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00:00Hello, I'm Angela Scanlon and welcome to The Apprentice Unfinished Business,
00:04the companion show that picks up exactly where Lord Sugar's pointy finger leaves off.
00:08I'll be joined each week by brilliant guests to dissect the tasks and get some business tips and insights too.
00:15We'll also bring you exclusive chats with the fired candidates.
00:18Now, a quick word of warning, if you haven't watched episode one of series 20,
00:22what are you doing frankly, but stop.
00:24Head over to iPlayer to catch up and save yourself from some very fiery spoilers.
00:30Coming up, to celebrate the launch of the 20th series, I'm joined by Apprentice superfan Richie Anderson
00:35and my brand new friend from when I did Celebrity Apprentice, have I mentioned it?
00:40Yeah, we won. Apprentice Royalty Mike, Sue Tara is here too.
00:44And after a double firing, Georgina and Nicky will be here with The Apprentice Lowdown.
00:49So, boardroom doors unlocked, let's get into some unfinished business.
00:53Richie, Mike, welcome.
01:00Oh, thanks for having us.
01:01So excited to be here. The very first unfinished business, right?
01:05Thank you very much. Doing my job for me, Mike. You'll be back.
01:09Honestly, I cannot quite believe that it is the 20th anniversary of The Apprentice.
01:14Things have changed a lot, let's be honest.
01:16Since the show started, there's been eight Prime Ministers since Lord Sugar started firing people.
01:21Eight!
01:22It was also pre-smartphone, pre-Instagram, pre-side hustle.
01:26It was basically a historical drama at this point.
01:29So 20 years ago, Richie, what were you up to?
01:31So 20 years ago, 2005.
01:34I don't know if I was born actually, Angela.
01:36I'm joking, obviously.
01:38What were you doing?
01:39I remember when The Apprentice first came on, the iconic orchestral theme tune.
01:45And because we didn't go and rush off to Instagram and TikTok and Facebook and all that.
01:49You weren't double screening.
01:50We were sitting there in the cafeteria at college talking about The Apprentice.
01:54Who are these new candidates in their suits, running around, Lord Sugar, back on television.
02:00And I just remember it was a great time when I had all my dreams laid out in front of me.
02:04Obviously, I was 18, so it was pre-braces.
02:07So I had the big teeth, the glasses, the big...
02:09I looked like a Guess Who character.
02:10But it was a good time for me, you know what I mean?
02:12It was a great time.
02:13I was in Copenhagen at a full moon party topless.
02:16Okay.
02:17Yeah.
02:17That was me last week.
02:19Listen, if it works, it works.
02:21Mike, what were you up to?
02:23I remember The Apprentice starting back there.
02:26I was, at the time, I was on the board of Britain's biggest magazine publishers.
02:31I had the most cushy job you could possibly imagine.
02:34Did you?
02:35And The Apprentice did this amazing thing.
02:38I think alongside Dragon's Den, which came out in the same six-week period, it kind of transformed the way that people look at business.
02:47All of a sudden, people started to think in a more entrepreneurial way.
02:51Business wasn't a thing that just business people understood.
02:54And interesting fact here, within a year, I had left my cushy corporate job and started my own business.
03:01And do you think that was because of what you saw?
03:05I think that was a period where everybody began to think life could be more than just having a straightforward nine-to-five job.
03:13It really inspired so many people.
03:17And it's incredible, I think, to be sitting here 20 years on and to look at just how much it's changed.
03:22Yeah.
03:23And it did make business sexy.
03:25Yes.
03:26You know?
03:26It was like, oh, those characters.
03:28You started to understand the complexity and how glamorous, although, you know, the day-to-day.
03:33But listen, you think back then, right?
03:35You had people like Paul Teresi was in the first series.
03:38Was that a massive name?
03:40Yeah.
03:40Sayur Khan.
03:41Tim Campbell.
03:42I mean, where is he now?
03:43I don't know.
03:44It didn't work out for him.
03:46He has not aged a day.
03:48Right.
03:49Episode one.
03:50Let's get into it.
03:51It did not mess about, did it?
03:52It was absolutely supersized.
03:55We had a double firing.
03:56We had Lord Sugar given at the 007 and an apprentice first, a boardroom out.
04:03Of London.
04:03Oh, yeah.
04:05And because it's 20 years, it wasn't just 18 candidates like usual.
04:09Lord Sugar dropped two more in, bringing us to a lovely round 20.
04:15And I mean, what a bunch they are.
04:18We've got CiarĂ¡n, the a bit sexy estate agent.
04:22A bit.
04:23He's a low-key, humble kind of man.
04:25Roxanne, the chilli pepper pocket rocket.
04:27Try saying that after a few glasses.
04:28And Daniel, who made his first meal at 25, but kind of didn't.
04:33Yeah.
04:33Really.
04:34It's a big thing to say when I made my first million and then you find out that would turn over.
04:40Yeah.
04:40That's before costs.
04:41So shall we talk about the profit?
04:43Oh, a profit of maybe a tenner?
04:46Does it matter?
04:46Sounds good on Instagram.
04:47Do you know what I mean?
04:48Times are changing.
04:49It's all fluff.
04:51Richie, who stood out?
04:53Well, every year when The Apprentice comes on, me and my family have like a apprentice sweepstake.
04:58So we put all of the candidates into a hat.
05:00We put 50p in each and then we all draw out a name.
05:03So I've got CiarĂ¡n this year.
05:05And also, because there's two extra candidates, it rounds up to 20 quid this year.
05:08No, a tenner?
05:09This is why I'll be bad on The Apprentice.
05:1050p each.
05:11Is that a tenner?
05:12It's a good few.
05:13A tenner.
05:13Have you got any room for any more people to join the sweepstake?
05:17Well, this is it.
05:18Because we were blindsided by the two new candidates, we do need two more.
05:21I'll give you 50p.
05:22Oh, there you go.
05:23You've got my 50 as well.
05:24I'm going to have to take it away with me.
05:25So I absolutely love CiarĂ¡n.
05:27I think he's brilliant.
05:28Do you love him or do you love him because you got him?
05:30I love him because I got him.
05:31Great.
05:31So, you know, I've got to back my boy.
05:32Yeah.
05:32But I'm loving Karishma.
05:34I mean, she's just fabulous.
05:36She's so fierce.
05:36And also the way she was able to think on her feet with that negotiation.
05:42I love Connor.
05:43He is the ultimate, like, passenger seat driver.
05:45Oh, dear.
05:46And I feel like CiarĂ¡n was the PM, but Connor was the CEO on this challenge.
05:50Connor was 100% CEO.
05:53Mike.
05:53I really like Priyash.
05:55I just think he's got that kind of bubbly sense of enthusiasm that's going to get him through the process.
06:02Yes.
06:02Okay.
06:02Does he have killer instinct, though?
06:04Well.
06:05To me, he's like teddy bear material.
06:08I mean, I wonder whether he might toughen up.
06:10Well, let's talk about the specifics of this week's task.
06:14A fan favourite, discount buying.
06:17The candidates were tasked with finding nine items for the very best price.
06:22Yes.
06:22In Hong Kong, it's my absolute favourite as well.
06:24Well, why do you think this is such a gem of a task?
06:28Oh, for me, the discount buying task in The Apprentice is like Blackpool to Strictly.
06:33You know what I mean?
06:34I feel like it's the one that all the candidates want to be involved in.
06:37And because it's the first task, they don't really know each other and their personalities.
06:40So, you're kind of thrown into the bear pit with this one.
06:44But it's almost like the discount buying aspect of this task was somewhat forgotten because they couldn't, like, find the things.
06:53So, the actual negotiation was less of an issue, in a way.
06:58But I think, you know, a task like this, it's a procurement task, right?
07:01So, if you're in procurement, what you need to know is what's the spec of the product that you're trying to buy?
07:07Yeah.
07:07And how much are you willing to pay for it?
07:08And that is the basis then for all the negotiation.
07:11And it does feel like there was a, maybe that's, like, first week, you know, first task, panic.
07:17You know, I think both sides struggled.
07:19Yeah.
07:19But I just think there was no, there was just no structure to follow with it.
07:23It was given supermarket sweep.
07:24It's as if they thought Hong Kong has got four walls, we're going to be contained and all we have to do is womble around and find these.
07:30But no, no, no.
07:31Also, it's, you know, Hong Kong is an extraordinary place.
07:34You know, it is the absolute centre of commerce and deal making.
07:38But it's vast.
07:39Yeah.
07:40When they were looking at those maps in the brainstorm at the beginning, they're going, well, we'll start in the north and you guys start in the south.
07:46There are tens of miles between those things.
07:49The travel time that it takes between those.
07:52They just didn't grab the bull by the horns from the very beginning.
07:55If they'd started small, then maybe they could have managed to build up more items as they went along.
08:03But, you know, in their defence, I do think it's so hard when you are following an actual map.
08:07So last year when me and Dean, we went on a cruise and before we got on the cruise.
08:11Are you saying you got lost on a boat?
08:13No, no, no.
08:14On a boat.
08:14But before we got on the cruise, we boarded the boat in Athens.
08:17OK.
08:18So we had a couple of days in Athens.
08:19And I said, because it's a beautiful country, a beautiful city we've never been to, let's go around without our phones and just follow a map.
08:25And it's easy.
08:25Honestly, Mike, you're looking at me.
08:27It's easily done.
08:28You did it by choice.
08:29We were nearly in another part of Greece.
08:31Honestly, I was two hours late for the boat, nearly.
08:33I mean, I'm not investing.
08:36Let's talk about the winning team, the boys.
08:38Even though they won, they didn't exactly cover themselves in glory, did they?
08:42They were kind of like the least bad of the two teams, weren't they?
08:48Ultimately, Lord Sugar was completely unimpressed.
08:53Have you ever seen him so despondent, week one especially?
08:59I've never seen him so disappointed so early on.
09:04But listen, you know, if you're going to disappoint Lord Sugar, definitely don't make him fly 12 and a half hours to Hong Kong.
09:12Exactly.
09:12Especially not in economy.
09:13I mean, there's no leg room back there.
09:16And he's got long legs.
09:19Absolutely.
09:19Do you know what I mean?
09:21A little something special, OK?
09:24I did it Celebrity Apprentice.
09:25I don't know whether I've mentioned it.
09:26I may have won or I may have not.
09:27Google it.
09:28Anyway, Lord Sugar has since followed me on Instagram.
09:32Big time.
09:33I know.
09:34And we've kicked it up a notch.
09:36He sent me a voice memo.
09:37No.
09:38Here's what he would have done differently.
09:40Oh, hang on.
09:41I play him at 1.5.
09:42Don't tell him.
09:43Please.
09:44Now, Angela, this is one of my favourite tasks because it should be ridiculously simple.
09:51Yet, every year, they make the same mistakes.
09:55Now, the first thing I'd do is don't panic.
09:59Read the paperwork I provide.
10:01All the clues are in there.
10:03And make sure at least one person can read a bloody map.
10:06The split, the list.
10:10Then you split the list.
10:12Get on the phone.
10:14Find an item.
10:16Have a clear destination.
10:18Don't assume running around like headless chickens gets you nowhere.
10:23Remember, don't be afraid to walk away from a bad deal.
10:28Just say no.
10:29Fair points.
10:31All of them.
10:31He's still fuming.
10:32Absolutely.
10:33Live it.
10:34Absolutely.
10:35He's like, 20 of you.
10:37One of you.
10:38Impress me.
10:39Yeah.
10:39I mean, I think he's spot on with it.
10:43The point he makes is you start with a plan.
10:46You start with a strategy and you go from there.
10:48OK, I think it is time that we meet our first candidate
10:53to face Lord Sugar's famous firing finger.
10:57Let us remind ourselves of that very moment.
11:00Yes, you put yourself forward as the project manager.
11:03Very brave.
11:05But you was two hours late and you only got one item
11:12and you were the overall project manager.
11:16Lord Sugar, can I ask?
11:16No, you can't.
11:19And so it is with regret that you're fired.
11:24Thank you, Lord Sugar, go back, Brady.
11:31It's Nicky, everybody!
11:35Welcome.
11:36It's so, so lovely to have you here.
11:38I'm sorry it's so soon, Nicky.
11:40I know, I know, I know.
11:41How was it watching the task back?
11:43That whole process is such a long...
11:45We were there for, like, almost a week.
11:47So for it to be condensed down into just one hour
11:50and it's the whole meeting Lord Sugar to begin with,
11:53flying out to Hong Kong, doing the task, the firing, everything.
11:57And then it's literally 60 minutes.
11:59It's crazy.
12:00But no, it was fun.
12:02We did have lots of fun doing it, so...
12:04It looked like you did not.
12:09I was stressed watching you.
12:10But you did put yourself forward for PM first task.
12:13A very, very brave move so early on.
12:17Looking back at that decision, are you...
12:20Do you stand over there?
12:21Are you happy with that?
12:23I went in saying, I'm going to put myself out there straight away.
12:28Regardless of the task, I wanted to, like, be bold and make a statement.
12:31And I just thought I could, I can take control.
12:35I felt like we weren't really a team.
12:37Everyone was very much, but, you know, individual, playing for themselves.
12:41And I didn't know anyone's strengths either.
12:44So, but I did what I said I was going to do.
12:47And I said, I'm just going to go in and I'm going to be strong, put myself out there.
12:52Obviously, it didn't pay off.
12:54But I like the energy.
12:56You were like, I don't care what the task is, what skills are required of me.
12:59I'm going in.
13:00Kim Kardashian is an inspiration of yours.
13:03That feels quite Kim K.
13:04She's like acting sure.
13:06I'll do it.
13:07Billionaire, sign me up.
13:10Yeah, with like the whole Kim K thing, like, as in, I know she's got a lot of negative media
13:15and press, but if you look at her, she is a powerhouse.
13:18She's a mom.
13:19She's a billionaire.
13:20She's a businesswoman.
13:21She's got a law degree.
13:22Like, she's got everything going on.
13:25So I look at her and think she is an inspiration.
13:27I'm a mom.
13:28I was like the only one on there with like two, like really young kids as well.
13:33So, yeah.
13:34And again, it's that in itself is a challenge, you know, like leaving your kids.
13:39And again, they're so little.
13:40So it's a lot.
13:42It's a lot.
13:42Did the two kids enjoy watching you or did they understand it?
13:47They will see me on a screen.
13:49But again, they're still very little.
13:51So I don't think they'll fully understand like what I've gone away and done.
13:55But obviously now we're in this generation, I can record it.
13:58I can save it.
13:59I can show it to them later and just show like, you know, you can do it all.
14:03And also maybe what you can say to them is, you know, Lord Sugar points at the people he really likes.
14:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:11That's a beautiful way.
14:12I can tell them anything.
14:13I won.
14:14I was the winner.
14:16I think you should be so, so proud yourself.
14:20And I'm sure they will be too.
14:22I just wanted to go in and just show like, you know, being a mom isn't end of everything.
14:26You can still do everything.
14:28So that's why I just wanted to go in strong and lead everyone.
14:32Very inspiring.
14:34Did you kind of, do you think in retrospect, you missed out on the planning part of the task?
14:40Because it's all very well being brilliant and negotiating.
14:43Yeah.
14:43But unless you're actually in a position where you can show how good you are at negotiating, it's a bit difficult.
14:47It felt to me like the girls team were out there without really having an operational plan to go alongside the negotiation strategy.
14:56Yeah, definitely.
14:56I think when we was in like the brainstorm, we supposedly had this good idea.
15:02We thought we had mapped out the items and we said we can start in this location.
15:06You know, the sub team can start at that part of the island and we'll start at the other part of the island.
15:10And we felt like we had a really good, strong idea of where the items were.
15:16But it felt like you didn't really look at the information.
15:22Like there was quite a bit of information.
15:23You're like, shrimp paste, anyone, let's go looking for...
15:26You spent a lot of time looking for shrimp paste.
15:29So with the shrimp paste...
15:30Tell me, Nikki.
15:32It's supposedly really common in Hong Kong.
15:35So it's like we could...
15:36Supposedly.
15:37Supposedly.
15:37Supposedly.
15:38We could get it anywhere.
15:40And it was an easy...
15:41Who said that?
15:42All the locals that said that.
15:44Everyone we spoke to said, oh, yep, shrimp paste.
15:46You know, like there's fish markets.
15:47They're known for fish.
15:49They're like their seafood.
15:51So we thought it was an easy win.
15:53And the areas that we were in supposedly had shrimp paste.
15:57But we were just running around like headless chickens.
16:00We don't have anything.
16:01We don't have any phones.
16:02So we're just going with local knowledge.
16:04Which obviously completely sent us down the wrong ways.
16:08But literally down the wrong way.
16:10Into a spot of trouble, actually.
16:13Let's have a look at this.
16:16Guys, I don't know.
16:18Keep going.
16:19There are guard dogs everywhere.
16:22Guys, where the hell are we going?
16:23I don't know.
16:24Guys, I'm scared.
16:25I don't deal well with dogs.
16:27I don't either.
16:28We think it's the right place.
16:29I thought we'd lost you, Nicky.
16:31So did I.
16:32So did I.
16:33First ever.
16:3520 years in.
16:36Gone.
16:37Ravaged by wild dogs.
16:39You also lost your driver.
16:40I mean, that's a bit of me, to be fair.
16:42If I had one.
16:44So with the driver scenario, every time we went somewhere and exited or left the shop, the driver was always there.
16:52This time, we went to a location, came back out and the driver wasn't there.
16:56It was the driver's fault.
16:57What was the first thing that popped into your head when you got to the top of the stairs in front of the Buddha?
17:01It was night time.
17:03Karen had gone home.
17:04Tim had gone home.
17:05The boys weren't there.
17:07What was the first thing you thought when you got to the top?
17:09We asked great.
17:12And you were right.
17:15Okay.
17:15Nicky, thank you so much for being such a brilliant sport.
17:18We wish you the very best of luck in whatever is next for you.
17:21Nicky, everybody.
17:25Well, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for sub-team leader Georgie either.
17:30Let's remind ourselves of her firing.
17:32I think you're your own worst enemy.
17:36You come in here, you bring two people in and you say they shouldn't be here.
17:42And so you leave me nowhere to go.
17:47So, Georgina, regretfully, you're fired.
17:52Thank you, Lodge, again.
17:53Thank you very much, Maggie.
17:54Thank you, Tim.
18:02Georgie!
18:03Yay!
18:03Lovely to have you here.
18:07You are way too nice for business.
18:09Karen said that you were a little emotional.
18:12But you didn't come to play.
18:14You went straight in for PM and ended as sub-team leader.
18:17Exactly.
18:18That's, you know, punchy.
18:19Yeah, I don't think I'm too nice.
18:21I think kindness is, you know, it's cool to be kind, right?
18:24I don't think kindness is weakness at all.
18:26And I definitely think everybody thought that was the case.
18:28But, you know, maybe everyone's opinion of what a businesswoman should be...
18:33Is wrong.
18:34...should change.
18:34Should change.
18:35And it's not me.
18:36I felt like you were the ultimate hype girl.
18:39Yeah.
18:40The ultimate hype girl.
18:40You're passionate, you're beautiful, you're brilliant, you're powerful women.
18:44And I was like, that's the kind of woman you want to wake up with in your head.
18:47Well, there you go.
18:48You know?
18:48I loved it.
18:49What went wrong?
18:51Well, what didn't go wrong?
18:52No.
18:53I don't know.
18:54I think I put myself forward to BPM, obviously, and I was really looking forward to doing
18:57that because I, you know, I don't know, I didn't necessarily know exactly what we were
19:02going to do, but I do feel like I'm a good leader and I'm good at bringing people together,
19:05you know?
19:06And we could have all used our heads to find out the answers for it.
19:09And I don't know.
19:10I just think, yeah, they didn't believe in me from the get, which is fine.
19:13It is fine.
19:13It happens.
19:15But, yeah.
19:16Well, I think that we have got to go straight to one of the most memorable moments of the entire
19:20task where you performed a little jingle on the spot for a Marjong set.
19:24Now, I have form in the jingle space, if you saw the celebrity version.
19:31Gary the Penguin.
19:32If I say Gary the Penguin, what do you say?
19:35Gary the Penguin.
19:36Do, do, do, do.
19:38Gary the Penguin.
19:39Do, do, do, do.
19:40Gary the Penguin.
19:42Do, do, do, do.
19:43Don't leave me hanging, Georgie.
19:44Do, do, do, do.
19:46Limp.
19:47I was duping.
19:47Let's remind ourselves.
19:49Okay.
19:49Are you ready?
19:51And five, six, seven, eight.
19:53Global Marjong is where it begun.
19:56Global the media is Global Marjong.
19:59Not again.
20:00Global Marjong is where it begun.
20:03The leader of the media is Global Marjong.
20:08I'm so good.
20:11I honestly was shouting at the screen when I saw you go, five, six, seven, eight, and
20:17oh, it was supreme.
20:20It was described as an incredible, bespoke, one in a million tagline.
20:24Wow.
20:25So your hype girl was kind of, you know, that was bleeding out into the rest of the group
20:29but was having an effect.
20:31Yeah, definitely.
20:32I was buzzing when Karishma said, hey, Georgie's going to sing you a song.
20:36I was like, let's go.
20:37Yeah, no, that was really fun.
20:39And it was a great song.
20:40Can I just say, on Radio 2, when people put out a new song, all new songs out get straight
20:45to the hook, straight to the point.
20:47And you did that.
20:47There was no build-up.
20:48There was no bridge.
20:50It's a hit.
20:50It is an absolute banger.
20:53It's Richie's record of the week.
20:54It is.
20:55There we go.
20:56I was surprised that that woman was like, I'll give you 10%.
21:03Like, 10% is a student discount.
21:05You know what I mean?
21:05You have that button by default.
21:07Anyone can press that.
21:08She's like, I'll give you 10%.
21:09Dance for your supper.
21:11She was my unsung hero.
21:12Anyone that stood out for you guys.
21:14I love the lady in Chunky Stationery.
21:17The one who sold the pineapple paper.
21:20But it wasn't the pineapple paper they wanted.
21:22Because she thought, okay, you're offering me this money.
21:25I mean, you're paying well over the odds for that.
21:27You take it away.
21:28I mean, she could have stepped in and said, that's not exactly what you need.
21:30But she's a savvy business.
21:31She should be getting the investment off Lord Sugar.
21:34You know what I mean?
21:35So you respected the ruthless dagger approach.
21:38She closed up when they left the shop because she made the day's profit.
21:41You know what I mean?
21:44What about you, Mike?
21:45Anyone who stood out?
21:46Well, listen.
21:48I mean, not a candidate, but I really loved the Air Who guy.
21:52Who, they'd bought it.
21:56They'd got a decent deal, Presh.
21:58They got a really decent deal.
21:59And then they stood there for the best part of half an hour
22:02as this guy re-tuned an instrument they were never going to use.
22:06And they were just all so awkward and polite.
22:09I mean, if I was there, I'd have picked the guy up
22:12and put him under the bar with the Air Who and taken him into the cab.
22:16Would you really, though, Mike?
22:17Because I think your manners are also impeccable.
22:19It was this kind of...
22:21It was like time slowed down and they were all twiddling their thumbs
22:24and they did attempt to interject a couple of times,
22:27but he was, like, in a meditative zone.
22:31I think you have to find a way to be able to intervene in a situation
22:35in a way that doesn't offend people,
22:36but does remind them that you are on a very, very strict deadline.
22:41Now, you didn't get an Air Who.
22:42No, I didn't know what it was.
22:44So did you think, Nicky, bring back your guys,
22:46you were like, oh, phew, starting to melt slightly.
22:49A little bit, yeah.
22:49Yeah, like, I was fully expecting them to be like,
22:52OK, Georgie's coming back, cool, I'm aware of that.
22:54OK.
22:54And then Nicky would bring back one of her guys
22:55and then they would squabble together
22:57and then I would just charm Lord Sugar.
22:59OK.
23:00And get the stay, you know?
23:01That's what I thought was going to happen
23:02and it did not go the way that I'd hoped.
23:04I didn't really see you say
23:06the reason you shouldn't be getting rid of me
23:08is bang, bang and bang.
23:10That is a regret because I was so focused
23:11on trying not to upset the girls that were next to me, right?
23:14Like, I was so focused on them and their feelings
23:16and their future and their businesses
23:17and everything.
23:18I wasn't thinking about me.
23:19And in hindsight, who would you have nailed?
23:22Oh, that's mean.
23:24Do you know what?
23:25The only reason...
23:26You're so lovely.
23:28Tell us.
23:29I just think I needed a lot of help
23:32with figuring out where we were
23:33and what we were doing
23:33and I think had we have got to the Mahjong place quicker,
23:36we would have had time to get the tea cake
23:37because we knew where that was
23:38and that was next on the list.
23:40We would have had time to get that.
23:41Then we would have had two products
23:42and it wouldn't have been so bad.
23:43So maybe a bit more help from all of them
23:46with directions.
23:47You did so much.
23:48You did.
23:49Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
23:50Why?
23:51Go on.
23:52I think that's all right.
23:53Direct question.
23:54Who would you have got rid of?
23:56Do you not think that's quite clever
23:57that I skuttered all the way around that
23:58without giving you a skater?
24:00Not if everybody in the room notices.
24:03Nobody did but you.
24:04Throwing me under the bus now.
24:05Go on, who?
24:06Carrington.
24:07Done.
24:08But it's hindsight.
24:09Hindsight.
24:10But she still did a great job.
24:11She got so much better.
24:12Oh, stop.
24:12Later on in the day.
24:13You fired her.
24:13You fired her.
24:14I do think there was a bit of that.
24:16You attempted to make phone calls.
24:18You were actually like very proactive
24:20and it did feel sometimes like
24:22you may have actually done better
24:24had you dropped a bit of dead weight
24:25and pelted up the hill on your own.
24:27This sounds really harsh
24:28but yeah, if I'd have just done it on my own
24:30I think it would have been a more successful day.
24:33Yeah.
24:33But it's all right.
24:35But also, Karishma took all the credit.
24:38She did.
24:39Because obviously it was her idea
24:40for you to do the song
24:41but you came up with the song.
24:43Yeah.
24:43I mean, some of the others in the background
24:45on that main footy
24:45were just clapping along.
24:46They weren't really singing.
24:48I felt like you should have really owned that
24:50and you were sat next to Roxanne
24:51who didn't mean to contribute as much.
24:53I know, guys.
24:54It is a lot.
24:55There's a lot of...
24:56Now, do you know what?
24:57It's happened.
24:57Unfinished fizz.
24:58Unfinished fizz.
24:58Unfinished fizz.
24:59Oh my gosh.
25:00Couldn't write it.
25:01Now, I have set my guests
25:03their own task this week.
25:05Mm-hmm.
25:06They've picked...
25:07Don't look so surprised.
25:08They've picked a song
25:10that they think best represents
25:12how they feel the task went
25:14in something I like to call
25:16boardroom bangers.
25:17Oh.
25:18I know.
25:18It's good.
25:19Mike, what have you gone for?
25:21I've picked something
25:22that I think sums up
25:24the almost impossibility
25:26of that final run up the steps.
25:29I've picked this.
25:33Yes.
25:35Oh, it's good.
25:40Richie, how about you?
25:41Well, I'm going to go back
25:42to the mid-2000s
25:43when The Apprentice
25:44first popped onto our screens
25:46and I've gone for this.
25:48And that's in tribute
25:59to the runaway driver
26:00who made Nicky's team nearly...
26:03We thought it was two hours,
26:04nearly three hours late.
26:05I mean, where was he?
26:07Come on.
26:07Where was he?
26:08I love the sentiment,
26:09but I feel like he did
26:10shut up and drive
26:11just with nobody
26:12in the back of the car.
26:13Yeah, that was the problem, Angela.
26:14OK, first task is over
26:17and we saw at the very end
26:18of the episode
26:19that the next task
26:21is going to be children's books.
26:24I've actually got
26:25an exclusive clip right here.
26:28I would also just like
26:29to make a point.
26:30I was actually counting the pages
26:32and we've missed like
26:33two or three of the pages
26:34out of the book.
26:34You didn't want to mention
26:37that earlier on,
26:38because...
26:39Can we just zoom out?
26:40No, sorry.
26:41This is exactly why
26:42earlier on I said
26:43we should be numbering
26:44the pages
26:44so we're keeping on track.
26:46No.
26:47Tim's face.
26:48Oh, Tim's over it.
26:49He's absolutely livid.
26:51How would you approach
26:53this task, Mike?
26:55Oh, I think
26:56if you're going to go
26:56into publishing,
26:57you need to be very clear
26:59that the product
27:01is the most important thing.
27:02So a great book
27:03will sell itself.
27:05If you're going to produce a book
27:07and the pages are, say,
27:08in the wrong order
27:09or missing,
27:10that's not a promising start.
27:13Oh, what a treat.
27:15Thank you so much, gang.
27:16That was absolutely wonderful.
27:18Best of luck, Georgie.
27:19With whatever you do,
27:20I'm sure we'll be seeing
27:21lots more of you.
27:23Thank you for having me.
27:27Thank you to our fired candidates,
27:29Nicky and Georgie
27:30and, of course,
27:31to Richie Anderson
27:31and Mike Sutar
27:32for all their insight
27:33and opinion.
27:36And if you think you have
27:38what it takes to be
27:39Lord Sugar's next business partner,
27:41applications are still open
27:42for Series 21.
27:44For more details,
27:44head over to
27:45bbc.co.uk
27:46forward slash apprentice
27:47and come back next time
27:49for another chapter
27:50of Unfinished Business
27:51to find out
27:52who has had
27:53a not-so-happily-ever-after.
27:55Until then,
27:56mind the gap
27:56between confidence
27:57and competence.
27:59I'm Angela Scanlon.
28:00Goodbye.
28:00Goodbye.
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