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The Apprentice UK Unfinished Business Season 1 Episode 8 (2026)
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00:00Hello, I'm Angela Scanlon and welcome to The Apprentice Unfinished Business, where bargain
00:05hunting goes coastal. Coming up, I'll be diving into all things discount buying with
00:10business powerhouse Linda Plant and Apprentice superfan Nikita Kanda. We say goodbye to fired
00:15candidate Harry and Lord Sugar lets us in on whether our candidates have finally redeemed
00:20themselves after that tragic Hong Kong performance. It is time for The Apprentice Unfinished
00:26Business. Welcome ladies. Thank you. It is lovely to have you guys here. Now let's go straight
00:38in. Task eight, discount buying the redemption story. How do we think they got on? I mean,
00:44they redeemed themselves, didn't they? They did way better than the first half. That wouldn't
00:48be hard now, to be fair. Look, Hong Kong was a tough task. It was because first of all,
00:54the Hong Kong is so big. There's Hong Kong, there's Kowloon, the New Terrors. It's massive,
00:58much bigger. So it wasn't just that they made it look hard. It was hard. It was hard. And
01:03they had a language barrier. There is a language barrier there. I think they did well. Yes.
01:07Well, they weren't sweating this time. No. They were sweaty, the first episode. The weather
01:11as well. The weather in Hong Kong as well. Yeah. Humid, rainy. It was tough. But also task
01:18one, trying to manage yourself, where you fit in a group, what people bring to the table
01:24the first time round. By task eight, they've got, they're much more experienced and much
01:28more together. They've got a lot more under their belts. How do you think you'd fare at
01:33this task, Nikita? Oh, well, I'm not going to lie. I didn't really know all the items that
01:38they had to go and get. So they did well for that. So hats off to them because there was
01:42some difficult named items. What did you think the bird's nest was? A bird's nest?
01:46Okay. I thought, oh, should I just go to my nan's garden and get it? Like, that's what
01:49I was thinking. I did not think it was a donut. I've never heard of a bird's nest donut before.
01:54No, sounds delicious though. Bargaining's in your blood, I feel. I think you come into
01:58your own in this. Yeah. Well, bargaining is. I'm a buyer and a seller, aren't I? So I think
02:04I'd have done pretty well at this because in this kind of a task, the first thing you've
02:10got to do is really know what the items are when you know what they are. And then you
02:14know how to go for the most expensive one first because that's always the best way to plan
02:19it. There's a lot of planning. And yeah, price negotiation and knowing not to waste time
02:24on a cheaper item, to waste a load of time for 25p better to prioritise and go for the
02:31hard negotiation on the most expensive item. You started on a market stall, so I feel like
02:36you would have, I imagine, people coming up and trying their luck. Yeah, well, you know.
02:41Would you have given us 25p off, Linda? I was only, I was only 13 was on the market, so
02:46I was
02:46much nicer in those days. Nikita, do you remember like a bargain that you've kind of, you feel
02:54proud of? Do you know what? So whenever I've gone to buy like my Indian outfits, like I'm
02:59going to like my Indian weddings and stuff, you go to Southall, right? You go to the Indian
03:03shop and there's all the pretty saris and the lengars and everything. And there is where
03:08you can really bargain. That is where I got my practice in for bargaining. And you know
03:13what? When you can get a really healthy discount, you feel so proud of yourself walking away.
03:18So when I go to that wedding and I've got my pretty dress on, I'm like, you know what?
03:21I got this for 50 quid and they were trying to sell it to me for 200. Get it, girl.
03:26That is where I feel proud. I feel proud of you too, babes. Thank you.
03:29Out of all the negotiations, there was one that was somewhat unconventional. Shall we
03:34remind ourselves of Ciaran and Lawrence mucking out the goats?
03:38Give me that. I'm getting in.
03:40You do it, mate.
03:41Go on.
03:43Oh.
03:44Yeah, I'm in.
03:45It stinks.
03:50They're not looking happy.
03:53That nearly went on me.
03:56You do your bit. I've done all of mine. I've done the worst part.
03:59There's only one of you doing any work here.
04:01Yeah, it's been like that all day, mate.
04:05They're like the chuckle brothers.
04:07Honestly, I love that bit.
04:09But what I love best as well was when, before they went into the negotiations, when they landed,
04:15they just both had a drink and they kind of went into relax.
04:18They went totally into relax mode.
04:20Yeah.
04:21And actually then they just sort of sauntered the afternoon away, doing out the goats thing,
04:25drinking.
04:26Mm-hmm.
04:27Yeah.
04:27So you liked that approach?
04:29I don't like it, but it was very amusing and it was great TV.
04:33It was great.
04:34Ciaran, it wasn't just with the goats that he got a bit frisky.
04:37The Maddox White, he was very smooth in his garlic negotiation, wasn't he?
04:41He should have just taken a bite, do you know what I mean?
04:44But he was a very...
04:45Oh, yeah.
04:45He was smiling.
04:46It was amazing, he was almost, he was almost smarmy.
04:51It was, I've got this, I've really got this.
04:54And then you get...
04:55Well, he didn't, because the other team actually negotiated a better price.
04:58And when you get that contrast with Priya, she's sweet, isn't he?
05:02And his idea, I mean, it could have gone wrong, but to pick the garlic.
05:06I know, that was great.
05:08The Moklin wear.
05:11Rothna, she hung around for 25p.
05:16Woman after my own heart.
05:18But maybe not really time well spent, Nikita.
05:22Yeah, she was trying to get every penny out of him.
05:25And I felt like she wanted to do it to make herself feel better too.
05:28Like, come on, just give me a bit more, give me a bit more.
05:30He was giving nothing.
05:31Yeah, and because he was giving nothing, she was like,
05:33go on, do me a favour, like, be my friend.
05:36Obviously, she did waste a lot of time, just the 25p.
05:39She should have just cut her losses and left it.
05:40But then I'm also like, I get, I get you, girl.
05:43Like, you just want to...
05:43But arguably, the most valuable thing out of that was
05:46the fact that they figured out what a cassette was,
05:48because he looked like a man who knew what that was.
05:50And to be fair, that was quite difficult,
05:52because I actually thought that cassette was an eight-track player.
05:55So did I say.
05:55That was clever.
05:57We all learnt a lot, didn't we, from watching this talk?
05:59It's an educational programme, what can we say?
06:01Right. And she potentially could have missed out,
06:05although their risky business paid off in the end.
06:07They swerved, last minute, a little detour
06:10to get the rhubarb and custard sweets.
06:13Yeah, I mean, they were lucky with that, weren't they?
06:15Because they were running towards the hoverboat after that,
06:18and the other team didn't end up getting it in the end.
06:20The other team, they got to the boat early.
06:22They had the time to find the sweets.
06:24It wasn't a difficult item.
06:26A lot of the time, they're just looking at how many items they've gotten,
06:29rather than the value of it.
06:30Would you have risked it to get the sweets?
06:32Yeah, risk it for a chocolate biscuit, Angela.
06:35I've got a sweet tooth, so 100%, give me that rhubarb and custard now.
06:38I would have risked it as well.
06:39You would have, yeah.
06:39They had time, they had time.
06:41They had the time, and it wasn't a difficult find.
06:44So do you think the other team just sat back on the hovercraft, you know?
06:48Well, they were, yeah.
06:50Go on, Linda.
06:51Don't mince your words.
06:52They were what?
06:52Linda's holding back.
06:54Well, they were already in the winning mood.
06:56They were relaxing.
06:57We've got this in the bag.
06:59Cocky, some would say.
07:00Yeah, exactly.
07:02You know, and hoping against hope that they arrived late
07:05and missed the hovercraft.
07:06And they nearly got their wish, to be fair.
07:08Yes, they did.
07:09Both PMs, very, very different approaches.
07:12What do you make of the management styles?
07:14Let's start, first of all, with Levi.
07:16So, Levi was really relaxed.
07:18He was kind of like, you can all do what you want.
07:20I'll leave it to you, whatever you decide.
07:22You could say Levi's management style strategy was non-existent.
07:27Okay.
07:27Actually.
07:28Okay.
07:28I mean, look, Levi's a good northern boy, and I'm a northern girl,
07:32so, you know, I've got to support him.
07:33You've got to back him.
07:34Yeah.
07:34No, it was non-existent, wasn't it?
07:37So we're not backing him at all, actually.
07:39I mean, I've got to be honest.
07:41Look, he had no strategy.
07:43He had no time management.
07:45He didn't know how to split the teams,
07:47and he didn't know what any of the items were.
07:49So that's...
07:50But he was on that phone like a dinger all morning.
07:52Look, I didn't say he wasn't a trier.
07:54I didn't say he wasn't a trier.
07:57Kieran had unfinished business from Hong Kong,
08:00so he was like straight in,
08:01I want this task, I want to be PM.
08:03I was somewhat surprised that they handed it to him.
08:07Well, he did vote for himself as well, didn't he?
08:10Always.
08:11He did put his hand up, didn't he?
08:13I was surprised too, just because he's been PM,
08:15and it obviously was a disaster for everyone.
08:18Yeah.
08:18On that first episode.
08:19But maybe they just thought,
08:20give him a chance to redeem himself.
08:22He's learned.
08:23He, unlike Levi, had a very clear strategy.
08:27The 3-1-2 approach.
08:31Talk us through the 3-1-2 approach, Linda,
08:33and your experience of it.
08:34Well, I don't quite understand the 3-1-2 approach.
08:37Thank God, I thought it was just me.
08:39No, I didn't.
08:39And actually, the truth is,
08:40it was sort of sticking by,
08:41but he went by the wayside anyway.
08:43He went by the wayside.
08:45I think, you know, when you're negotiating,
08:48you should start low,
08:51because you can always go up.
08:52And I think it's quite good
08:54to be a bit charming and a bit nice,
08:57Pasha, she went in telling the lady,
08:59well, we haven't got much time,
09:01and could you, and would you,
09:04and we haven't got much time.
09:05I mean, oh, my God.
09:07If there was ever, don't do, that was it.
09:10Don't do that.
09:11Yeah, OK.
09:11So it's building the rapport, isn't it?
09:13And it's a bit of charm,
09:14and it's a bit of cheek.
09:15And rapport is everything.
09:17You get far more being nice
09:21and being charming and having a nice manner
09:23than you do sort of being a bit more aggressive
09:26and a bit more...
09:26You get more bees with honey than with vinegar.
09:29Oh, as they say.
09:29Do you know something?
09:30I always say that.
09:31You get a lot more being nice
09:32than you do not being nice.
09:34Which is where I think possibly,
09:36Kieran, slightly fell down
09:38in that kind of dogmatic 3-1-2 approach,
09:41because I think sometimes it depends
09:43on the human that's in front of you,
09:44and they quite like the game
09:46and the dance of a negotiation,
09:47whereas it was a little too...
09:49I don't think there can ever be
09:51a dogmatic approach in negotiation.
09:54It's never, these are the rules,
09:55stick by it, never give it.
09:56You can't, that's not negotiation.
09:59Ultimately, with Levi winning
10:01on a last-minute sweet grab,
10:02do we think that this task
10:04really is less about bargaining skills
10:06and more about actual time management, Nikita?
10:08I think they need a bit of both,
10:10but I think it was more time management.
10:12They actually, the other team,
10:13had the time to go and get the sweets,
10:15but they wanted to just be back before them
10:17and wanted to be back early.
10:18I think if they had enough time,
10:20go and get them.
10:21The other team still managed to do it.
10:23Levi, they grabbed them and went, didn't they?
10:25Now, if Kieran's team had got that extra item,
10:28they still would have lost,
10:30because of the soup.
10:31Well, the sup was the disaster.
10:33Well, Linda, don't get a suck.
10:35I don't want to, you know...
10:36Don't get a suck.
10:37I don't want to soften it.
10:39No.
10:41It was a disaster.
10:43It was, wasn't it?
10:44My book, it was a double disaster,
10:46because he had five hours left.
10:50So, you know, he had plenty of time.
10:52You're on the Isle of Wight,
10:54so there's going to be a lot of surfboards.
10:56There's going to be a lot there.
10:58So with five hours to go
11:00and paying such a high price,
11:02that was unforgivable.
11:04Before we meet our fired candidate, Harry,
11:06let's listen to what Lord Sugar has to say
11:08about the candidates redeeming themselves
11:10from the disaster of Hong Kong.
11:13Okay.
11:13Angela, I'll say this.
11:15It wasn't one for the history books,
11:17but at least this time,
11:19they actually came back with some items.
11:22Compared to Hong Kong shambles,
11:24this was a step in the right direction,
11:26but the lesson remains the same.
11:30If a deal's bad, walk away.
11:33Harry didn't do that with sup.
11:35It hit the bottom line,
11:37and that's why, sadly, he's out.
11:42Linda, is it that?
11:44Is knowing when to walk away,
11:46is that a hard lesson
11:47that you have to learn through experience?
11:50You have to know what your bottom line is.
11:52What is your parameter?
11:53And if it doesn't meet that criteria,
11:55you have to walk away.
11:57And sometimes walking away
11:59shows your opponent that actually,
12:01right, I've drawn a line,
12:02and sometimes it gives them the thing,
12:04well, let me come back.
12:05You have to know when to walk away.
12:08Otherwise, you can't be any good in business.
12:10Have you had any instances
12:11where you've had to walk away?
12:13I have.
12:14I have had to walk away from two husbands.
12:18Don't film that.
12:21Was that easy or hard?
12:22Don't film it or film it.
12:24I don't care.
12:25It might make a laugh.
12:28OK, it is time now
12:29to welcome our latest candidate
12:31to become extinct.
12:32Let's remind ourselves
12:33of Harry's last moments
12:35in the boardroom.
12:37It is regretful when I say that
12:40my gut feeling is telling me,
12:43Harry, you're fired.
12:45Thank you very much for the opportunity,
12:47Lord Sugar.
12:47Ten Barron's Brady.
12:48It's been absolutely amazing.
12:50OK, care.
12:51Good luck to you.
12:52Thank you so much.
12:55Sup, Harry?
12:57Thanks for having me.
12:58Sorry, I couldn't resist.
13:00Nice socks.
13:01Oh, thank you so much.
13:02Yeah, I know I didn't actually mean
13:03to go in all pink today,
13:04but I have.
13:05We are appreciative of it.
13:07How did it compare
13:08watching that back
13:08versus Hong Kong?
13:11It was pretty painful.
13:12I'm not going to lie.
13:13Like this one,
13:14it was a much higher stakes,
13:16less people
13:17and everyone just knew
13:18more how to do stuff.
13:20Yeah.
13:20So it was kind of scary.
13:21But you seem to know
13:22all of the items,
13:23which was a lot more
13:24than could be said
13:25for some of the others.
13:26Yeah, I knew what
13:27the rhubarb and custards were.
13:28Yeah.
13:28Because I, at school,
13:29used to be able to watch films
13:31and have sweets.
13:32So they always have them.
13:32Delicious.
13:34Love boozing.
13:35One of them sounded
13:36kind of alcoholic
13:38because 75 centimetres.
13:39And then I also,
13:40what was the other one?
13:41Iguanodon.
13:42I've obviously heard of
13:43iguanas before
13:44and dinosaurs.
13:45Do you think though
13:46knowing that many,
13:47because it was like
13:47bang, bang, bang,
13:48we know what we're out to get,
13:50gave your team confidence
13:52in the first instance?
13:54Yeah, I think so.
13:54Like I think obviously
13:55if you know what it is
13:56and sometimes you're wrong,
13:58which obviously we were,
13:59but it really helps
14:00because it saves you
14:01so much time
14:01because at the beginning
14:02you're kind of,
14:03you don't know where to go
14:04so you have to drive somewhere
14:06so you're just driving
14:07around aimlessly.
14:08You could be going
14:08completely the other
14:09side of the island
14:10to where the item is
14:11you need to get.
14:12And it just means
14:13that you know like,
14:13right, let's say
14:14we thought the sup
14:15was a fish,
14:16you ring up a fishmonger
14:16and you're like,
14:17oh, we'd like to
14:17get a sup please,
14:18make sure it's got fins.
14:20And it obviously
14:20doesn't have fins
14:21and there's no sup.
14:22But it does help,
14:23I think 100%.
14:24Also, you've got
14:25a pretty good idea,
14:26if you know what
14:26the items are,
14:27you've got a pretty good idea
14:29the sweets are going
14:30to be a lot cheaper
14:30than a stand-up paddle pool.
14:32And that also helps.
14:34Absolutely.
14:34And I think
14:35to know which to prioritise
14:36and which one's
14:37going to cost you more.
14:38Let's get into
14:39some of the items
14:40having watched the task back.
14:41The rhubarb
14:42and custard sweets.
14:43Okay, you backed Connor
14:44when he said,
14:45do you know what,
14:47there's not enough time,
14:48we're not going to chance it.
14:49Are you happy
14:50with that call?
14:52I'm not devastated
14:53about it,
14:53but I think it was
14:54the right call.
14:54I do.
14:55I think like,
14:56looking back,
14:57obviously we had time
14:58and we could have got them.
14:59So it wasn't technically
15:00the right call.
15:01But at the time,
15:02especially after Hong Kong
15:03where like,
15:04the girls were so late
15:05and that cost them so much.
15:07You don't want to be
15:07waving the hovercraft goodbye.
15:09Exactly.
15:10And I think the difference
15:10between Hong Kong
15:11and that one was
15:12the hovercraft leaves
15:14and it doesn't come back.
15:15But in Hong Kong,
15:17the Buddha's always
15:17going to be there.
15:19Night falls,
15:20you can still rise.
15:21He will be there
15:22in the morning.
15:23I do guess,
15:24coming from a man
15:25who had five more hours
15:27to negotiate on a SUP.
15:29You were time.
15:30You really valued time,
15:32didn't you?
15:33You know,
15:33looking back on it,
15:34it looks really stupid.
15:35I agree.
15:36But time is so,
15:38like,
15:38you're so pushed for time.
15:39And time is always...
15:41You weren't.
15:41You weren't.
15:42To be fair,
15:42you were not pushed for time.
15:44Well,
15:44it's more like
15:45when you don't have
15:46enough items
15:47at that particular time.
15:48It's not like,
15:49OK,
15:49there's five hours left.
15:50We've got loads of time
15:51because that is a long time.
15:52What we also had,
15:53the issue,
15:54was we called so many people
15:56and none of them had them.
15:58So we were like,
15:59oh,
15:59when we find it,
16:00we panicked.
16:01Panicked a little bit.
16:01We panicked.
16:02I get that.
16:02And that was like,
16:03oh my God,
16:03they've got it.
16:03We need to get it.
16:04And they were like,
16:05we've only got one left,
16:06which made us panic even more
16:06because it's like,
16:07oh my God,
16:07what did the other team
16:08go get that one?
16:08Classic.
16:09We've only got one left.
16:10Yeah.
16:11Did you think it was not
16:12that?
16:12They had a whole stock room
16:12with those puppies.
16:14That is so classic.
16:16They're selling fast,
16:17you better get here quickly.
16:19The dust gathering.
16:20They probably have like a factory
16:21down the back
16:21and making them,
16:26I didn't know what it was first.
16:27So yeah,
16:28it probably would have taken me
16:28ages as well
16:29to figure out what it was.
16:30But I would have walked away.
16:32I feel like that's a really good trick.
16:33I mean,
16:33I've always been taught it
16:34from like young,
16:35we've been on holiday,
16:36family holidays and like,
16:37you know,
16:37you're trying to buy some souvenirs
16:38for your friends and family
16:39and they're trying to up the price
16:41because they know you're not from there
16:42and then you walk away
16:42and you come back.
16:43So I would have walked away,
16:45I think.
16:46To be honest,
16:46I didn't even know
16:47walking away was an option.
16:50But like,
16:51it clearly is.
16:53And what did you make
16:54of Kieran and Lawrence's
16:55lads day out?
16:57To be honest,
16:57I absolutely love
16:58watching it back.
16:59I think it was,
16:59it was hilarious.
17:00At the time,
17:01I didn't realise
17:01they got such good deals
17:03because the deals
17:04were quite good.
17:05I think personality
17:06and business goes a long way
17:07and like,
17:08they did really get on
17:09with all the people
17:10they were selling to.
17:11Like,
17:11they were cracking up,
17:12all that sort of stuff.
17:13Fine,
17:13it wasn't Kieran's idea
17:15to,
17:15he wanted to do things
17:16quick and fast
17:17and get out,
17:17but they got a good deal
17:19and I did.
17:19And the charm gets you
17:20a long way.
17:21Absolutely,
17:22yeah.
17:22Well,
17:22you're very charming,
17:24Harry.
17:24And that's why
17:25I was quite disappointed
17:26watching the show back
17:27because I was like,
17:27I don't think,
17:28I come across really boring.
17:30You come across very serious.
17:31Yeah, very serious.
17:32I'm actually meeting you now,
17:33you're not that serious.
17:34I literally,
17:34I'm like the least serious person ever,
17:36but I literally look
17:36like the most boring.
17:37It does not come across like that.
17:40Lighten up on the show,
17:41but you're fired now.
17:44It's too late.
17:44The advice has come too late.
17:47It's too late.
17:48It felt like we didn't see
17:49your impact very much
17:51in some of the shows.
17:52Yeah.
17:53And I know Lord Sugar
17:54said you're a very nice
17:56young man.
17:57Yeah.
17:58Which,
17:58you know,
17:59is a lovely thing to say,
18:00but does it feel like
18:01that's not conducive
18:03to good business?
18:05Well,
18:05niceness is good,
18:06but it doesn't get to
18:08win the apprentice,
18:09does it?
18:09It's nice to be nice.
18:11I know because of how nice I am
18:13when I'm interviewing people.
18:14But the thing is,
18:17it doesn't really,
18:19it's part of,
18:20it can be part of a business negotiation,
18:22it can be part of a tactic.
18:25Yeah.
18:25But in this case,
18:26niceness didn't get you anywhere.
18:28No.
18:29And we didn't even see it from you.
18:30You're so much more relaxed
18:31and fun now.
18:32I do think that a lot of stuff
18:34I did wasn't seen
18:35because it wasn't
18:37particularly dramatic.
18:38I was just getting it done.
18:40And like,
18:41I do,
18:42I,
18:42watching it back as a,
18:43a viewer,
18:44looked like I did actually nothing
18:45for the first four episodes.
18:47Well,
18:47the statistics,
18:48Harry speak for themselves
18:49because you won five
18:50out of the eight tasks.
18:52Yeah.
18:52The only person still standing
18:54with that amount
18:54is Levi.
18:55What do you make of that?
18:56I think it's,
18:58it's tough because obviously
18:59if you,
18:59I think when you win more,
19:01which is not,
19:01I'm not saying it because of me,
19:02but when you win more,
19:03you have less one-on-one time
19:05with Lord Sugar.
19:06You're less under the cosh
19:07when it comes to like,
19:08if you're getting brought back
19:09every week,
19:10you know exactly
19:11how to.
19:13You've got more confidence.
19:13you've got more confidence.
19:14Or you're less frightened
19:15in that moment.
19:16And you've also put your case
19:17across to Lord Sugar
19:18so many times
19:18and you're like,
19:19you know what,
19:20I've survived that
19:20so I can survive it again.
19:21When I went in there,
19:22I was like,
19:23oh my God,
19:24I don't know what to say.
19:25And I actually,
19:25I didn't really back myself up
19:27that much.
19:28Like,
19:28I wish I said,
19:30like,
19:30I won last week at PM.
19:32Admittedly,
19:32a lot of people say that
19:33was because of Krishna,
19:34but it was like,
19:35I strongly believe like
19:36a good leader in business
19:37doesn't necessarily
19:38have to do it all themselves.
19:39They put people
19:39in the right place.
19:40They make people feel
19:41like they can
19:43be positive and impact.
19:44You've got to have a team
19:45and you've got to
19:46empower your team.
19:47exactly.
19:48So do you think
19:49it was tough
19:50being brought back
19:51for the first time?
19:52I was terrified.
19:54Okay,
19:54whereas the other guys
19:55had been there before
19:56and were ready to go
19:57to battle for themselves.
19:58I think so.
19:59And like,
19:59they'd proved themselves
20:00as characters on the show
20:01and like,
20:02I really hadn't.
20:03Like,
20:04I'd hardly been in the boardroom.
20:05I hadn't really had to speak
20:07in the boardroom.
20:08And like,
20:09I feel like I contributed
20:09quite a lot,
20:10but like,
20:11it kind of was lost
20:13in the noise
20:13and,
20:14which is sad for me
20:15because I,
20:16you know,
20:17I don't have much game
20:17for me apart
20:18from my character.
20:18So I was like,
20:19it's not going to come across.
20:20That's a lot of the point
20:21of the show.
20:22I know.
20:23You start off
20:23with a large number
20:24of candidates
20:25and you come down
20:26to the final five
20:27and it's gruelling,
20:29actually.
20:29It's hard.
20:30To go through,
20:30it's gruelling.
20:31And so when you get
20:32to the final five,
20:33even though sometimes
20:34I'm tough on them
20:35when I'm interviewing them,
20:36but it's really tough
20:37to go through
20:38all those weeks
20:39and get there.
20:40So don't beat yourself
20:42up too much,
20:43you know,
20:43looking back
20:44because it's a tough process.
20:46Lord Sugar admitted
20:47that it was not
20:48an easy decision.
20:49Did that soften
20:50the blow at all?
20:51Yeah,
20:52I think.
20:52No.
20:53Hard no.
20:55I was about to laugh
20:55and yeah,
20:56easy or not.
20:57I mean,
20:57no,
20:57it does.
20:58It's really nice
20:59to like,
20:59to hear him
21:01say that.
21:01I think like,
21:02I was up against
21:02Kieran and Connor,
21:04arguably like the two
21:05biggest characters
21:06on this show
21:07at the moment
21:08and I knew that
21:09I was screwed
21:10as soon as I was
21:11in that bottom three.
21:12I was like,
21:12you know,
21:12this is the end.
21:14Obviously,
21:14I'd only just seen
21:15that he said that
21:16so it's very sweet
21:17and like,
21:17it's nice to
21:19at least have
21:19something said about you.
21:20It's better than saying,
21:21what a horrible guy,
21:21get him out.
21:22But like,
21:22yeah.
21:23You had a nice firing,
21:24I think.
21:24Yeah,
21:25it was.
21:25And it was a dilemma
21:27for Lord Sugar.
21:28He did sort of say
21:29it was tough,
21:29it wasn't easy.
21:30Yeah,
21:31which is nice,
21:32obviously,
21:32yeah.
21:32Is it awkward
21:33when you argue
21:34in the boardroom?
21:35It's like,
21:36it is.
21:36And also,
21:37because you're facing forward,
21:38you don't like,
21:39look each other in the eye
21:39and say,
21:40I hate him.
21:42It's like being at school
21:43and you're like a naughty one
21:44and he's like,
21:44he did it.
21:47So it's like,
21:47when he puts out his finger
21:48to fire you,
21:49I basically went like,
21:50cross-eyed.
21:51And like,
21:51you know,
21:51when you see like three
21:52or something.
21:52Did you think it wasn't you?
21:54Oh no.
21:56Which one?
21:57And you're like,
21:57dodging out of the way,
21:58you're like,
21:58it's not me.
21:58But anyway,
21:59yeah.
21:59It was you, babe.
22:00It was me.
22:01I'm so sorry.
22:02What were your highlights,
22:04Harry?
22:05I think like,
22:06I felt so lucky
22:07to be on it
22:08because I'd applied
22:08two years before.
22:09So this was the third time
22:10I'd applied.
22:11Third time lucky.
22:11And I'd always got quite far
22:12but not far enough.
22:13And this was like the time
22:14that I was on it
22:15and I was like,
22:15this is insane.
22:16And I was like,
22:17you know what,
22:17this is the coolest experience ever.
22:19Going to Hong Kong,
22:21like going to Egypt,
22:22meeting other candidates
22:23because they're like
22:24going to be friends for life.
22:24So I think,
22:26you know,
22:26not many people say
22:26they've been fired
22:27by Lord Sugar,
22:28which is not something
22:29probably to brag about
22:30but no,
22:30it was amazing.
22:31So lots of highlights for you.
22:32Lord Sugar definitely
22:33had a highlight of his own.
22:35Shall we remind ourselves?
22:37I don't know you had Harry
22:38dressed as a chicken.
22:39I was dressed as a chicken.
22:40You were dressed as a chicken?
22:41I was Lord Sugar.
22:41It was a difficult time.
22:45I heard it was a very tight chicken.
22:47It was very tight.
22:48It was a good line.
22:49Yeah,
22:49I think your nuggets were shown.
22:51Yeah.
22:54That cracked me up.
22:56That was a very good line.
22:57It was very tight.
22:57Well done you for that.
22:58It was a good line.
23:00You became the go-to dress-up guy,
23:02the chicken and the flowers
23:03and the everything.
23:04Was that voluntary
23:05or were you shoved?
23:07I can't quite remember.
23:08I think the chicken,
23:09sadly,
23:09was voluntary.
23:10Okay.
23:11By having seen how tight it was,
23:12I probably wouldn't have volunteered.
23:13Yeah.
23:14I do think,
23:14I mean,
23:14I think eventually
23:15I was just the costume guy.
23:16So you've got to wear a costume
23:17and just sort of hand it straight to me.
23:19Yeah.
23:19And that was sort of it.
23:20Well, at least you had an identity.
23:21Yeah, well, yeah,
23:22at least I could do something in the time.
23:24It was just nice to be involved.
23:25I don't take myself too seriously,
23:27although throughout the whole season
23:28I look like I do.
23:29Yeah.
23:30I, in my life,
23:31don't think I take myself too seriously
23:32and something like that,
23:33I think it,
23:34obviously someone's got to do it.
23:35It helps the team
23:36and it's just fun.
23:37Like it gives you a bit more of a,
23:39you know,
23:39people are going to,
23:40if you're selling something in a market
23:41and you're just being boring
23:42and being like,
23:42oh, hi, come over here
23:43or if you're dressed as a chicken
23:44and you start clucking,
23:45there's a big difference.
23:47The longevity of the show
23:48is the fact that actually
23:49it is a fun,
23:50it's a fun show.
23:51It's got a serious side to it,
23:53but it's amusing
23:54and it's fun
23:56and it's great TV
23:57and that's why,
23:58that's why we've done 20 years.
24:00Okay, we're moving on
24:01to Board Room Bangers
24:03where our guests each
24:05choose a little song
24:07that sums up the week's task.
24:09Linda, what have you gone for?
24:10Well, Harry,
24:12watching you negotiate,
24:13there was only one song
24:15that came to mind
24:16and that was...
24:21Could have done a demo.
24:23Yeah, I know.
24:23It would have been good.
24:25I thought it was going to be worse,
24:26to be honest.
24:28Dusty,
24:29not a pwiff of dust on that.
24:31Beautiful.
24:32Nikita.
24:33Well,
24:34my choice goes out to Kieran
24:36for being such a charmer,
24:38you know,
24:38such a good flirt
24:40as well.
24:41We can all learn something from him
24:42and I just liked his smooth way
24:44so I went for this.
24:45He's a smooth operator.
24:51Smooth operator.
24:53Nice.
24:54Good choices there.
24:55How do you feel about those?
24:56I was very happy.
24:57I thought it was going to come off
24:58a lot worse than me.
24:59No, you're safe.
25:00Kieran was unbelievable.
25:02Watching that back,
25:03how can he...
25:03Where's the confidence from?
25:04Honestly,
25:05does that translate to
25:06back in the house?
25:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
25:08Okay.
25:09I mean,
25:09I love Kieran,
25:10he's one of the most confident
25:11people I've ever met in my life.
25:13Yeah, he says he's not a real estate...
25:14He said he's not a real estate...
25:15He's so a real estate agent.
25:17Oh, my God, he is so.
25:20Moving on to our next task,
25:21task nine.
25:23We're jumping from one fan favourite
25:24to another
25:24because it is time for TV selling.
25:27And as always,
25:28I've got an exclusive clip for us.
25:31Imagine a gym
25:32and your house.
25:33Dan looks very static.
25:35Let's get some movement.
25:36I'm going to get you
25:36to pop down on your knees
25:37and do a plank for me.
25:39We also have a timer on here,
25:41so I'm going to set
25:41a 30-second timer
25:42for you to hold your plank
25:44for 30 minutes.
25:4530 minutes?
25:47Strong core.
25:48Good work, Dan.
25:49And now,
25:50I'm going to join you as well
25:51for a bit of Pilates
25:52on the same side.
25:53We've got zero coolers, lads.
25:55I need Dan
25:56to really get into it.
26:00To really get into it.
26:03Like, that looked...
26:04They were sweating buckets
26:05and they're two
26:06relatively fit-looking lads.
26:08I don't know if you're selling that
26:09to me sitting at home
26:10and me knickers watching telly.
26:11Well, zero coolers
26:12might say it all.
26:13That's my favourite task.
26:15Yeah.
26:15I love watching it.
26:16I must say, it's mine.
26:17I was gutted to have missed it.
26:18That was the one I wanted to do
26:19and I was like...
26:20You could have worn another suit
26:21or something.
26:22I wonder what costume
26:23you'd have worn in that.
26:24I know.
26:25Full, like, lycra.
26:27Yeah.
26:29Nikita,
26:29you do live radio.
26:30Would you love this TV selling task?
26:32Oh, I'd love it.
26:33I think there's nothing better
26:33than being live.
26:34I think you get that buzz
26:36but you've really got to think
26:37on your feet.
26:38You've got no time
26:38to mess around.
26:39If things go wrong,
26:40it goes wrong.
26:40You just laugh it off
26:41and carry on.
26:42So I think they need to be good
26:43at just getting on with it
26:44and just thinking quick
26:45on their feet.
26:46Yeah.
26:47Linda,
26:48this is always a really fun task.
26:51Exposing a little bit.
26:52What is this really testing?
26:54Well,
26:55I think that
26:55you've got to look at the item.
26:57It's got to have
26:58commercial appeal.
26:59That is the key,
27:01you know.
27:02So really and truthfully,
27:03pile it high,
27:04sell it cheap,
27:05lifestyle kind of things
27:06that you can sell loads of
27:07because they're 50 quid
27:08and not 350 quid.
27:10Yeah.
27:10Right.
27:10So I think it's important
27:12but the most important thing
27:13before you've started
27:14your selling tactic,
27:15have I picked an item
27:17that the people
27:18are going to want
27:18and it's going to be easy
27:19for me to sell?
27:20Yeah.
27:21And to demonstrate
27:22and to build up excitement.
27:25Once you've got that,
27:25demonstrate it,
27:26show them why they need it,
27:27why they must get it.
27:28Yeah.
27:29And of course,
27:29it's much easier
27:30if they've only got to lay out
27:3150 quid,
27:3260 quid.
27:32If you're starting with
27:34a high ticket price,
27:36it's a harder sell.
27:37Yeah.
27:37It's exciting,
27:38isn't it?
27:40We're galloping
27:40towards the end.
27:41Thank you so much
27:42for joining us.
27:43Nikita and Linda.
27:44Thanks so much for having us.
27:45Brilliant.
27:48Join us next time
27:49for more Unfinished Business
27:51on BBC Two,
27:52iPlayer or BBC Sounds
27:53straight after The Apprentice.
27:55We will return
27:56for our next task
27:57where it's bright lights,
27:58bold claims
27:59and absolutely nowhere to hide.
28:01I'm Angela Scanlon.
28:02Goodbye.
28:32I'm Angela Scanlon.
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