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The Apprentice blog: The Final

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Nell Frizzell

Episode Thirteen. Also known as Episode Surely One Of Them Must Win By Now. Or Episode Can’t This Moron Just Ring Reed Like The Rest Of Us? Or Episode If He Doesn’t Hire Someone Soon I’m Staging An Intervention. That’s … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice blog: Episode 11

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Nell Frizzell

And so we come to the penultimate stage of the competition. Which Hollyoaks Jamie probably thinks is a fight to the death using pens. According to the narrator, Lord Sugar is still looking for that ‘exceptional’ someone to rub his … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice blog: Episode 10

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Nell Frizzell

Britain’s most belligerent boss and the oldest mod to ever be seen leaving a lift is still on the search for a teasmaid. Or a photocopier. Or something. But in the fight to become The Apprentice, only the formidably stupid, … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Ways to Survive The Christmas Party

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Nell Frizzell

During the Roman age, citizens and subjects would take part in a festival of such ferocious drunkenness, such sexual licentiousness and such moral degradation that people were assumed to have gone temporarily insane. This bacchanalian frenzy could last up to … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice blog: Episode 9

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Nell Frizzell

Like an uneasy cat, the sixth series of The Apprentice has had eight lives so far. Eight aspiring men and women thrown to the hungry lions that are Dara O’Brien and the JobSeekers queue. Strangely, out of all the roaring … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice blog: Episode 8

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Nell Frizzell

And so, there are eight remaining figures fighting for a six figure salary. Instead of simply ringing up a recruitment agency, like most sane-minded CEOs, Lord Sugarpuff is still insisting on finding his new teasmaid via television humiliation. Well, we … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice blog: Episode 7

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Nell Frizzell

Watching the opening sequence of the Apprentice it’s hard not to bring to mind the Honey Monster, what with all these mentions of cereal entrepreneurs and Lords of Sugar. So, who are the Sugar Puffs and who are simply puffed … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice blog: Episode 6

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Nell Frizzell

The Apprentice opening credits are starting to look a little like the obituaries section of the Oscars, so many of the little Lord Sugarists have been given the push. Oh well, at least we have this poignant look back at … Continue reading →

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The Apprentice blog: Episode 5

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Nell Frizzell

Before this week’s programme even kicks off, the BBC continuity announcer warns of ‘strong language’. Is this the week that Nick finally calls S’r’Alan a braying, tortoise-faced old git? Does Karen threaten to kick Nick’s wizened hangdog face inside out … Continue reading →

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Printer toner bomb plot forces flights rule change

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Rob Powell

The Home Secretary, Theresa May MP, has announced new restrictions on large printer cartridges being brought into the UK by air. The clampdown follows the discovery by intelligence services of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) packed inside toner cartridges. The bombs … Continue reading →

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