres.
34:02Leave the tyres.
34:02I need to meet you there at 10 to 6.
34:04So what are you basically saying to me?
34:05If we can't get the tyre, we have to go.
34:07No, no.
34:07I'm saying get the tyre, but be very, very quick.
34:09Quick deal, out.
34:10All right, bye.
34:14Hi, Michelle.
34:15Hi, yeah.
34:15Right, we cannot get this tyre.
34:17But now us three are relying on you three to get that tyre, because you've got spare time with it.
34:21I know, but please don't say, but please don't do it like this.
34:24Please don't say this is life or death, and you're relying on us to do this.
34:26No, it wasn't our idea.
34:27You know, we're trying everything that we can.
34:30But that's what I'm just trying to emphasise about how important it is, because you guys are the ones with the tyre and we're not.
34:35Yeah, OK, bye.
34:36Wait, what a fucking farce.
34:38What's happening?
34:39What does she want us to do?
34:40What the fuck does she want us to do?
34:53No, I want a tyre.
35:06Are we going to get back to the boardroom for six o'clock?
35:08We will.
35:08We're going to do it.
35:09We're going to do it.
35:10Paul's group head to a garage that has the tyre in stock.
35:14North way.
35:14North way.
35:14Stop, stop, stop.
35:16Right, there he is.
35:17Stop, stop, stop.
35:17Ruth's half of the team are en route to a tyre shop near the boardroom.
35:25But with only half an hour to get it, they're lost.
35:28Oh, fuck.
35:30What's happened?
35:31Oh, shit.
35:32Right, just where is it?
35:34Fucking one, two, six.
35:35I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone.
35:36Shit.
35:37Dunn will lead the boys' final negotiation.
35:41Pound off.
35:43We literally need absolutely anything.
35:45He must drive down the £94 asking price or the team will be fine.
35:50No, I'm not.
35:50She just means a lot to me not to pay what you say you want.
35:54No, £94.
35:55Anything.
35:55Bottom line.
35:59Can you do me a big favour, please?
36:00I am.
36:01I want to have done that.
36:01I know, I appreciate it.
36:03I really don't want to pay first price for it.
36:07So anything.
36:07So you pass it, you're £93.99.
36:09Yes, I'd shake you by the hand.
36:11Fair enough.
36:11Done.
36:13Done.
36:13Right, let's get the man paid.
36:18It's me.
36:20We cannot get it.
36:21Right, well, we've got a tyre for you at Sloan Avenue, so you need to go to Sloan Avenue.
36:26We can.
36:27We can't.
36:28No, no, no.
36:28Why?
36:29We're going to miss the boardroom.
36:31Right next to the boardroom, we've got a name of a guy, he's expecting you.
36:34She don't want us to go to the boardroom.
36:36Hang on, it's quarter to six.
36:38She doesn't want us to.
36:39There's no tyre places within the facility that are open.
36:41She's the project manager and if she tells us not to go back to the boardroom, we've got to listen.
36:45Let me call her back now.
36:46Tell her we've got ten minutes and there is no way we can get anywhere in ten minutes.
36:49Oh, shit.
36:50It'll take us ten minutes to get to the bloody boardroom.
36:52Shit, she's on the phone.
36:54Well, this isn't our call.
36:55It's a PM.
36:56She's got to go to the table.
36:56Michelle, at the end of the day, if your leader is taking you in the complete wrong direction, I agree.
37:01Tell them.
37:02You tell them clearly what the facts are.
37:03Give me the phone.
37:04Do not tell them.
37:06Do not tell them.
37:07Do not tell them.
37:08I've got some MOT sign there.
37:09Have we got time though?
37:10That's the question.
37:11No, let's go.
37:12No, let's go.
37:13Oh, hello.
37:14Hello, what's this?
37:15Hey, hey, hey.
37:16Shall we get out and run?
37:17Where the fucking hell is Savalot?
37:19He's bloody shit.
37:20I've got my heels hanging off.
37:21What are you?
37:22I don't hear them.
37:23Hey, Ash will just take Ash's off.
37:25Yeah, come on.
37:26Hang on.
37:27Hang on, there we go.
37:28There's the girls there, look.
37:29There's the girls there.
37:30There's the girls there.
37:31They're struggling for something.
37:32Oh, they need something.
37:33Oh, come on.
37:34Where is it?
37:35Where the fucking hell?
37:36I'm not going to get light from this.
37:37Come on, let's go.
37:38Sir Alan is expecting everyone in the boardroom at 6pm.
37:56The girls head back without the tyre.
38:07The team started with a budget of a thousand pounds.
38:31Whoever's come back with the most money will win.
38:34Good night.
38:37Good night.
38:39Good morning.
38:53Hello, good evening.
39:05Good evening, sir.
39:09Let's get on with it, shall we?
39:11Margaret?
39:12I followed Invict around and they bought all the ten items
39:17and they came back with £326 and a penny.
39:22Right.
39:24And Nick, the girls?
39:26Well, Velocity failed to buy the tyre.
39:31And your rules stipulate that the guide price,
39:34in this case of £90 for the tyre,
39:37plus a fine of £50,
39:39is added to their expenditure,
39:42so the total is £318.
39:46So, the boys win by £8.
39:50Well done.
39:56I've got a great treat lined up for you.
39:58You're off to the races tomorrow.
40:00At Sandown, I've got you the best box there,
40:03with food and drinks laid on.
40:06Ladies, tomorrow, you're going to come back to this boardroom.
40:09one of you is going to get fired.
40:11Okay?
40:12Everybody off.
40:13Thank you, sir.
40:14I'm not sure that everybody was 100% behind Joe as a project manager,
40:34and I'll be very interested to hear what people say should we end up in the boardroom.
40:38The poorest member of the team,
40:43I would have to say, is Joe.
40:45She can't make decisions.
40:47She can't empower people.
40:50And she can't calm situations.
40:51She can't control her emotions.
40:53So, what happened in your day?
40:54I felt on this task that Joe was a person that did not perform the best as project manager,
41:01and to be honest, I think it was Joe's fault this time that we lost.
41:06For my mind, we're all clear on what happened.
41:08I think we've got a view of what happened in the day,
41:10and it's just all down to the boardroom tomorrow.
41:12It's shit, but it's just got to happen, isn't it?
41:14Next morning, the treat.
41:27It's the winner's enclosure for Saeed's team.
41:31So, how can I help you?
41:32£26 on number four.
41:34£26 win number four.
41:35Strudel, 8-1.
41:37Odds on favourite not to come back, Joe.
41:39Odds on favourite.
41:41I bet a tenner on the nose and she ain't coming back.
41:43Joe, I agree.
41:45I can see it.
41:46Where?
41:46Down.
41:47Right ahead.
41:48Oh, no, no, no.
41:49Lads, where's lane four?
41:50How do I keep going?
41:50Lane four.
41:51It's not lane four.
41:51Lane four.
41:54It's not athletics, really.
41:57Lane four.
42:00Here we go.
42:01Here we go.
42:02Come on.
42:03Come on.
42:04He's in.
42:06Miles away.
42:06Come on.
42:07Come on.
42:08Come on.
42:09Oh, my goodness.
42:13Come on.
42:14Come on.
42:15Oh, man.
42:19Can I cut?
42:19Ten tonight?
42:20Yeah.
42:23Yes.
42:24Weather Island's in the front.
42:25Weather Island is killing it.
42:27That's right.
42:28You chose the right lane.
42:29You chose the right lane.
42:31It's a natural.
42:32Quote of the day.
42:33Hey.
42:34Let's make sure we keep winning, because treats work.
42:40Oh, yeah.
42:49For the losers, the boardroom beckons.
42:53One of them is about to get fired.
42:55All right, Jenny, can you send the ladies in, please?
43:17All right, Joe, you was the team leader, right?
43:19Yeah.
43:20What were you doing for the first two and a half hours when I left you?
43:24What were you actually up to?
43:26Well, we were actually up to deciding what the, like I say, deciding how we were going
43:30to select the suppliers, deciding on the groups, deciding clearly what the strategy was.
43:34What, all that time?
43:35Yeah, because my belief is that it's really important to get that right before we get in
43:38the car.
43:39But you spent two hours, 40 minutes, and the first thing in the morning strategising.
43:43Yeah.
43:44Your team wasted another three and a half hours buying a bloody dinner jacket.
43:49I absolutely agree that the time in the morning was not well spent.
43:54Listen, I mean, there's a bit of altercation I've heard of where you have said, and I want
44:02to explore this, you don't want any of your teams that went off separately to buy anything
44:07unless they speak to you.
44:07Is that right?
44:08I did.
44:09I said that in an hour.
44:10What did you ring in the middle of one negotiation?
44:11I did, yeah.
44:12I did.
44:12Was that with you, was it?
44:14I tried to ask Jo, I said, Jo, I'll call you back in a second.
44:18I was quite assertive, saying I will definitely phone you back.
44:21But Jo just wasn't listening.
44:23I said, Jo, this is really, really unprofessional.
44:25Can you please just let us go just now?
44:27And she just never let me go.
44:29And then I just had to say, Jo, I'm sorry, but I'm putting the phone down.
44:31I'm going.
44:32What did you negotiate for?
44:33Sir Alan, negotiation is something that's new to me.
44:37Well, you say it's new to you.
44:38Do you mean it's in the kind of admission you're not very good at it?
44:40Well, it's not my strength.
44:41It's not my biggest strength, Sir Alan.
44:42What is your biggest strength?
44:44Creativity.
44:46Creativity?
44:46Yeah, I would say, yeah.
44:47Yeah.
44:48I'd like to hear from you why, you know, why I should employ you.
44:52I do try very hard.
44:54I work well with the rest of the team members.
44:56I am enthusiastic.
44:57I've got a willingness to learn and try different situations.
44:59And I'll do the very best I can.
45:03Well, I'm sure you would do the very best.
45:04Sometimes the very best is not good enough.
45:07And, Alexa, what I don't need is people standing in front of boards writing up strategy and all that stuff.
45:13Whilst, yeah, OK, five, ten minutes of it, let's get our act together.
45:17Two hours, 40 bloody minutes of it is a bit too much when you've got only ten hours to execute.
45:22I completely agree with you.
45:23I think, for me, I would have preferred just a bit more of a quick blast on the flip chart planning up front, but then moving on immediately into the task itself.
45:34I see.
45:35Karen, was you in any way at all responsible for procuring the tyre?
45:41Was I responsible for it?
45:44Yeah.
45:44Whose responsibility was it to procure the tyre?
45:49Because the tyre was the thing that, you know, to use a pun, let you down.
45:52Yeah.
45:53It was our group, Sir Alan.
45:54It was the group that...
45:55A group?
45:56No individual?
45:57No.
45:57There's got to be somebody who was leading the tyre negotiation.
46:01Sir Alan, the person that's responsible for procuring the tyre knows who that person is.
46:04Well, who is it?
46:05So I'd hope that that person at this point...
46:06Well, who is it?
46:07You're the team leader.
46:08No, who is.
46:09I don't know it is.
46:11It's Karen.
46:12She knows that.
46:12I was responsible for the tyre.
46:14The group of three that were in that car were responsible for the tyre.
46:17Is that not true?
46:18Yeah, but ultimately the responsibility was resting with you on the tyre.
46:22OK.
46:22Why didn't we get the tyre?
46:25Can we understand this now?
46:27Was it we ran out of time or was it you thought it was too expensive?
46:30What was being offered or what?
46:31We ran out of time.
46:31You ran out of time.
46:32No, we did make a decision.
46:33No, the reason...
46:34No one would make a decision about what?
46:36Dinner jacket.
46:36They spent too much time.
46:38At the end of the day, there's only one thing that is worse than making the wrong decision
46:41and that's not making one at all.
46:43And the original thing we did was...
46:44No, you see, the problem is we haven't talked this through properly.
46:47You have got that completely wrong.
46:49How many places did you go to to negotiate the dinner jacket?
46:53We went to two places and talk.
46:55Well, one of them, you sat there romancing with some old bloke from Sicily, didn't you?
46:58For about 15 minutes until you found out that he didn't actually have the bloody jacket anyway.
47:04We were in for eight minutes, yeah.
47:06I think it was a little bit longer than that, actually.
47:07And I normally like to get my facts right, you see.
47:10But the thing is, I've nearly got six hours out of ten hours that you've got to do this task.
47:1660% of your bloody time was not actually out there talking and negotiating and driving directly to places that you knew had the stuff.
47:26And she's putting the blame on you, on the tyre.
47:30And you haven't explained to me why it's got nothing to do with you.
47:34No, I'm not saying it doesn't have anything to do with me.
47:37I was part of a team of three.
47:39I will not take full responsibility for the tyre salon because it was not fully my responsibility.
47:44Okay, look, you know the rules.
47:46You know the rules now.
47:49Name them.
47:50Two people that are coming back in this boardroom with you.
47:53Because one of you will get fired.
47:55Yeah, I'm happy to go.
47:56You're a project manager.
47:57You have to take a lot of responsibility yourself on this.
48:00Yeah, I'm happy to do that.
48:02But first I'd like to clarify, are we judging people on their performance in this task or on the performance of all three?
48:06That's none of your business, quite frankly.
48:08That's none of your business, right?
48:10I'm the one dishing out the job here.
48:12So don't you start pontificating about other tasks here.
48:16You're responsible for this task.
48:18And your job is to tell me who didn't perform on this task, okay?
48:23Don't start drifting off onto other things.
48:25So I'm not going to debate that with you.
48:27It's all right?
48:27What do you mean to tell me?
48:45Since last night, you still haven't got a clue what's going on.
48:49You've had the benefit of a whole night.
48:51Karen and Alexa.
48:53Karen and Alexa, okay.
48:54I'll call you back in when I'm ready for you.
49:05Jesus Christ.
49:08See you later.
49:09Okay.
49:10Well, the point I was trying to make is the strategic meeting for two hours, 40 minutes at the stock exchange afterwards was supposed to,
49:18A, identify which vendors had the merchandise, and B, what the location is.
49:25And if that, you know, you've got a bloody minicab driver who could work that out.
49:28He can come from timber bloody too.
49:30You just need a map.
49:31Where is this?
49:32Where is that?
49:33Where is this?
49:34This is the logical direction that we're going to go.
49:36Okay, Jenny, will you send the three ladies in, please?
49:56I want to hear from you.
50:08Why isn't it your fault?
50:12The reason why it's not my fault on this occasion is that because we did split into two teams,
50:17and one of the teams performed exceedingly well.
50:21So in line with...
50:22Not the one that you were with.
50:23Yeah, it does seem a bit strange.
50:26More than strange.
50:27Sorry?
50:27More than strange.
50:28So you're taking credit for the success of the other half of your team, the ones you were not with.
50:33That's correct.
50:34And if the strategy was flawed, how did one team do it and how did the other team not do it?
50:37And if this was my, the whole task would have failed.
50:40Yeah, but you were with the bloody team that didn't do it.
50:42I know, I know that, yeah.
50:43I mean, you know, I could take that argument.
50:45If you were with this team, you're singing the praises there.
50:48I accept that.
50:49But you were with the bloody team that didn't do it.
50:51I accept that.
50:52Let's start from another angle, shall we?
50:54What's she doing in there?
50:55What's she doing here?
50:56Alexa's doing here because over the...
50:58I think we need to see more from Alexa.
51:00Alexa, there is a way, there is a kind of a demeanour, there is a posture upon which people negotiate.
51:07I'm wondering whether you've got that in you.
51:09Have you got that in you?
51:10I absolutely...
51:10You know, what's coming, feeding, being fed back to me is, is that it's a bit amateurish, it's a bit childish, it's a bit little girlish.
51:17No, I've got no doubt that I've got that ability and I don't think my approach is amateurish.
51:23I see.
51:23Why shouldn't I fire you?
51:26Because I've got an awful lot to offer.
51:27I think I've...
51:28I don't know if you have, you see, I don't know if you have because I do not need strategists, you know, I don't need lecturing to, I need doers, right?
51:36Someone goes out, sells, buys, sorts things out, gets things organised.
51:41Yeah, no, that's what I enjoy doing.
51:43I think I have...
51:44You haven't done it very well, have you?
51:45Well, I haven't had enough of a chance to show myself...
51:47Well, you've had three weeks here, you know.
51:49And I think I have contributed a lot during those tasks.
51:52I think I'm not about just strategy.
51:54Yes, I like to have a plan in place and be organised at the start.
51:57You better not be just about strategy, you wouldn't have a chance with me, I can tell you.
52:01What's she doing in there?
52:02What's she doing in there?
52:03Karen's here because fundamentally I believe that the tyre did let us down yesterday.
52:07Was she responsible for getting the tyre or not?
52:09Yeah, I did keep asking Karen throughout the day because I was concerned about the tyre.
52:14Is she lying?
52:15I was not responsible for getting the tyre.
52:17Let me just explain the reasons why I came to that decision.
52:19The group were responsible for getting the tyre.
52:21We all share a collective responsibility but the reason why I feel this is so important is because I was nervous about the tyre.
52:27I kept saying to Karen, please make sure, you know, this...
52:30Because what I was nervous about was the price that they were...
52:32To be honest, I did keep...
52:34I was like a rock vial.
52:36I keep saying to Karen, please assure me this tyre, you know, you need to make sure.
52:39Because it's a critical item, please make sure that this is going to happen, this tyre.
52:45Karen, do I need another corporate lawyer?
52:47No, I don't.
52:49Why shouldn't I get rid of you today?
52:51I've shown, Mr Allen, in the last three tasks that I can do and perform the skills that you're looking for.
52:57Well, I actually do.
52:58Dirty your hands?
52:59Absolutely dirty my hands.
53:00I've shown...
53:01Who should be fired then out of it?
53:02You're going to say to her, are you?
53:05You're going to point straight to her, are you?
53:06If you're talking about responsibility for the reason the task fails, it has to come down to the planning.
53:13As a team, as a project manager, you have to take responsibility for that planning.
53:17Who should get fired then?
53:18I have to say Joe then.
53:19Who do you think should be fired?
53:20I have to say Joe just because I don't think there was enough organisation.
53:23You're not looking good.
53:26Right, Joe, you do have this determination, you do have this forthrightness, you do have qualities of selling, you've clearly got qualities of buying.
53:34I just don't know if you're just a bloody nutter.
53:37That's the problem, right?
53:39That's the problem because I love people with spirit.
53:42You put yourself forward as the team leader.
53:45You have to convince me because you are very, very close to that door over there.
53:50Don't flannel me with kind of like a machine gun rat-a-tat.
53:54You tell me why I should leave you here.
53:56Sir Alan, let me put it this way, okay?
53:58I didn't come into this boardroom today putting myself in this risky position.
54:01I accept the fact that this is a risky position.
54:02You're in a very risky position.
54:03I know I am.
54:04Firstly, most importantly, I stepped up when I knew that half the team were fundamentally against me.
54:08I knew that anyway.
54:10Secondly, I believe that if it's fundamentally flawed, then everything would have failed and it didn't.
54:20I've got to make a decision here.
54:27Karen, I'm having difficulty understanding the tyre issue.
54:31I'm having difficulty understanding you did know where the stuff was.
54:35You did know the locations and then you tell me you don't know the locations.
54:38As a lawyer, as an articulate person, trained to be articulate, you have not clarified.
54:43I haven't got clarity on that from my point of view.
54:46Alexa, I'm very concerned about you being a bit weak for what I require.
55:00However, you are the team leader and you sat in that car with these two and you're telling me that one of these two should go.
55:10That I can't get my head around.
55:12Sir Alan, the last boardroom you said don't let me down, right?
55:15The team criticised me for my emotion and crying and since then, I believe that I have not let you down and I won't.
55:22Can I make a point, Sir Alan?
55:23I do not believe that I'm weak.
55:24Quite the contrary.
55:26And I really need to be given that opportunity.
55:28I believe to show myself in project manager role so that I can show you what I can do.
55:33Alright, you got it.
55:34Okay?
55:37You're staying.
55:38You've spoken up for yourself.
55:40So have you.
55:41I like people who stick up for themselves.
55:43That's what it's all about.
55:44I've heard nothing from you, Karen.
55:46You haven't stood out for yourself.
55:48I don't need more corporate lawyers.
55:50You're fine.
55:51I don't want to do that.
55:58I don't want to give them some money.
56:03I don't want to do that.
56:05That is the really hardest thing I've ever had to do.
56:25Hardest fucking thing I've ever had to do.
56:28Alexa fought for a corner.
56:30I like that.
56:31I like that.
56:31The other one is start raving bloody mad, but so am I.
56:36Don't fucking let me down, right?
56:38I don't need another lawyer, Margaret.
56:40Sorry, I've got you, if that's not bad enough.
56:43I mean, you know, you couldn't sell a box of matches if you tried,
56:45but you're very good at what you do do.
56:47But she claims she's trying.
56:49I'm sorry, she had to go.
56:50Nice lady, but she had to go.
57:05I don't think that was a fair decision.
57:07He talked at length about why Joe and Alexa should go.
57:11They were given their chance to speak up.
57:14I don't think they particularly defended their own positions,
57:17yet they're about to go back to the house and I've been fired.
57:20And I find that really, yeah, pretty unjust, actually.
57:25One job, now just 11 candidates.
57:29Sir Alan's search for his apprentice continues.
57:34Next week.
57:36I'm getting a little bit fed up with the boys and girls thing.
57:39After two defeats, the girls are mixed with the boys for the first time.
57:43I didn't want to be dictatorial.
57:46You're saying you're not happy with what we've chosen?
57:48Now, I've arranged for you two marquees in pole position.
57:53We need 100 chickens.
57:55What?
57:56And you are going to turn those marquees into a themed restaurant.
58:0350 pence a slice, pizza.
58:05I want someone here to take control and understand where the bottlenecks are and deal with it.
58:09Don't dick me around anymore, all right?
58:12OK.
58:12Now the teams have changed.
58:14Who's next out of the door?
58:16I hold you 100% responsible.
58:18You are lightweight.
58:19You're fired.
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