The Apprentice

Mark Halliley

Self - Narrator (voice)

Karren Brady

Self

Tim Campbell

Self

Seasons

Season 1

14 episodes

Premiered Feb 16, 2005

Season 2

12 episodes

Premiered Feb 22, 2006

Season 3

12 episodes

Premiered Mar 28, 2007

Season 4

12 episodes

Premiered Mar 26, 2008

Season 5

12 episodes

Premiered Mar 25, 2009

Season 6

15 episodes

Premiered Oct 6, 2010

Season 7

15 episodes

Premiered May 10, 2011

Season 8

14 episodes

Premiered Mar 21, 2012

Season 9

14 episodes

Premiered May 7, 2013

Season 10

14 episodes

Premiered Oct 14, 2014

Season 11

14 episodes

Premiered Oct 14, 2015

Season 12

14 episodes

Premiered Oct 6, 2016

Season 13

14 episodes

Premiered Oct 4, 2017

Season 14

14 episodes

Premiered Oct 3, 2018

Season 15

14 episodes

Premiered Oct 2, 2019

Season 16

14 episodes

Premiered Jan 6, 2022

Season 17

12 episodes

Premiered Jan 5, 2023

Season 18

12 episodes

Premiered Feb 1, 2024

Season 19

12 episodes

Premiered Jan 30, 2025

Series 20

12 episodes

Premiered Jan 29, 2026

Episodes

1–6 of 14

Ep 1

Wilting Blooms

Feb 16, 2005

After the men had bought their flowers they left the market to get a cup of tea – without any of the roses they had paid for. Whoever had bought the roses had failed to arrange it and Tim, the project manager, had not noticed either. Luckily Matthew had realised and in a panic they all ran back into the market trying to find the stall they bought the roses from – the problem was that no-one could remember exactly where it was. Eventually they found it and the whole team were relieved.

Ep 2

Child's Play

Feb 23, 2005

In the second episode of The Apprentice the boys didn't tell the girls the phone call had come through and cheekily left them in bed. They had just 20 minutes to leave the house when they finally woke up. The two teams, boys v girls, had two days to research, design, make and present a new children's toy. The girls chose Lindsay as their team leader she was determined to choose a toy she had invented. Secret Signals were cards for children to make semaphore signals. She even imposed it on the rest after both the team and a group of children had voted it down. Raj was chosen as Impact project manager as he had some experince in this field. First Forte wasted a lot of time on another toy, a robot, that may well have won if Lindsay had not enforced her preference on the others. The boys developed an electronic game. Both teams presented their games to senior executives at a games company who recommended the boys' game should win.

Ep 3

Shop till you drop

Mar 2, 2005

Two girls had been fired in the first two weeks. "We're too good for them," boasted Raj. But Sir Alan Sugar had decided to reorganize the teams for the third week. "Matthew, I'm gonna make you the team leader," he boomed. Matthew looked gobsmacked. Adele was also chosen as a Team leader by Sir Alan Matthew, Raj, Paul and James were joined by Saira and Rachel for team Impact.Adele, Miranda and Miriam were joined by Ben, Sebastian and Tim for team First Forte.Their task: to buy a range of products including a diamond, a bottle of champagne, jellied eels, a bowler hat, a Freeview box, a dental check-up - and get back to the boardroom by 5.30pm. Adele gave each team member a job description. Miranda was not pleased to be appointed Adele's PA and ordered to take notes of meetings. James knew exactly where to buy a bottle of Bollinger 96 Grande Ann�e. He took the team off to the expensive Lea and Sandeman wine merchants in the Fulham Road - and paid �49 for a bottle.

Ep 4

The Harrods' sales

Mar 9, 2005

Sir Alan had arranged with Mohammed Al-Fayed for the teams to test their retailing skills in Harrods. Both teams were given £600 seed money to spend as they will. Marigay McKee from Harrods told the teams it was very important to smile. Matthew glowered. Tim was leader for First Forte James was Project Manager for Impact this week. Impact started off badly: Matthew tripped up, Paul miscalculated the percentage of Harrods own-brand goods and the sales area was empty. Impact and First Forte had to chose between 2 areas 1 or 2. First Forte tryed to get Impact seed money for return of first choice but First Forte was stupid enough and still got first choice Number 2. First Forte started to hire a Face painter, demonstraters and a panoist in order to attract consumers while Impact had nothing. Then Paul had the idea of dressing up as Rosie the Bear - and he enchanted the kids and the tills started ringing.

Ep 5

Art with a capital F

Mar 16, 2005

Miriam was the last woman standing in First Forte. Four of the original seven women in the team had been fired and two had transferred to Impact. In week five Miriam's team included team leader Sebastian, Ben, Tim and new recruit James. In the undefeated Impact were team leader Rachel, Saira, Paul, Matthew and Raj. This week the teams visited seven modern artists and had to choose which one they would represent selling their work at a gallery one evening. Matthew admitted: ""I wouldn't recognize a Damian Hirst if one fell on me."" James charmed Rob and Nick Carter when he visited them and their light-inspired work. Both Impact and First Forte wanted to represent their work in the gallery. So the Carters had to decide who they wanted to represent them - and they chose First Forte. Impact represented Lucy Bennett, their second choice. Paul went out on the streets to invite guest to the gallery. ""No entendemos nada. Hablamos espaÃ±ol,"" said one lady.

Ep 6

Advertising executives

Mar 24, 2005