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The.Apprentice (2026) UK S20E07
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00:00The next 12 weeks will be the toughest of your life.
00:03Lord Sugar is on the hunt for the next big thing.
00:07This is an opportunity of a lifetime.
00:11Battling for his backing, some of Britain's brightest prospects.
00:15Come on, boys. Get up. Your life depends on it.
00:19And then hit him.
00:20It's a deal worth fighting for.
00:22I can sense a bit of friction. Absolutely.
00:24Daniel, was that on you?
00:24So, no.
00:25I was just in the class.
00:2820 candidates.
00:29I've never been kicked in the balls by a goat, to be honest with you.
00:3212 tough tasks.
00:34This is a complete and utter joke.
00:37Just jump straight in.
00:39One life-changing opportunity.
00:41You're fired. You're fired.
00:43You've completely messed it up.
00:45You're fired.
00:54Previously on The Apprentice.
00:56Welcome to Egypt.
00:57Wow.
00:58Priyash's desert dinner...
01:00It's very spicy.
01:02It's on fire.
01:03...left a bitter taste.
01:05The rice is completely under-cooked.
01:06Oh, I've got a spogging bum already.
01:09For Megan's team...
01:10It's nice to be on the water, isn't it?
01:11No.
01:12I hate it.
01:13...a sinking feeling.
01:14It was vile.
01:15I just wasn't prepared for this.
01:16And in the boardroom...
01:18One of the worst performances in the history of this process.
01:22A bloodbath.
01:23So all three of you are fired.
01:25No way.
01:27Triple firing.
01:28I think he's clearly getting rid of the dead weight now.
01:385 a.m.
01:43Morning.
01:44Good morning.
01:45Lord Sugar would like to meet you at Mars Volume.
01:48The cars will be outside in 20 minutes.
01:50Lovely to see you there.
01:58We're going to Mars Volume in 20 minutes.
02:02Well, I think the boys are going to be fighting for the spot of PM today.
02:06I think definitely there's a turn in the tide, so I'm excited.
02:10Karishma, would you be putting yourself up today?
02:12For PM?
02:13Yeah.
02:13I reckon I'd give some people a chance to catch up.
02:15When I was PM, I won by a mile.
02:17I almost won the show.
02:18That's not cheap.
02:27Halfway, mate.
02:28Not a bad start.
02:29I think it's starting to feel even more real.
02:32You get one mistake here and I think you're gone.
02:36In north-west London, state-of-the-art studio Mars Volume.
02:44Offering a virtual backdrop and a world of possibility.
02:54Welcome to AMSFIT, the future of fitness.
02:58Go!
03:01Oh, insane.
03:03Run!
03:05London has been stormed by aliens.
03:09Oh, this is fun!
03:11To make it to safety, you'll have to reach the ballroom.
03:17Whoa.
03:18That's so cool.
03:19Jump.
03:21That is sick.
03:22Strike.
03:23What, on 18?
03:2418.
03:27Pow.
03:27Stop it.
03:30Oh, my God.
03:31It's the voodoo.
03:35Ah, you made it.
03:37Just in time.
03:38I see your heart rates are up.
03:41The digital fitness market is worth 1.7 billion to the UK economy.
03:47And a growing part of that is what's known as gamified fitness.
03:52Using these revolutionary VR treadmills,
03:57you'll need to brand your game, create an avatar and an introductory video.
04:02You're going to present your concepts to a panel of investors.
04:06The team that secures the most investment will win.
04:10And on the losing team, at least one of you will be fired.
04:16Good morning.
04:17Lord Sugar would like to mix the teams up.
04:20So would Pasha, Lawrence and Levi please swap with Kieran and Harry?
04:32All clear?
04:33All clear.
04:34Off you go.
04:37Teams have two days to build and brand a virtual fitness game.
04:41Does it feel strenuous?
04:43I think, yeah, it definitely gets tiring, for sure.
04:45Before pitching to industry experts.
04:48Do I look legit?
04:49Go on, Levi.
04:50Do you know what?
04:51I could go on gladiators after this.
04:53First for both teams.
04:55So, guys, fitness VR.
04:57Pick a player one.
04:59Who's up for project manager?
05:01Oh, I would like to put myself on this PM.
05:04I do indulgent fitness and graphics and stuff is my thing.
05:07Editing and all of that kind of stuff.
05:09Have you done virtual reality before?
05:11I have done virtual reality before and I do dabble in gaming and coding.
05:15I think you're the best fit as you have experience.
05:17I mean, I think, Harry, you've not been project manager yet.
05:21So, it could be your time to shine.
05:22Yeah, I was about to say, like, fitness has changed my life.
05:25I love fitness.
05:26I run a lot.
05:27I don't know anything about VR.
05:29I'm not going to lie.
05:29I've never done it.
05:30It was the first time I ever used it.
05:31But, yeah, fitness is something that is a big part of my life.
05:34We have to vote on it, I suppose.
05:35Who votes for Krishna?
05:37All in favour of Harry?
05:39Cool.
05:40Right, done.
05:41I vote for Krishna as project manager.
05:44She's a gamer.
05:45She knows VR.
05:47She knows branding.
05:48It's, like, the perfect ask for her.
05:50But people vote for Harry who goes for runs.
05:54Yeah, well, it's a pleasure, guys.
05:54Thank you very much.
05:56So, I think we've got a really strong team.
05:59Backstage.
06:00I worked on a gamified launch for a product a few years back.
06:04Already at the controls.
06:05I obviously do like gaming.
06:08PR man Lawrence.
06:10So, my idea for the game was for aerobics.
06:13Within that idea as well, you know how different apps have rewards for logging in each day?
06:18Yeah.
06:18I want people to be rewarded as they grow with the programme.
06:21I really like the idea of actually people being able to get reduced life insurance.
06:26Realistic rewards.
06:27So, if you're doing your aerobics every day, you get reduced life insurance because you're looking after yourself.
06:32So, Lawrence, what is the actual concept of the game so I can write it down?
06:35What we're trying to develop is something that can really get people into fitness and meet people where they're at.
06:39I've given you the framework to work within because I want you to use your creativity.
06:43I don't want to just sit there and dictate things all day.
06:45Is there anything from that that's unclear?
06:49Lawrence has put himself forward as project manager, but I haven't heard him give his team any direction about what
06:54they should really be delivering.
06:55Apart from Lawrence's very broad and vague framework about a game filled with incentives, including life insurance.
07:02Lawrence, can I really just quickly mention, do you think we know enough about how you want this game to
07:07be developed?
07:08Because personally, I don't think we know anything as to how this is going to be put.
07:14On the other team.
07:15So, my initial idea was running, and I think it is the most accessible.
07:19All on the same level.
07:21From a gaming perspective, I think futuristic, robotics, like things that are out there in the future.
07:27Cyber world, or like a dystopian environment.
07:29Yeah, yeah. That's quite cool.
07:31Harry's team.
07:33We have a track, and, you know, you're running your meeting obstacles, and then at the end you discover a
07:39final boss.
07:40Yeah.
07:40Getting to this is the goal. Defeating this is the win.
07:43Yeah.
07:44Well, what do you guys think?
07:45I would play that.
07:46I mean, to be honest, Christian's got the experience in gaming, so I think that makes a lot of sense.
07:49If you feel comfortable with a win, though, I think it's good.
07:52Harry has been democratic, and he's listened to his entire team.
07:54I think if Harry can keep a thorough plan the whole way through this task, I do have faith that
07:59Harry will carry us through to victory.
08:01Have you given any thought to how you want the PT to look, or anything like that?
08:05Next door.
08:06If we go for aerobics, I don't mind stepping in to be the PT for that one.
08:10Yeah.
08:11Personal trainer picked.
08:12So, to be clear, Levi's quite comfortable being the PT, and that's something that I think is quite important.
08:18Project manager Lawrence puts people in their place.
08:22Is there anyone that wants to put themselves on the game development team?
08:25I wouldn't even know where to start even developing a game, to be honest.
08:28Like, the only experience I have is home workouts.
08:31I don't have the experience in VR.
08:34All right.
08:35I'm going to put myself on the branding team, and I was going to take Levi with me.
08:39The game development is the essential part of this, right?
08:43With it being your idea, you being on the game development is make or break for how you want it
08:47to be.
08:48Can I just add to that?
08:49And the game development team will be creating the fitness game, which is what we will be showing to you.
08:53I do understand.
08:55But you are trusting on us when we're still a little bit, I'm sure.
08:58This is your idea.
08:59I mean, both of you have an idea of what gaming looks like.
09:01But this isn't my idea.
09:04I think I've put the right people in the right place.
09:06I think regardless who was on the sub team, no one has experience in building a game.
09:10So whoever's there, we just need the sub team to step up and take some ownership.
09:16We've got Krishma as sub team leader.
09:18Kieran and Connor on the game development side.
09:21So let's do it.
09:22Come on, guys.
09:23Let's go.
09:2511am.
09:27While half of each team gets a workout on branding.
09:30I'm excited to be project manager.
09:31I think, you know, it's been a long time coming.
09:33I think we've got this.
09:34Let's do this.
09:35Bish, bash, bosh.
09:37The rest will build a demo of their game.
09:41I am quite frustrated, guys.
09:43I don't know if you can tell.
09:44I just, honestly, I just feel like it was a bit of a car crash in there.
09:47Yep.
09:48This is his thing.
09:49Literally, he's done it before.
09:50Do you know what?
09:50If this is such a strong vision for yourself, why don't you develop it?
09:55Hoban Studios.
09:57Hello, hello.
09:57How's it going?
09:58Hello, mate.
09:58Lawrence, nice to meet you.
10:00Nice to meet you.
10:00Sunny, happy personality.
10:02Yeah, ready to go, man.
10:04Base for both branding teams.
10:06What's really important with a name is it's got to say exactly what it does on the tin.
10:10Yeah.
10:11First mission for Lawrence and Levi.
10:13I was thinking Aerobics Live VR.
10:16Power up a winning name.
10:18The couple of names I've got is, like, Go Get It or Go Get Fit.
10:24Yeah, I really like that.
10:26I really do.
10:27My only concern with that is, is I really want it to say exactly what it does.
10:31What it says on the tin.
10:32Yeah, or could go on that, like, just house fit or fit house.
10:36My only problem with that, I completely understand what you're saying, but that could be anything within that.
10:42Erm, what about just Aerobics VR?
10:45Yeah.
10:46I think that's too bland.
10:49Erm, so, should we get it on the screen?
10:52We're going to go with Aerobics Live VR.
10:54I want Aerobics Live in black.
10:58No, I would have said red.
10:59I'm keen on the red, actually.
11:01I think that will pop.
11:02Can we stick a box around it just whilst we're here?
11:04Get rid of the box.
11:06It...
11:07I think the box makes it clear that it's a logo.
11:12Lawrence has got an idea of what he wants, so I've just got to support him as much as I
11:16can.
11:16Hopefully I'm just not being brought along for the ride.
11:18I don't want to participate and put some input into this, but we'll just have to see how the day
11:22goes.
11:22I think we've worked really well together there.
11:24Yeah.
11:24I'm loving the synergy already.
11:25This is exactly what I was hoping for.
11:29Across the hall...
11:31I got raised to the top.
11:33Is that all right with you guys?
11:35Yeah.
11:35For project manager Harry...
11:37So, next is our logo.
11:39A chance to take the lead.
11:43I was thinking we could have raised to the top and then top underneath.
11:47Like this?
11:48Raised to the top.
11:49Oh, I like that.
11:50So, we're happy with the logo design.
11:51We need to choose colours.
11:52I think when you think of cyber, you think of green.
11:54So, green could be an option.
11:55I mean, mate, I was going to go for blue, maybe.
11:59Great.
11:59So, I know you've both made your suggestions.
12:01Yeah.
12:01And I think they're great.
12:03I personally, I like the green.
12:04I think it's a sign of health.
12:05It's a sign of go.
12:06And I know you like the blue, Dan.
12:08I think they could work quite well together.
12:10Yeah.
12:10Do you think blue and green we could go with?
12:11Yeah.
12:12Do we agree on that?
12:12I agree.
12:14I think that's fine.
12:14So, how about you?
12:15Yeah.
12:15You happy with that, Dan?
12:16Yeah.
12:17Yeah.
12:17Yeah, can we try that, please?
12:20Harry makes a better team player than he does a project manager.
12:24He is not managing anything.
12:27He's doing everything by consensus.
12:29Well, a happy camp is good, but a winning camp is better.
12:32We've done well.
12:33I think it's a real team effort.
12:34Yeah.
12:35We've got something that looks good enough, I think.
12:40Parachute Studios.
12:42There's no theme.
12:43We don't have, like, a storyline.
12:45Hoping to hit start on their game design.
12:47I know that he wanted this reward scheme to be in place.
12:51But it just threw us off, to be honest.
12:51That, I feel like, will lose the people playing the game.
12:55I feel like that's boring.
12:56Yeah.
12:56Rothner, Pasha and Rajan.
12:59I feel like there needs to be an overall purpose in this.
13:02We knew in the morning demo that we saw that she was fighting to get to the boardroom.
13:07She was killing off baddies.
13:07There was an end point.
13:08There was an end.
13:09The idea of running away from a baddie in itself promotes fitness.
13:12Yeah.
13:13Okay, this is just a wild idea.
13:14Please do disagree with it.
13:15Why can't it be, like, weird animals?
13:19Yeah.
13:19Because it makes it more, like, exciting.
13:20There was a weird, like, alien water creature.
13:25Yes.
13:25And it's like, we're going to get raided by this alien, weird creature.
13:29Like, frog monsters have just landed.
13:31And then suddenly, from the bushes, if you could get the frogs starting to come out.
13:35You're running for your life.
13:36These frogs are coming at you.
13:37So why not just start it off with a bang?
13:40I think we're just trying to make the best of a bad situation at the moment.
13:44We left this morning's brief with absolutely no storyboard.
13:47So I think we're just really trying hard to think on the spot.
13:50But then, hang on, is this getting away from aerobics?
13:54It feels a bit adventurous.
13:55Do you know what I mean?
13:59On the other team...
14:00So, guys, this is what I've kind of got in my head, right?
14:04Gaming fan Karishma...
14:05Earth is extinct, essentially.
14:08There's, like, humans surviving.
14:09It's an apocalypse.
14:10It's a robot apocalypse.
14:11Absolutely.
14:11Races ahead.
14:13We're going to start off with flying cars, collapsing buildings.
14:17We're going to have...
14:18Who's driving the flying cars that visit this open world?
14:20I don't know.
14:21It's the future.
14:22They fly themselves like Teslas.
14:24Scene two, we're going to insert our first obstacle.
14:27So he now encounters a falling building that's going to destroy his path.
14:31He has no choice but to jump.
14:33Scene three, he finds more robotic spider creature thingies.
14:37They're on pendulums.
14:38They're coming in.
14:39We're going to make it as, like, visually interactive as possible.
14:42And that will lead us into the final boss,
14:45who will be defeated by one powerful punch.
14:49It's clear to me that Karishma is a keen gamer
14:51because she knows a lot about the elements of different games
14:54that make them engaging.
14:56She storyboarded the idea, 99% of which the ideas are hers.
15:01I mean, really, Kieran and Connor should just wait in the car.
15:07Mid-afternoon.
15:08So our game name is...
15:10Race to the Top.
15:11That's actually really great for us.
15:13What does the character look like?
15:15So we're about to start making the character.
15:17Just remember, this isn't a game for kids.
15:19This is definitely, like, 15 plus.
15:20So try to make this a mature character.
15:22Do not make it childish whatsoever.
15:25Hi, guys.
15:25Hello.
15:26Also at a checkpoint.
15:28How are you guys?
15:29Lawrence's team.
15:31Stress.
15:32A little bit stress.
15:33This is really stressful.
15:33This is very difficult.
15:35None of us have really designed a game before, but we're trying.
15:37Just to summarise, what we've done is...
15:39I know it sounds really silly.
15:40Frogs that are coming to chase you.
15:43Is there any sort of incorporation of the reward structure?
15:46Or is that just not possible?
15:47I know it doesn't sound like it with these frog elements, but...
15:49The rewards is, like, obviously, you're saving an endangered area.
15:54I mean, we've tried to incorporate a really fun game.
15:57I know that in the brief, there wasn't much mention.
16:00In terms of the game element, we really struggled to come up with something that was going to make the
16:04aerobics fun.
16:06Okay.
16:06All right.
16:07All right.
16:08For that.
16:08Listen, I hate to pick out negatives.
16:11It's just the constant deflecting of, you know, you said in the morning this, and it's just...
16:17Just leave that out.
16:18Let's just crack on with the phone call.
16:21Central London.
16:23We need to have a think about now who our PT's going to be.
16:26Stepping through a personal trainer to front their racing game.
16:29We can literally create whatever we want, because nothing's right, nothing's wrong.
16:34Harry's branding boys.
16:37Dan, what do you think?
16:38I would go down the creature route and make it look very action-like.
16:42Gordon, can we just start with that, if that's okay?
16:44Yeah, of course.
16:46Oh, no.
16:47No, get rid of this.
16:47At the moment, it looks like it's about to kill someone.
16:50Obviously, we want the creature to look happy.
16:52Yeah, it needs to be a friendly creature.
16:54Yeah.
16:54I think something like this.
16:56Yeah, an AI robot with hair.
16:59Nice.
17:00I quite like that.
17:01Actually, that's okay.
17:02Do we want to try and put a smartwatch on there?
17:04I think that'd look quite cool.
17:06Purple hair and a headband to show that it's doing sports.
17:09Are they going to have a top on?
17:11Yeah, maybe.
17:11I mean, I think that could work.
17:13Yeah.
17:14I think, okay, that's done.
17:17I think we should reduce the breast bit, just to make it a bit more flat,
17:20because at the moment, it's a bit, you know, out there.
17:28On the other team...
17:30So what I'm thinking is T-shirt with our logo in the centre of it, on our white background.
17:34Oh, mate.
17:35Yeah?
17:35When Lord Sugar asks you what you've done this week, you're going to have a long list to give him.
17:39I love it.
17:40Yeah.
17:41Lined up for the part of personal trainer.
17:43Brilliant.
17:44Yeah, let's just crack straight into the script.
17:46Military man, Levi.
17:48Hi, I'm Petey, the personal trainer.
17:51Great to meet you.
17:52I'm here to help you reach your goals, to give you more flexibility, more rewards, and more life.
17:58So, in terms of the delivery, are you confident with it?
18:02Yeah.
18:04I'm really confident with this, in terms of sort of just acting out and talking.
18:08I'm happy to go ahead with it.
18:11When it's coming to it now, I have got a little bit more experience.
18:14I think I've got quite a neutral accent.
18:16But the main reason I was here was for this bit.
18:20Naturally, I think you want to do it.
18:21Yeah.
18:23Would you be all right with me pushing ahead with it, just because I'm sort of quite comfortable with the
18:27acting?
18:28I would be a bit annoyed with that.
18:30It is a bit like a bit of a stab, really.
18:33I would be disappointed in your shoes.
18:35I would be disappointed.
18:36I am.
18:36I know.
18:38I feel honestly like I shot a puppy when I told Levi he wasn't going to be doing the acting.
18:43I think he would have done a good job.
18:44I just had to back myself in that moment, because ultimately, if you don't win, it's my head that's going
18:49to be first on the chopping block.
18:513 p.m.
18:53We want two coming in.
18:54Yeah.
18:55It's like...
18:56...while Harry's gaming crew...
18:58So right now, we're ducking under the eagles and collecting our gold coins as we go along.
19:03Head for the finish line.
19:05We're going to work our way up the skyscraper, and we are out to level two.
19:09Run, jump into the portal, level two.
19:12What if we just introduce the aliens straight away?
19:13On Team Aerobics...
19:15They've got to run to the first checkpoint with the aliens around them.
19:19And the checkpoint could be the place where they have to do the lunges or high knees or whatever it
19:24is.
19:25A glitch.
19:27Yeah.
19:28It's very adventurous, isn't it?
19:30So what would be your suggestion?
19:33Because think in the back of your mind, you're pitching it to investors.
19:36It has to be a fun...
19:37It's not just combining fitness, it's combining gaming.
19:39I don't know where this whole alien thing comes, to be honest, but what I'm trying to say is...
19:43So, Rajan, I'm going to basically just clarify.
19:46I personally feel like it sounds like you've got a little bit more gaming experience.
19:49I know it's not exactly this.
19:51I don't have a gaming experience.
19:52Just because I've played a game doesn't mean I'm a gamer.
19:55It's still a lot more than what I have done.
19:57You baked your bread, I wouldn't call you Mr Kipling.
19:59Yeah, but, okay, Rajan, there's actually no need for that.
20:02I'm not a gamer.
20:03Okay, look, I'm just going to say to you, I do feel like...
20:06I understand you're getting frustrated.
20:08All I'm asking is, this isn't my area either, but we're all trying.
20:11Absolutely.
20:12We need your input.
20:15I feel a bit entrained by that session, to be honest.
20:18I did find it quite frustrating that Rajan, he will give criticism without giving any alternatives.
20:24I don't feel like he did enough.
20:26Instead of lunges, should we do punches in the air?
20:29So, guys, I am here, but you can ask me as well, Pash.
20:32Just saying, just saying.
20:33Rajan, if you want...
20:35You're talking directly to Rajan.
20:36No, I'm literally going two punches in the air like that.
20:38No, no, but you're talking directly to...
20:40Okay, do you know what, it's probably because she's saying that I'm writing.
20:42Honestly, don't worry.
20:46Central London.
20:48Ow.
20:48With Levi demoted to director...
20:51Wait, ow.
20:52...Lawrence steps into the limelight.
20:54Right, go.
20:56Hi, I'm Petey, the personal trainer.
20:59Great to meet you.
21:01On Harry's team...
21:02Just make sure that you have quite a wide start.
21:05Okay, fine.
21:06So maybe I'll have a bit more...
21:07Yeah.
21:07Playing a futuristic fitness instructor...
21:10Do you want to do a different voice today?
21:11I don't know if I should do that.
21:12It sounds more kiddish if I do like, hi!
21:14Yeah, and they said they wanted not childish.
21:16Kriash.
21:17Okay, so can we start recording?
21:19Hi, I'm your fitness cyber personal trainer.
21:24The fastest runner in cyber city.
21:27Along the journey, we will cross many obstacles.
21:32And I will see you on the cyber track.
21:35Nice.
21:36It's good energy, mate.
21:41I don't want to see how I look right now.
21:43P.T.'s perfected.
21:45Mate, what a day.
21:46It's a long day.
21:48I wouldn't have rather done it with anyone else,
21:49even if you did want to take my head off.
21:51For the gaming teams, a first look at their logo.
21:55Oh, no.
21:56Why do they go full red and black?
21:57It looks like a bumper sticker.
21:59It's not great, but let's put it into our game.
22:02Let's have a look at this logo.
22:04It looks like an old retro arcade game.
22:08I don't like the colours.
22:09I don't like the font.
22:10I don't like anything about it.
22:11I think it's absolutely useless.
22:13It's one of the worst logos I've ever seen.
22:14Tomorrow, pitch to investors.
22:258am.
22:26For both teams...
22:28Hi, I'm P.T., your personal trainer.
22:31A replay.
22:33Don't worry.
22:34I'll be here to guide you every step of the way.
22:37So, what are you waiting for?
22:39Let's go.
22:41So, Levi didn't do any exercises in that?
22:44My job yesterday was just to support Lawrence.
22:46And I will hold my hands up.
22:48One of the key reasons that Levi did come across initially
22:50was for the P.T. role.
22:52But then when it came to it,
22:53it was more of a pure play acting role.
22:56So, you know, who do I feel sort of would do the role best?
22:59And I've got to make the decision.
23:00I've got to back myself.
23:01But Levi was a phenomenal director.
23:06Across the hall...
23:08Hi, I'm your fitness cyborg personal trainer.
23:12Powering up there, P.T.
23:14Support your cyber boost.
23:16Harry's team.
23:17And I will see you on the cyber track.
23:22So, my only concern would be that the tone
23:25isn't a little bit younger.
23:27Like, did anyone think that wasn't just me?
23:29You'd be a great children then, say no, I think.
23:32What's...
23:32Is it male, female?
23:35It's unisex.
23:36It's unisex.
23:36That's why I'm running it.
23:37It does look good.
23:39There's no right or wrong answer.
23:41No, correct.
23:42We've incorporated the smartwatch.
23:43We've incorporated the headband.
23:45So, it's like all the sports features trainers.
23:47What, is that a T-shirt?
23:48So, it's meant to be running kit.
23:49Oh, okay.
23:52For teen aerobics.
23:54Start running, start running.
23:55A first glimpse of their game.
23:57Yeah, there's your logo.
23:59There's your logo.
24:00Yeah, running.
24:01And a dose of reality.
24:03What are these?
24:04The frogs.
24:05Right.
24:06Oh.
24:09And then two squats.
24:11Yep.
24:12Lovely.
24:12Brilliant.
24:15The only concerns I do have is the frogs.
24:18I think for us, the struggle was like the motive of the game.
24:22Like maybe if you had an idea or, you know.
24:24So, for me, I literally got out of the chair and I was like, listen, we need to make this
24:27fun and exciting.
24:28The whole idea of collecting rewards right now is super boring.
24:31Like, it just didn't seem imaginative.
24:33Yeah.
24:33And for me, that someone doesn't game, it didn't even feel exciting.
24:36It would have been ideal for one of you to maybe have joined.
24:38However, we tried our best.
24:43You see these yellow coins?
24:45These are our collectibles.
24:46On the other team.
24:47So, you're going to do 12 punches, one after the other.
24:50Oh.
24:51Gamer Karishma.
24:52You're explaining this very well, Karishma.
24:54Then we've got our final boss.
24:56Knock him out.
24:56Oh, wow.
24:57Good.
24:57Coins collected.
24:58Ten.
24:59Sets the pace.
25:01So, guys, I absolutely loved your work.
25:02I know you did an incredible job on the design team and I think you've absolutely nailed it.
25:06She did.
25:07I do kind of want to be on the pitch team.
25:10Karishma, would you mind swapping with me and we'll go do the pitch.
25:13Me, Connor and Kieran.
25:15Mm-hmm.
25:16I think you'll do an amazing job in consumer research because that is incredibly important.
25:19We need that.
25:20We've seen it in past tasks where it's not been listened to.
25:22Is everyone all right with that?
25:25I should be on the pitch team.
25:26I'm the only gamer in the whole team.
25:29I also feel like they don't know how to pitch certain things.
25:31Like, they're just going to start spinning things and they're not going to see it from a gamer perspective.
25:37We've got to win investors. That's the bottom line of this task.
25:39Also looking for virtual volunteers.
25:41Is there anyone that isn't confident pitching?
25:44Project manager Lawrence.
25:46I think it is a good game, don't get me wrong.
25:48But for me, I feel like pitching this idea of our game wouldn't be massively strong for me.
25:56I do get that Rajan has immediately said that he's not confident. I feel like we all...
26:01I didn't say I was not confident. I said I wasn't massively familiar.
26:04You were part of it, you still?
26:05Yeah, absolutely. I'm not denying that.
26:07Can I just add to that myself and Pasha, we aren't 100% confident in the game either.
26:11I'm happy personally to still back it.
26:14Cool. Well, listen, that's what I want. I need energy. I need belief.
26:17Levi, you're going to be sub-team leader.
26:19Rajan, I need quantifiable data that we can take to the investors.
26:23Sure.
26:25Rajan didn't want to pitch.
26:26So today he is doing the consumer research, which in all honesty, anyone can do that.
26:31It's not rocket science.
26:32I think people are really trying to get the easy straw in this process.
26:35And if you don't challenge yourself, then what are you doing?
26:38We are going to take Aerobics Life VR and we're going to bring it to life.
26:42Let's do it. Come on, guys.
26:43Let's do it.
26:4510am.
26:47While half of each team set out to test the market.
26:51Guys, I'm not going to lie.
26:52As the only game I probably should have been on the pitch team.
26:55Like, it makes zero sense for me to be on this team.
26:57Why would you not switch Kieran out?
27:01The rest target a top score by prepping the perfect pitch.
27:06Levi spoke up about the PT side.
27:08I really want to do that.
27:10And I thought, Levi, this is your time to shine.
27:12I completely understand.
27:13I had to make a decision with the character to put myself forward after Levi.
27:16So I was excited to do it.
27:17And that's tough.
27:18That's really tough to do.
27:19Yeah.
27:19I had a reason for it.
27:20It's not for everyone to agree with it.
27:22But what's important today is positivity, excitement and getting that pitch out there.
27:28The O2, London.
27:30Base for both teams to road test their games.
27:34Hidden amongst the punters, three investors from the worlds of fitness and tech.
27:40Dodge the spiders.
27:41They're dangerous.
27:42Dodge the spiders.
27:44Representing race to the top.
27:46These robots here, you've got to just punch it in the face.
27:49There we go.
27:50Harry's gaming squad.
27:52Hi, I'm your fitness cyborg personal trainer.
27:56Did everyone like his character, his energy?
27:59I felt like he is someone that would appeal to like a 10-year-old.
28:03He doesn't look like super healthy.
28:05He doesn't look that inspiring.
28:07It's pretty terrifying.
28:08So let's move on to the game.
28:09Who thought it looked really cool and like visually engaging?
28:13One, two, three, four.
28:15So yeah, I've counted.
28:16So it's 10 out of 13.
28:17Okay, 10 out of 13.
28:18Amazing.
28:18From a gaming experience, it kind of works.
28:21But from a workout perspective, I don't think it works.
28:24And would you play this game again?
28:26So we've got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
28:29So over half of you.
28:30The ones that kept your hands down, you're all gym goers.
28:32Yes.
28:33Yeah.
28:33Okay.
28:34That's good to know.
28:36On the other team.
28:39What the hell?
28:40I don't know if it was over the Dodger or fight.
28:42Giving their concept to work out.
28:45Oh, now I know it's Alvin Frost.
28:46Okay.
28:47Levi and Roger.
28:50When you look at this logo, do you automatically think, I'm about to do an aerobics game here?
28:56I think it's a bit boring to like look at.
28:58Yeah.
28:58It's very like corporate.
29:00I think a bit aggressive.
29:02Feels just a bit too much.
29:03So you've all played the game.
29:05Give us a bit of feedback, what you thought about it.
29:07Yeah, I think it was good.
29:07In terms of, you've got your challenges in there.
29:09You've got to say your squats.
29:11You've got to do your jab punching.
29:12When I first started, I was a bit confused why there were frogs.
29:16I didn't really know if I was supposed to punch them, run away from them.
29:20So the instructions weren't clear in the games?
29:22No, I mean, it's just frogs.
29:23So would you play this game again after playing it once?
29:28Probably not.
29:29Probably not.
29:32Mid-afternoon.
29:33It was very clear from the offset that the gamers loved the whole concept.
29:37Before pitches begin.
29:39The fitness people didn't really like it, to be honest.
29:42They didn't really think it was active enough.
29:44A chance to run through the research.
29:48Are you happy, Harry, with how the team's split?
29:50Do you think it might be worth Karishma joining you guys in the pitch
29:54just to answer any of those questions?
29:56We've been prepping it all day.
29:57I think it's probably better to keep it as it is because we've got it sorted.
30:01Do you guys feel comfortable?
30:01Because I know you guys weren't on the game side of it.
30:04You were obviously, but you're in the demo.
30:05You know I was on the game team too.
30:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
30:07No, no, no, sorry.
30:08Sorry, I forgot that.
30:13Also, working up a sweat.
30:15So, going on from the logo.
30:18Boring, corporate.
30:19Yeah.
30:19Aggressive.
30:20Yeah.
30:21Team aerobics.
30:22People didn't really understand what to do.
30:24So, as soon as they got into it, like, whoa, frogs, what do I do?
30:27We're going to take that on the chin, we're going to take it like adults
30:29and we're going to make sure we smash this pitch out of the park.
30:31Amazing.
30:32Very cool.
30:32All right, looking forward to it, guys.
30:35Pitching time.
30:37Oh, this thing is...
30:38Waiting, with over half a million pounds of investment up for grabs,
30:44a panel of industry heavyweights and the legends from the world of fitness.
30:49Let's go.
30:50First up, I'd love to welcome you to our proposal pitch for investment in our new game,
30:56Race to the Top.
30:58Harry's tea.
30:59Oh, I know him.
31:01I was the one that was doing the demonstration.
31:03Yeah, he was there, yeah.
31:04To our virtual PT.
31:05Hi, I'm your fitness cyborg pet.
31:08That's someone we met today as well.
31:09Oh my God.
31:10Guys, I strapped him in today.
31:12He was there.
31:13He was there.
31:14He played the game.
31:15Connor, are you ready to race to the top?
31:18Let's go.
31:19Run.
31:20Let's go.
31:21Left.
31:22Right.
31:23Left.
31:23Right.
31:23Keep going, Connor.
31:25The building spell.
31:26Jump.
31:27Watch out for that eagle.
31:28But he's not really explaining what the game's about.
31:31He's not talking about the coin.
31:31Yeah.
31:32Jump again for me.
31:33Come on, you've got this.
31:34Don't stop now.
31:35I mean, talk about the coins.
31:36We're just walking right past them.
31:37Yeah.
31:38Now, one big punch.
31:40Congratulations, Connie.
31:40You've just burnt 22 calories.
31:43Oof.
31:43I hope you're not too knackered after that.
31:46Now, our team went out to go do a bit of customer research earlier,
31:50and we knew we had a good idea, but we didn't know if gamers in particular
31:54would find it as eye-catching and as motivating as us.
31:57Luckily, through that research, they found they loved it.
32:00And if you do have any questions, we would absolutely love to answer them.
32:04My name's Myles Jacobson.
32:06I mean, they have no idea that we actually spoke with Myles today.
32:09He's tried this game.
32:10You spoke there about the gamers who really enjoyed it.
32:12Uh-oh.
32:13I was at the focus testing as well.
32:15Sure.
32:17And the fitness people, they're saying that it didn't do the job at all.
32:21Right, so on to the next question.
32:23Yeah.
32:24Obviously, the game is set in a futuristic cyber city.
32:28But to me, when I look at that branding, I immediately think of a kind of 80s arcade game.
32:33Oh.
32:34It will attract the older audience who know arcades from back in the day
32:38and maybe haven't even looked at getting into fitness via playing games.
32:44Hi, my name's Kristina Hurugu.
32:46I'm a GB athlete, 400 meters.
32:48I'd wondered if you'd just explain to me how you would go on and advance the fitness components of your
32:55game.
32:56He has no idea.
32:58Look at his face.
32:58He has no idea what he's going to say.
33:01Thank you for your question.
33:02So, I think, you know, the first thing that we would do in terms to make it difficult is, you
33:09know, longer tracks.
33:11The longer it is, the more the person has to run.
33:14Take the mic off him.
33:17Um...
33:17In terms that...
33:19Your go?
33:20Yes.
33:21Yeah, so there's a variety of different elements that get more difficult and increasingly demanding the longer you go on.
33:27Are you making this up on the spot or is this an actual thing?
33:30Yes, he's making it up on the spot.
33:31Well, thank you so much everyone for your time.
33:33Thank you so much.
33:37It can definitely work.
33:39I noticed a lot of pivoting on stage.
33:41Yes.
33:41Is it not good, though, that they're thinking on their feet?
33:44Hi.
33:45Hello, boys.
33:46Hi, guys.
33:46You know, it was difficult out there, I'm not going to lie.
33:48Yeah, we saw some of the questions.
33:50It was a tough crowd, it was a tough sell.
33:51Yeah, it was.
33:51I just hope, you know, we did think on our feet a bit.
33:56Hi, I'm Petey.
33:57Next to pitch.
33:59Great to meet you.
34:00Hoping for a high score.
34:02So, what are you waiting for?
34:04Let's go.
34:05Lawrence, Rothner and Pasha.
34:08Good afternoon and thank you so much for joining us
34:11for the launch of our brand new virtual reality game, Aerobics Life.
34:16I wanted to just start off by telling you a story.
34:19And that story is about myself.
34:21When I was 19 years old, I got an injury playing football.
34:25And that was the only sport I knew how to do.
34:28So, for the first time in my life, I decided I was going to do aerobics.
34:33I see a couple of people looking from across the gym and they're laughing.
34:36So, I get up, I leave the gym and I never do aerobics again to this day.
34:41You know what?
34:41I understand the angle of going down like the personal kind of stories and stuff.
34:46I agree.
34:46But I think it's just a bit much.
34:47I'm going to hand you over now to Pasha and Rothner who are going to go through the game and
34:52I know they're going to smash this out of the park.
35:02Oh, my God.
35:11Oh, my God.
35:21We would be delighted to answer any questions to help us out.
35:24help us secure that investment.
35:26My point really is just about the frogs.
35:29You said the focus is on aerobics and doing those exercises, but you're running from frogs.
35:37Who wanted frogs?
35:38Pasha and Rothner.
35:39Why the frogs?
35:40Ultimately, the frogs are a little bit out there.
35:43They are crazy.
35:44But, you know, some people might like it.
35:45I think if it's like Marmite, you either will love it or you will hate it.
35:49Don't say you like Marmite.
35:50I don't think that's a good thing to say.
35:52The whole purpose of this entire thing is for her to be constantly on her feet, constantly moving, basically being
35:58attacked by these unknown species that look like frogs.
36:02Thank you so much for the question.
36:04We look forward to working with you.
36:05Have a lovely rest of your day and thank you.
36:06Thank you so much, guys.
36:10What did you think?
36:11I spent the whole time making excuses for the frogs.
36:14Yeah, some frogs were really weird.
36:16Hey!
36:18Hey!
36:18Hello, guys.
36:20Guys, that was so bad.
36:22Very tough task.
36:24I still stand by what is said.
36:25Lawrence should have been on the making of the game, point blank.
36:28Yes, I fumbled a few words in the pitch then.
36:31I feel like the team's going to come for me.
36:34However, I'll be ready to fight.
36:39Tonight, investments totted up.
36:42Tomorrow, in the boardroom, the final boss.
36:559am.
36:56Oi.
36:57Good morning.
36:57Your team look a bit nervous.
36:59I was going to say the same about yours, fella.
37:01Yeah, well...
37:02And trust me, the big ones from you when you know you've won is very different to today.
37:07Pressure's on you, mate.
37:08You're PM.
37:08May the best team win.
37:09May the best man win.
37:15I'm always nervous going to the boardroom, it's a very nerve-wracking place, but obviously
37:18being a project manager adds a lot of heat onto you.
37:21I think as a project manager on this task, I've had to make a lot of tough decisions against
37:25the grain of the team, but if there are any issues, I don't feel like they'll be the
37:28things that were under my control as a project manager.
37:34You can go through to the boardroom now.
37:49So, it's time to find out now who's made it to the next level.
37:56We'll start with Team Alpha.
37:59Harry, you became project manager, right?
38:04Absolutely.
38:05Super Harry-o.
38:07Yeah, yeah.
38:08That was a good ring to that.
38:10Yeah.
38:11So, you got running.
38:12Why have you gone for running?
38:14So, Harry is a very active runner.
38:16I see him running a lot in the house.
38:19Why is he running in the house?
38:21Away from Dan.
38:23The development team, I think you had a lot of input into it, Krishna, right?
38:28Yes, Lord Jarrell.
38:28I know that there's like a premise with every game where you fight small
38:33level obstacles and then eventually reach a big boss.
38:36So, I wanted to replicate that for our game.
38:38You bossed it though, I thought.
38:40I thought you were the big boss.
38:41Oh, thank you.
38:42Okay.
38:43Then there's a branding team.
38:45Harry, Dan and Priyash, right?
38:48That's correct, yes.
38:49So, that is your logo.
38:50So, this is the logo for our game.
38:52Race to the top.
38:54Exactly, yes.
38:55It looks like an Amstrad 4-6-4 game.
38:57Yeah, it's like an old Amstrad game, yeah.
39:01Anyway, let me have a look at this promotional video.
39:04Hi, I'm your fitness cyborg personal trainer.
39:08So, put on your cyber boots and I will see you on the cyber track.
39:12All right.
39:14Looks like it's working in a gym in Chernobyl.
39:17Yeah.
39:19Like Kermit on steroids.
39:22We, um...
39:22Bionic bogey, that's what it looks like.
39:25What do you think about that creature?
39:27I think that was definitely our weakest point.
39:29Yeah.
39:30Scary, obnoxious, the experts say.
39:33Yeah.
39:33Yeah, that sounds like Piers Morgan's Tinder profile.
39:37Yeah.
39:38Anyway, can we see the game then?
39:41So, the game starts off with running.
39:44Um, the first obstacle is these flying eagles.
39:48So, what am I doing?
39:50I'm on a running machine.
39:51Yeah, so right now you'd essentially be going like this.
39:53Yeah.
39:54So that you're doing the exercise to climb up with it.
39:56Yeah.
39:56Then this is the finale.
39:57This needs to be one big hard punch to knock out.
39:59That's him, that's the big boss.
40:01I don't know what you needed him for.
40:03You've got one here.
40:05Um, who did the pitch?
40:07So that was myself, Connor and Kieran.
40:10You didn't let Karishma do it then?
40:11Um, so I thought they'd be best...
40:13He was a bit upset about that, wasn't he?
40:15It would have been more logical to me to be on the pitch side,
40:19but they were equipped with all the information and did a good job.
40:23Yeah.
40:23Alright, anyway, so what did they think?
40:25Having read the room, I think half of them liked it, half of them didn't.
40:28Yeah.
40:29Well, one of them was going to make quite a large investment,
40:34but decided to significantly reduce it
40:37because of the quality of the answers to some of the questions.
40:40Felt you waffled and made it up on the spot.
40:43That is disappointing.
40:45Okay.
40:47So, let's move on now to Eclipse.
40:50And Lawrence, you became the PM.
40:54That's correct, Lord Sugar.
40:55And you decided to go for aerobics, is that right?
40:57That's correct, Lord Sugar.
40:59I think aerobics is growing in nature in the male market
41:02and I wanted to be able to reach as many people as we could.
41:05Okay.
41:05So, the development team was Rothner, sub-team leaders, right?
41:10Yes, that's correct.
41:12Rajan and Pasho, yeah?
41:14Correct.
41:14Did your project manager give you a clear brief as to what to get on with?
41:18We didn't have a storyline to go in, so we spent a lot of that time trying to come up
41:22with a storyline.
41:22If I may, Lord Sugar, the idea was if you kept up with your fitness, you got lower life insurance
41:27premiums.
41:28But Lawrence, Lawrence, Lawrence, the task is to create a story.
41:33That's the key to the whole thing, right?
41:36I can't say anything but that I tried.
41:40Anyway, and then there's a branding team.
41:43So, why are you on the branding team?
41:45So, because my background with Copy and Tim, I've listened to you say on a podcast that Lord Sugar's greatest
41:51strength is putting people where they have their strengths.
41:54And I thought putting myself in an area where I didn't have strengths would be a big...
41:57It must be a long, I'm telling you.
41:59You don't need a podcast.
42:00Lord Sugar's made it very clear in his boardroom.
42:02Put yourself in the right position based on what you know.
42:05Yeah.
42:06So, that is your logo.
42:08That's the logo.
42:09Correct, Lord Sugar.
42:09Looks like a sign to the gents.
42:11Yeah.
42:12Yeah.
42:12I think it needed to be abundantly clear what the game was about and I think we delivered that with
42:17the logo.
42:18Okay.
42:18Now, let's run the promotional video.
42:21Hi, I'm Petey, your personal trainer.
42:24I'm here to help you reach your goals to give you more flexibility and more life.
42:30Whose voice is that?
42:31That would be me, Lord Sugar.
42:33That's you?
42:34Yeah.
42:35So, you took over there.
42:37I was awfully expecting Levi to turn up in one of those adverts for neglected donkeys or something.
42:43You know?
42:44All right.
42:44Let's run the game.
42:47Right, here's your logo.
42:50They're getting chased by these demonic frogs.
42:53Frogs?
42:54Yeah.
42:55The evil frogs, yeah.
42:56They're the evil frogs.
42:57But you're meant to run.
42:58So, the whole point is you're constantly moving.
42:59Okay.
43:00Right.
43:01Okay.
43:02So, what did you think of the game when they showed it to you?
43:05Yeah, it wasn't brilliant and the frogs were odd.
43:09Lord Sugar, the one thing I do want to mention is I asked that people give 110% and almost
43:14exclusively I do feel like that was given.
43:16That's a horrible statement we hate in...
43:19If people try their best, no one's a game developer.
43:21110%.
43:21Yeah, I understand.
43:22There's no such thing as that, you know?
43:24Yeah.
43:26Right.
43:28I think it's time to see who invested in these VR fitness games.
43:33Tim, how did your team get on?
43:35Well, the investors felt the logo was a bit too corporate looking and there was no real rationale behind certain
43:41aspects of the game.
43:43The frogs, you heard the questions that they posed to you and that the game lacked any real substance.
43:48So, three of the investors decided they wanted to invest Lord Sugar and they were willing to invest a total
43:54of £55,000 into your development.
43:57Okay.
43:58Okay.
43:59Right.
44:00Karen, could you tell me the same thing?
44:03What happened on your side?
44:05Well, unfortunately, Alan, they didn't like the logo.
44:09They were really not keen on the name and they absolutely hated the character.
44:16But they all did really like the game.
44:21So, all four invested and you got a total of £205,000 into further development.
44:29Wow.
44:30That's a lot.
44:31That's good.
44:32Yep.
44:32They got Karishma to thank.
44:33I must say, Karishma did smash the game this time.
44:36And Harry did a great job as Pierre.
44:37Yeah.
44:38I'll see you on the next task.
44:39Thank you very much.
44:42Oh my God.
44:43We didn't do that.
44:48Well, they've got nearly four times more than you.
44:51I think that has a lot to do with the game.
44:53So, I'm afraid you're going to have to go away and talk amongst yourself in anticipation of at least one
45:00of you leaving the process today.
45:03OK?
45:12We did it!
45:13We did it!
45:14Well done, how's that?
45:15I can't believe it.
45:17I thought you did a fantastic job.
45:18Super Harry-O?
45:19Yeah, super Harry-O.
45:22From the brief in the morning, I think we were left pretty shocked.
45:26Just literally had nothing to go on.
45:28It is not solely on the project manager to tell you exactly what to do and every single thing within
45:34it.
45:34The most important part of this task was creating a game.
45:38Lawrence put himself forward as project manager.
45:40Couldn't deliver.
45:41The excuses are coming out of him like they're on tap.
45:44Whose idea was the Frogs?
45:46It was a collective.
45:47Yeah, it was a collective.
45:48OK.
45:48I did express my concerns.
45:50I kept asking him, so what do you think Rajan?
45:52Yeah.
45:52So what do you think?
45:53You just weren't coming back with anything.
45:55It was incredibly difficult to work with Rajan.
45:57I just don't feel like he contributed anything.
45:59If it hadn't been for me or Pasha, there'd be no game.
46:02Any kind of input I was putting in, it just played off and I really struggled to actually conversate with
46:07the group.
46:07I mean, Pasha literally her back completely turned to me and it was just Pasha bouncing ideas to Rossner.
46:13I'm going to be honest with you.
46:15I'm hearing conflict in the team and that is ultimately quite worrying.
46:18In my eyes, I think there's no smoke without fire and Rajan hid from the pitch and it sounds like
46:22he got in conflict.
46:23And I think Rajan has really let the team down.
46:35Yes, Lord Sugar.
46:36Could you send the candidates in, please?
46:49Well, you're lost by £150,000, not a small loss.
46:54Now, right at the brainstorm in the beginning, no clear concept.
46:59Use your imagination.
47:01That's what you said to them.
47:02I'm not a game developer.
47:03I didn't believe that what I was going to do.
47:06Did you say something?
47:06Did you allude to having done a game or an app before?
47:11It was more along the lines of gamification itself.
47:13It was an app for fitness.
47:15It was very misleading, to be honest.
47:17We were under the impression that, you know, he's actually developed some form of a game and then...
47:21I don't think that's fair.
47:22I mean, my background is PR.
47:24Guys, am I just...
47:25No, we agree.
47:27I think a lack of imagination has left it really to two people to create something.
47:31I think a lack of imagination, but with this, you were project manager and you had a vision.
47:36If you felt like you needed to be spoon-fed and given every part of the game...
47:39I didn't need to be spoon-fed.
47:39Well, clearly you did.
47:41I don't know why you're looking at me as if I've produced games.
47:44That's not the issue.
47:44But you said you have creativity.
47:46I do have creativity, but without a structure, without anything to go on for it.
47:50But why does that only have to come from me?
47:51Because you're the project manager.
47:53No, but it's not only...
47:53If you feel that your project manager was in the wrong location, why didn't you say that?
47:59I did a number of times.
48:00Do you think he was on the right team still, Laurence?
48:02The frogs element is ridiculous and I am disappointed and I wish I could have been there now I've seen
48:07what was created.
48:08Laurence, it's a little bit unfair for you to say you are disappointed.
48:11Yes, I can delve into where we went wrong.
48:13You did the logo, didn't you?
48:14I did do the logo and...
48:16The character to your PT, you could have played him, couldn't you?
48:19I could have played him Lord Sugar, that's correct.
48:21You become the PT and he became your PA.
48:24The reason why I come over to the branding side was to do that in particular, but Laurence felt more
48:30comfortable doing that.
48:31Didn't you trust Levi to do it?
48:32I did, but when you're the project manager and it's your neck, I felt like I could deliver that really
48:37well from the script that I had written.
48:39So what did Levi get to do then?
48:40It's not about get to do, it's about trying to make sure the team wins.
48:45What did you do?
48:45I supported the project manager to get that vision of what he aimed down on there.
48:50What's the point of having a project manager if I'm going to be overruling the project manager's view?
48:55What have you done in the past seven weeks?
48:58You were kind of like a wallflower.
48:59Well, I've participated in teams winning.
49:02I can't pinpoint one by one on every task.
49:05Did he take over everything then?
49:07Can I be PM?
49:09We collaborated well together.
49:10PT.
49:11Next thing you get your P45.
49:13Anyway, Rajan, I was told you didn't want to do the pitch.
49:17Is that right?
49:18That's correct, Lord Sugar.
49:19And someone said it's because you didn't really believe in the game.
49:23That's correct, yeah.
49:24Did you help build the bloody game?
49:26Well, no, so the actual concept was actually constructed by Pasha and Rothner.
49:30I did ask the team, how can we make this a bit more exciting?
49:33I did ask Rajan at one point, you know, you play games.
49:37And he kind of snapped at me saying, I'm not a gaming expert.
49:39And I said, I'm not accusing you.
49:40I just need you to, you know, give me your input.
49:43And it felt really difficult.
49:44I just feel like they were a person down in that team
49:47because of Rajan's lack of contribution and conflict.
49:49Lawrence, you can't say that I was not contributing to the task.
49:53I found it very difficult.
49:54At one point, backs were completely turned to me.
49:56I had to remind the team that there were three people here.
49:59They were.
49:59It was incredibly difficult.
50:00I don't want to interrupt you, but you did constantly keep finding things to pick on.
50:05Yeah, and that's what...
50:05And I didn't understand that.
50:06It's really...
50:07I was picking on it because the concept was all...
50:09Rajan, you bit my head off.
50:10You went personal and you said...
50:11I did go personal.
50:12You said, just because you bake a cake doesn't make you Mr Kipling.
50:14When I asked you, have you had gaming experience?
50:16Well, that's rude.
50:17No, no, no.
50:18It was not personal.
50:19This is the kind of attitude.
50:20Anyway, look, Lawrence, we're wasting a lot of time now.
50:23I'm fed up listening to this.
50:24Who are you bringing back into this boardroom?
50:27So, the first person I'd like to bring back is Rajan,
50:29just for the lack of contributions, the hiding away from the pitch.
50:33And with respect, Lord Sugar, I think you have made it quite clear
50:37about your mind on Levi, so I'll need to bring back Levi as well.
50:43Right.
50:45Um, OK.
50:46You two ladies go back to the house then, yeah?
50:49Thank you, Lord Sugar.
50:50Thank you, Tim.
50:57Right, gentlemen, I'd like you to step outside.
51:00I'm going to talk to Baroness Brady and to Tim,
51:03and at least one of you will be leaving the process today.
51:07OK?
51:16What about this Lawrence fellow?
51:18He has the audacity to say,
51:20well, because of what you're saying, Lord Sugar,
51:22I'll bring Levi back.
51:24Listen, Lawrence is a smart guy, but the reality is that
51:26sometimes you have to say, do you know what?
51:28I made a mistake, and in this one he was on the wrong team
51:31and he made mistakes.
51:32And what about Levi?
51:34Being relegated to someone's bag carrier
51:37is not good at this stage of the process.
51:40Yeah.
51:40I can't work out this Rajan.
51:42Rajan was given the opportunity to sell a concept.
51:45That's the heart of this task,
51:46and he stepped back from the opportunity.
51:48Right.
51:50Yes, Lord Sugar.
51:51Could you send the three of them in, please?
52:04You know, Lawrence?
52:06Yes, Lord Sugar.
52:06I find it a bit naughty,
52:09saying you're bringing Levi back in here
52:11based upon some of the comments that I made about him.
52:14Um, yeah.
52:15But that's not the way this process is supposed to work.
52:18You're supposed to bring people back in
52:20who you think did not contribute to this task.
52:23I understand that, Lord Sugar,
52:24and potentially I've misspoken there.
52:27I really wanted one person back, to be honest with you.
52:30Rajan, for the lack of contribution,
52:31and I don't think there's time for coasters.
52:34When it came to...
52:35You're talking about coasting, but...
52:36You're talking about coasting,
52:37but then you didn't even...
52:38The PM didn't even go on the game.
52:40I will take accountability,
52:42but if I didn't bring someone back
52:43from the branding team as well,
52:45it would only be me that was to take accountability for that.
52:47So you're bringing Levi back because you thought
52:50that you needed one from the branding
52:51and one from the other game.
52:52There was elements of it which were disliked.
52:54I don't think so.
52:55Your own words hung yourself.
52:57And I...
52:58You said, I can tell by what you're saying, Lord Sugar,
53:01that you want me to bring Levi back.
53:04Those were your words.
53:05You know what?
53:06I regret saying that.
53:08I'm pretty annoyed with it, to be fair, Lord Sugar.
53:09It just shows the person that he is
53:12by bringing me back in all because of what you said.
53:14He isn't going off his own models with Lawrence.
53:16It's just going off what you're saying, Lord Sugar.
53:17With the greatest respect,
53:19the bits that were in my control did go well,
53:22but I can't see...
53:23You can't say all the bits you did, mate.
53:25What they were happy with.
53:26Listen, the video got great consumer feedback.
53:29Yeah, but I'm meant to be doing the video,
53:30and you swapped me because...
53:31Listen to me.
53:32You swapped me because of my Yorkshire twang.
53:34No, I didn't.
53:35That's the reason why you swapped me
53:36not to be in that suit.
53:37You did, because you said you can talk more clearly and more...
53:40And they liked the video.
53:41I could have done the video,
53:42which was the original plan.
53:44Okay, I could have done that.
53:44But as per usual...
53:45Listen to me, Lawrence.
53:46I'm talking.
53:47Right?
53:48From the start, it were your way or no way.
53:50You wanted to control the whole thing.
53:52You contributed to the day.
53:54I really, I don't want to focus on the branding too much
53:56because there is one person that I deem very responsible
53:59for the failure of this task, and that is Rajan.
54:01And you keep saying about me copping out of this pitch, right?
54:03This is a game development task.
54:05You've copped out on being on the game development team,
54:07and then you put yourself...
54:08But did Harry cop out?
54:09Sorry, I'm talking.
54:09And then you put yourself on the branding team,
54:11of which you specialise in.
54:12You know, you're this PR guru.
54:14And you went on the branding team,
54:15and you messed that up as well.
54:16I don't know.
54:17What did you do?
54:17What did you do?
54:18What did you do?
54:20So they didn't like the logo, how it looked.
54:22The description should not be confused for contribution.
54:24And there was no contribution.
54:25The girls couldn't put anything to it that you contributed.
54:28How did I be called a disruptor if I didn't contribute?
54:31You're contradicting yourself.
54:32You find errors, but you don't find solutions.
54:34I just don't understand.
54:36I think Vyos should be fired.
54:37Yeah, in all honesty, I think Lawrence should be fired, Lord Sugar.
54:41Who do you think should be fired?
54:42It has to be Lawrence.
54:43Lawrence, you're adamant it should be Rajan.
54:46I am, and I will say that throughout this process,
54:48I've never hidden.
54:49I've done my best.
54:50Lawrence, Lawrence, let me ask you a question.
54:51If Lord Sugar didn't say what he was saying,
54:53who would you have brought in instead of me?
54:55I still would have brought you back.
54:56No, you wouldn't have.
54:57Once they spoke about the logo.
54:58So why didn't you just speak off your own morals instead of saying?
55:01Because you made it clear, Lawrence.
55:02I'll tell you what.
55:03I'll tell you how I'm going to make this easy now.
55:05I have accused you leave.
55:07I have quite a few things in this particular boardroom.
55:11But I'm going to show you how fair I am by saying to you,
55:15you are going to be the project manager of the next task.
55:18Happy days.
55:19Thank you, Lord Sugar.
55:19Well, we'll see if it's happy days, right?
55:22I'll remember that.
55:23Happy days, you said, yeah?
55:24You remember that?
55:25I wrote it down.
55:26Did you see that?
55:26I'm writing it down.
55:27Okay.
55:28All right.
55:29That just leaves you two here.
55:30Yeah.
55:31Yeah.
55:31And what I've got to say about you, Lawrence,
55:35is that you've done well up until now in the process,
55:42as far as I'm concerned.
55:46Rajan, I haven't seen that much of you.
55:49I'll be consistent.
55:50No, no.
55:50Just be quiet now.
55:51I'm filled up with listening to you.
55:56So, Lawrence, that was a nasty move.
55:59It was.
55:59And I regret that for the rest of my life.
56:01I'm sorry.
56:01It was a nasty move, Lawrence.
56:03I don't like people that do things like that.
56:06And for that reason, Lawrence, you know,
56:09you've given me a big dilemma.
56:13But I'm also reflecting back on the last seven weeks.
56:19Yeah.
56:21Well, I've got a gut feeling here.
56:23It may not be fair, but Rajan, you're fired.
56:29Thank you, Lord Sugar.
56:30Tim.
56:30All right, that's ready.
56:31Good luck, Rajan.
56:38You were this close to getting out of here, OK?
56:43Get out.
56:43Go on the pair of you.
56:44Go back to the house.
56:48Thank you, Lord Sugar.
56:55I'm definitely going to be leaving.
56:57I feel like, you know, the wrong decision was made today,
56:59especially after that slimy, slimy call by Lawrence to bring Levi in.
57:05But, you know, Lord Sugar's, say, is final.
57:07So I do have to respect that.
57:11Guys, how many people are getting fired?
57:13Who's coming back?
57:14I think Lawrence is coming back.
57:15He's a fighter, you know?
57:17Here he is!
57:18Oh!
57:20Levi!
57:21Thank you!
57:24Welcome back.
57:24Sit down, tell us about it.
57:27I'm going to be honest with you guys.
57:28I'm beyond embarrassed with myself.
57:31And Lord Sugar kept coming for Levi.
57:32I just made a weak decision.
57:33Yeah, I think we were quite shocked.
57:35I will say whilst I'm here, I know I'm a kind person,
57:38I will help anyone out,
57:40but don't ever use me as a scapegoat in there, alright?
57:43Don't ever do that to me.
57:45But, one bonus, whoever's on my team,
57:48I'm your next project man.
57:54Now, ten candidates remain.
57:57The search for Lord Sugar's next business partner continues.
58:04Next time...
58:05When I sent you to Hong Kong,
58:06you totally messed it up.
58:09So I've decided to give you a chance to redeem yourself.
58:13That's the energy we need.
58:14Deals...
58:15£10.
58:16You can buy it, but you can't steal it.
58:18Squeals...
58:20Come on! Let's go!
58:21And for one candidate...
58:23Where's your PM?
58:24Fate sealed.
58:25Can we shut the doors, please?
58:30Well, that black cab is heading over to BBC Two now.
58:33Angela Scanlon with The Apprentice.
58:35Unfinished business.
58:37This and everything across the BBC is made possible
58:40because we're funded by you.
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