The Apprentice UK S02E01 (2006)
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00:007 men, 7 women, each with a business background.
00:19Some have first class degrees, others left school with nothing.
00:25Some have climbed the corporate ladder, others have gone it alone.
00:29All 14 have quit their jobs in the hope they'll get the job with Sir Alan Sugar.
00:35Send them in, please.
00:36Yes, sir.
00:37You can all go through to the boardroom now.
00:59Let's get straight to the point here.
01:08One of you is going to get a job working for me, but in order to do that, you're going
01:12to have to prove to me that you have the business acumen, the brains, the intelligence, and
01:17the entrepreneurial spirit that I need.
01:21We're going to go through a grueling 12-week period in which I'm going to set you business
01:26tasks.
01:27You're going to be split into two teams.
01:29Initially, it's going to be ladies and men, and it's very, very simple.
01:35And the losing team, one of you will get fired.
01:39Now this is Margaret Malmford.
01:41She'll be following the boys team around.
01:44Margaret has been my corporate lawyer for the last 25 years.
01:48We've done a lot of deals together.
01:50She knows what I like and she knows what I don't like.
01:53And here I have Nick Hewer.
01:55Nick has been by my side also for the past 25 years.
01:59He'll be following the girls team around.
02:01They are my eyes and ears.
02:03They will be reporting back to me everything they see that has gone on.
02:08Now let me remind you, it's a dog-eat-dog situation.
02:12Whilst you'll be working in teams, you have got to be thinking about yourself because
02:17I've only got one job on offer.
02:20This is not a game.
02:22There is no phoning here.
02:24There is no text-to-number.
02:26There is no panel of judges that's going to make the decision up.
02:29I'm the one that decides who gets fired and I'm going to be the one ultimately who decides
02:35who gets hired.
02:37You are not here to enhance some form of media career.
02:41This is a job working for me.
02:45So if you're thinking, gentlemen, of prancing around in your Calvin Klein's showing your
02:49three-piece sweet bulging, you can forget about it.
02:53Similarly, ladies, flashing your hair back is not going to get you anywhere.
02:59Now here's the good news.
03:02I've found you a great house in the best road in England, I would say, in Millionaire's
03:09Row.
03:10In fact, the house two doors away is up for sale for 45 million pounds.
03:15Now I've also laid on some champagne, a nice reception, get to know each other, settle
03:21in, sort yourself out and wait for a call from me about your first task.
03:26Off you go.
03:36With seven bedrooms and eight bathrooms, their luxury home for the next 12 weeks is Gable
03:41Lodge.
03:44the winner might expect.
03:45Oh, my God.
03:46Oh, girls, look at the bath.
03:47This is brilliant.
03:48Oh, I'm not going home.
03:49I'm staying here forever.
03:50I think we've definitely got the best room.
03:51We need to make sure that this is the best room.
03:52I think we've got the best room.
03:53I think we've got the best room.
03:54I think we've got the best room.
03:55I think we've got the best room.
03:56I think we've got the best room.
03:57I think we've got the best room.
03:58I think we've got the best room.
03:59I think we've got the best room.
04:00I think we've got the best room.
04:01I think we've got the best room.
04:02I think we've got the best room.
04:03I think we've got the best room.
04:04I think we've got the best room.
04:05Oh, I'm not going home.
04:06I'm staying here forever.
04:07Oh, I'm not going home.
04:08I'm staying here forever.
04:09Oh, I'm not going home.
04:10I'm staying here forever.
04:11Oh, I'm not going home.
04:12I'm staying here forever.
04:13Oh, I'm not going home.
04:14I'm staying here forever.
04:15Oh, I'm not going home.
04:16I'm staying here forever.
04:17Oh, I'm not going home.
04:18I'm staying here forever.
04:19Oh, I'm not going home.
04:20I'm staying here forever.
04:21Oh, I'm not going home.
04:22I'm staying here forever.
04:23Oh, I'm not going home.
04:24I'm staying here forever.
04:25Oh, I'm not going home.
04:26I'm staying here forever.
04:27Oh, I'm not going home.
04:28I'm staying here forever.
04:30Hello.
04:31Hello, guys.
04:32How are you?
04:33Saeed.
04:34Pleased to meet you, Saeed.
04:35Saeed Ahmed is from London's East End.
04:36He runs his own recruitment business.
04:38I don't have many weaknesses.
04:40I've got a lot of energy.
04:41I'm streetwise.
04:42I'm sharp.
04:43I'm dynamic.
04:44I've got all the right qualities
04:45to be a very, very successful businessman.
04:48You've got to be dynamic
04:49and you've got to lead from the front.
04:51There will be mind games
04:52and to be honest, you know,
04:53that's what I'm here to do
04:54is, you know, to be the winner,
04:56to be the leader
04:57and in order to do that, you know,
04:59I've got to be ready for everybody else's plan
05:02and to be honest, I've got my own plan
05:04and I know it's going to work
05:05and what I say is, you know,
05:06let's bring on the mind games.
05:0813 years of law, man.
05:10Honestly, you don't look a year above 23, 24.
05:14Oh, shut up.
05:15I'm being serious.
05:16There's some of the bullshit
05:17that's come out already
05:18and you've got people
05:19absolutely licking the arse of people.
05:21You just think, Jesus Christ,
05:22you know what I mean?
05:23Why do that?
05:24Why do that?
05:25Well, I do executive search and selection.
05:27Paul Tulip is the youngest candidate.
05:30He's only been working for three years.
05:32I could knock the socks off everyone in here.
05:34I mean, Alan Sugar should look at me
05:35and just think he's 25 years old
05:36and he knows what he knows now.
05:38He's travelled the world.
05:39I've probably done more stuff in my years
05:41than a lot of these people have ever done.
05:43What I would actually say
05:44is that the girls are all sitting back
05:46and summing each other up
05:47and they're certainly some strong people amongst...
05:49I'd actually say there's at least
05:51three very, very strong people
05:53who are going to...
05:54Really?
05:55The reason I'm here is to win.
05:56I want to win because I'm a winner.
05:58I'm going to get the job with Sir Alan, end of.
06:00So at the end of the day,
06:01they're all competitors.
06:02The girls are a lovely group of people.
06:04I'd say bar one.
06:05Hey!
06:06I used to work at MG Rover.
06:08Oh, did you?
06:09Yay!
06:10At 35, Jo Cameron's one of the older candidates.
06:13No.
06:14No?
06:15Wait, what?
06:16After being made redundant at MG Rover,
06:18she set up her own company.
06:21Imagine my style might be wearing some people
06:23because not everybody works at this pace.
06:25Some people want to take things a little bit slower
06:28and that might be difficult for some people.
06:31Absolutely right, yeah,
06:32because not everybody has the same level of expectation
06:34that I have and the same levels of energy.
06:36What do you want to know?
06:37Work, hobbies.
06:38I'm a lawyer.
06:39I've been a lawyer for about 12 years.
06:42I'm the oldest sister of three girls.
06:44I am very bossy as a result
06:48and I think there's a certain element of arrogance
06:51which I think you need to get on in business, actually.
06:53All in all, a good bunch of people.
06:55Yeah, we're going to have some fun.
06:57They work hard, play hard, don't they?
06:58Yeah.
07:09Sir Alan has left the teams his first set of instructions.
07:12Let me give you your first order of business.
07:14You must agree on a name for your group.
07:16And decide on a project manager for tomorrow's task.
07:21My office will phone you with further instructions.
07:24Sir Alan Sugar.
07:25One person from the losing team will be fired
07:28so the way each group gets on together will be crucial.
07:31Has anyone got a name at the moment?
07:33I have.
07:34Go for it.
07:35The A team.
07:36The A team?
07:37Yes.
07:42What else?
07:43What else?
07:44Well, I had an idea of a team name called Jigsaw.
07:46Jigsaw?
07:47Because it's going to be made up of all different pieces
07:49and each time you look at it, it's going to look different.
07:51Just a quick explanation on the A team.
07:53With the A team, the reason why I mention the A team
07:55is because whatever task they take, they are winners.
07:59Any others?
08:00Don't have to have one each.
08:01I did have another suggestion.
08:03Winners.
08:04The reason being is because that's the intention, isn't it?
08:07It needs to be something that describes us
08:09and it needs to be quite dynamic.
08:12Karen?
08:13Endeavour.
08:14I like Aspire and I like Saffron.
08:16I like Velocity.
08:17Something chemical like Mercury.
08:19Do you know Velocity is sticking in my head?
08:21Yeah.
08:23Velocity.
08:24That's got me.
08:26Velocity.
08:27I think the objectives in the beginning,
08:29what did we want to say?
08:30We wanted something that was successful, dynamic,
08:32that'd stick.
08:33That actually says it.
08:34Yeah!
08:35Have we got a name?
08:36Velocity.
08:37Yeah?
08:38OK.
08:39Is that what we're doing?
08:41Are you all happy?
08:42We're all happy with Velocity.
08:43I reckon that was about two and a half minutes.
08:47Just words.
08:48Success, vision.
08:49What else?
08:50Vision.
08:51Creativity.
08:52Getting desperate, the boys try word association.
08:55To be honest, just looking at what we've put down,
08:58success, vision, creativity, maverick,
09:00all that rolls into the A team.
09:02If you look at the A team,
09:03they have all these qualities within that team
09:05and they always come up with the results.
09:07So it may be something you want to think about.
09:09Right, so who wants to be the leader tomorrow?
09:13I'm happy to do it.
09:14OK, so we have a volunteer.
09:16Karen is project manager for tomorrow.
09:22OK, right girls, we are Velocity.
09:25We have vision, we are exceptional,
09:28we are lasting and we are outstanding in the city
09:31and we are Velocity.
09:3850 minutes in and the boys still can't agree on a name.
09:43I quite like the idea of combining two words into a new word
09:47that doesn't actually mean anything specifically,
09:51but sounds good and sounds up-to-date.
09:55I mean, no disrespect, but the A team, it's a bit silly.
09:59I think let's try and hold back on criticising straight away.
10:02Exactly.
10:03Because that gives off the wrong signal.
10:05Anyone else got something you really believe in?
10:07The one I've got is momentum.
10:09Invicta. I-N-V-I-C-T-A.
10:13That's Latin for indestructible.
10:15Oh, right, I like that. Is it?
10:17Indestructible.
10:18Have you just made that up?
10:19No.
10:20With their team name sorted, the girls have time to settle in.
10:24If I hang it for a while, it might get better.
10:27Gorgeous.
10:28I think what we do is we take a vote
10:30and we see if we've got a clear winner.
10:32Invicta.
10:33Invicta.
10:34Invicta.
10:35Invicta.
10:36A team.
10:37Invicta, I love it.
10:38I've got exactly the same.
10:40You've got it. You've got it, OK?
10:42You don't need to argue about it now.
10:43Part of our instruction was also to put in a project manager.
10:47I would just like to throw up the fact that
10:50there's been a natural person that's been controlled about this,
10:53and I have to say it is you.
10:54I'm very flattered that you'd like me to be the first project manager,
10:58but it should just be random. That's the fairest way.
11:01Right, let's go for it.
11:02I mean, let's all of them a blank apart from one name.
11:04Yeah, that's right.
11:05Go on, go for it.
11:07Ben.
11:10Ben is boss of a health care consultancy.
11:13As well as battling for corporate clients, he's also fought off cancer.
11:17I was told I would probably die.
11:20I was given a 30% chance of survival and told that
11:24seven out of every ten people who have what I have will die very quickly.
11:28And yet I just refuse to believe that.
11:31Everybody stands on their own two feet
11:34and is responsible for everything they say and do.
11:36There's been times in my life when even when the chips have been really down,
11:40and I think most people would have just given up,
11:43turned over and just said, that's it, forget it.
11:46I've kept going and going and going.
11:50PHONE RINGS
11:53Oh, my God! Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God!
11:57Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God!
12:00Hello?
12:01Hello? Hello?
12:03Hi, this is Jenny calling from Sharon's office.
12:05Oh, hiya.
12:06He wants you to meet him in Hackney in one hour.
12:09The cars will be there to pick you up in 15 minutes, OK?
12:12OK, thanks, then. Thank you. Bye. Bye.
12:14Oh, my God! Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God!
12:17Right, you've got 15 minutes and then we're going to go to Hackney.
12:30Do you know what, though, Ben?
12:32With these black vans, the A-team springs to mind a lot.
12:35Oh!
12:36All we need is a couple of red stripes alongside of each one.
12:40Do you know what I mean? If only someone would have come up with that.
12:43Do-do-do! Do-do-do!
12:45Do-do-do-do-do! Do-do-do-do-do!
12:48Do-do-do-do-do-do!
12:50Do-do-do-do-do-do!
12:52Do-do-do-do-do-do!
12:54Do-do-do-do-do-do!
12:56Do-do-do-do-do-do!
13:08Need a good two hours with him.
13:10Sir Alan heads for his old manor, Hackney, to brief the A-team about their first task.
13:17The chosen spot, a council estate.
13:27Now, you might be wondering what we're doing here.
13:29Well, I'll tell you. I'm going to tell you a little story.
13:32That's where I was born, up there.
13:3440 years ago, I took £100 out of my post office account,
13:38bought a second-hand minivan,
13:40and it left me £42, which I went out and spent on goods.
13:44And two days later, I came back and I doubled my money.
13:48I'm going to give you now £500.
13:52And bright and early tomorrow morning,
13:54you're off down to Spitterfields Market,
13:56where you will be buying fruit and vegetables.
13:59Now, it's very simple.
14:01At the end of tomorrow, the team that comes back with the least amount of money,
14:04one of you, is going to get fired.
14:07One final thing, it's fruit and vegetables.
14:10So it's perishable.
14:12So it's pretty useless the day afterwards,
14:14and I don't want to see any the day afterwards.
14:16Everything clear?
14:17Yeah.
14:18Good.
14:25In my business life, I've always had one philosophy.
14:28If I lost everything, I know I've got the energy and strength,
14:32as long as I've got the health,
14:33to go out and do exactly again what I did 40 years ago.
14:37When I was setting that task, there was a kind of excitement,
14:40a bit of a jealousy, if you like.
14:42I'd love to go out and do this myself again.
14:44I know I've got the energy, I know I've got the strength.
14:46I've got the energy to go out and do exactly again what I did 40 years ago.
14:50A bit of a jealousy, if you like.
14:51I'd love to go out and do this myself again.
14:53I know I can do it.
14:55I just know I could do it.
15:02At the house, both teams strategise on how to best manage the task.
15:07Can I pitch this as the basic strategy for tomorrow?
15:11Having stocked up, it's to Ridley Road market, check out the pitch.
15:16If it's a good pitch, get stocked up there,
15:19and then while one team is concentrating on getting selling in the market,
15:23another team is going to go off and do some selling to businesses.
15:33The girls also plan to split, to sell on a market stall and on the streets.
15:38I really think we need to drive ahead with a five-a-day pick-and-mix type scenario.
15:43We need to pitch ourselves at a tube station.
15:46We need aggressive campaigning.
15:48We need to get those commuters, grab them whilst they're getting into work.
15:51You're sexy women, good-looking girls, why not use it?
15:54You know, we're selling it.
15:56Why, oh why, oh why, use sex to sell, girls?
15:59Why not?
16:01I'm just not happy with it.
16:03If we manage to sell every apple, every pear, then we do whatever we can.
16:13Five a.m. The teams are already up.
16:18Sticking to their plan to boost sales, the girls dress to sell.
16:32They're going for the sexy look, thinking that the men will be attracted,
16:36and it will lure them into the market.
16:39I actually feel massively fired up.
16:41We're definitely going to do it.
16:43Tell you what, we are going to fucking do it.
16:45We're on fire.
16:47We're going to kick ass, baby.
16:53The candidates arrive at New Spitalfields,
16:55where they'll meet a group of young women,
16:57who are going to be the first ones to enter the market.
17:00We're going to do it.
17:02We're going to do it.
17:04We're going to do it.
17:07The candidates arrive at New Spitalfields,
17:09London's biggest fruit and vegetable wholesalers,
17:12to be met by Sir Alan's aides, Nick and Margaret.
17:19Here's the budget.
17:21You've got an hour from now.
17:23Good luck.
17:27How much of the £500 budget they spend
17:30could determine how quickly the teams go into profit?
17:33I mean, that's just practically saying eat me.
17:35The boys set off to hunt for deals on fruit and veg.
17:44Saeed takes on the role of negotiator.
17:47Apples.
17:49It's £8 a box.
17:51£8 a box.
17:53Oranges?
17:55£6.50.
17:57If you can help me out with this,
17:59what I guarantee to do is give you the business.
18:01Can you give me two seconds?
18:03I'll catch up with you.
18:04No, we can't split the teams.
18:06Thanks for your time, but we've got to get moving.
18:08We've got to see other people.
18:09Guys, I'm trying to close the deal off here,
18:10so give me one second.
18:11If I can close, I'll go for a close.
18:13I'm not going to negotiate anything yet.
18:15We've got to see other people, all right?
18:17We really like these guys, but you appreciate it.
18:19We've got to shop around.
18:21Adam, Adam.
18:23Thanks a lot, guys.
18:24Thank you very much for your help.
18:28Sam, just a second.
18:30So basically, what's compared to others is nothing.
18:32This quality guy, when he comes,
18:34can you get him to give me a call?
18:36That's the most important thing.
18:37Okay, that's my number.
18:38All right, thank you.
18:39Thank you very much.
18:40Ben.
18:41Listen, I think the negotiation's great,
18:43but what you said to them was,
18:44I'm going to guarantee you business.
18:46Now, we can't go around making guarantees.
18:48Whether or not we give it to him
18:49is a completely different story.
18:51No, no, no.
18:52I'm showing him commitment.
18:53When you say the word guarantee,
18:55you make a promise, okay?
18:56We're here to have a look around first.
18:58I said if he helps us,
18:59and we can get a good deal,
19:01okay, we guarantee him business.
19:02Guys, guys, guys.
19:03I've already told you.
19:04We've got, we're out of time.
19:05Let's move.
19:06Can I just make something quick?
19:07No promises.
19:08Can I just make something really quickly and clear?
19:10There's a couple of key questions
19:11that we need to ask as we go round to the stores,
19:13which we did really well then.
19:15We just need to make it more slick.
19:17The girls have also split up.
19:19This sort of fruit is all supermarket rejects.
19:21Yeah.
19:22Right?
19:23They go for a cheap and cheerful approach.
19:26These are reject yellow melons.
19:28You would sell these two for a pair of 12.
19:30How aware would the general public be of that market?
19:32In Ridley Road, they wouldn't be aware.
19:34Anything to sell if it's cheap enough.
19:35Give us an example of bananas then.
19:37Rejects.
19:38They are really nice.
19:40They're good to eat.
19:41Do you want any more we could have for free?
19:43Free?
19:44Yeah, to show our friends.
19:45Of course.
19:46Good man.
19:47You can take a lot if you want.
19:48Oh, hey.
19:49You're brilliant.
19:50Now these, you're going to throw some out.
19:52We're going to throw loads out.
19:53Yeah, loads.
19:55They look a bit over-ripe.
19:56They're not over-ripe, they're rotten.
19:58Well, I'm suggesting that you can have them.
20:00You're suggesting we can have them?
20:01You can take them, but you'd have to take them all.
20:03Have you got any other boxes of sample rejects that we could take for free?
20:07We can take a box of three.
20:08Oh, yes, we do want that.
20:12After blagging fruit at the end of its shelf life,
20:15the girls come up with a new business plan.
20:17The strategy should be free, free, free, free, free,
20:20get what we can.
20:22They're now on a mission to get as many supermarket seconds,
20:26rejects and freebies as they can.
20:28Can we take some to try?
20:30Can we take a couple?
20:31Can we just take just a box?
20:33Oh, my God.
20:34Thank you, you're a star.
20:36One, one, one, one.
20:37Two, two, two, two.
20:38Hey!
20:42Not content with what they've already got for free,
20:45they start a charm offensive with another wholesaler.
20:48Your very kind boss has just offered to give us loads of free fruit.
20:51You have honestly made our day.
20:57These young girls have come in and asked if they could have some fruit and vegetables.
21:00I agreed, and that was it, and it was a run riot.
21:06Carrots?
21:07Carrots, £4.50.
21:09Saeed's pushing for a bargain, but with a more traditional approach, haggling.
21:13£4.20, which means £4, yeah?
21:16We're going to buy a bulk of it.
21:18Yeah, but I'm earning nothing, then.
21:20Please work with me.
21:21We're just selling the cost price, then.
21:23Absolutely.
21:25Well, I'll take your word for it, but to be honest,
21:28I think there is a profit margin involved for everybody.
21:31I think £4.20.
21:33Yeah.
21:35OK, £4.
21:36I suppose that's exactly what we want.
21:38The price I'll put down here is £3.
21:40We're going to buy a big bulk of it, because it's going to sell really well.
21:43No, boys, I can't do that.
21:45£3.25, last price.
21:47All right, then.
21:48Brilliant.
21:49Saeed's hard bargaining saves the boys nearly £150.
21:55They leave with a vanload of quality stock,
21:58setting them back just over £300.
22:03Not content with nearly a tonne of free fruit, the girls want more.
22:07Those oranges were bad. You should give us those oranges.
22:10No, no, no, we're trying too hard now, aren't we?
22:12No, no, no.
22:13You didn't use your influence, your female influence.
22:15Really? I don't know why.
22:16Trying to get stuff for nothing, eh?
22:18Flattening your eyelids and all this.
22:20Hoping to get stuff for nothing.
22:21I don't think she's doing that.
22:22I think she's asking direct questions.
22:24Yeah, well, it's a direct answer, no.
22:26No, no, no.
22:29With the market about to close,
22:31they've got no choice but to pay for their last boxes.
22:3415 oranges and 20 melons.
22:37What's that?
22:38And it stands him £57.50.
22:40Right, so it's 40 quid for cash.
22:41It's not 40 quid for cash.
22:43The other guy's giving them free.
22:45You're doing 40 quid.
22:4740 quid for cash.
22:49Yay!
22:53Done.
23:02Sir Alan's made it clear
23:03the teams can only sell in his boyhood borough of Hackney.
23:08At its heart is Ridley Road Market.
23:15The boys decide to take on the regulars at their own game.
23:19Fresh fruit and veg today. Best prices.
23:24With all seven crammed round the stall,
23:26they start a steady stream of sales.
23:29That's £1.50. What else am I going to do for you?
23:34Paul's got the job of weighing up,
23:36but he's not happy stuck on the scales.
23:39I'm not a numbers person.
23:40I'll do it if I have to, but I just want to sell.
23:42I want to entice people in like that.
23:44So that's what I'm interested in.
23:46How much is that?
23:48Some of our guys do not understand
23:51that there are 2.2 pounds in a kilo.
23:54They've been given kilo weights for the price of pounds.
23:57OK, well, we're going to have to sort that out right now.
23:59£1.50 a pound, it's a £3 kilo.
24:02You just double the price.
24:04There are a couple of guys in our stall who've got pricing wrong.
24:07They're getting really confused between kilos and pounds,
24:11and so they're giving stuff away half price, essentially,
24:15because our scales are set up in kilos,
24:18and they're typing in the pound price.
24:20How much per pound? Let's say £2.40.
24:23OK, £4.80.
24:24I just pray that we haven't lost money on this, that's all.
24:28The girls and their overripe fruit are still at New Spitalfields.
24:33You've got to get this in the van.
24:35The penalty for all their blagging, too much stock to transport.
24:40Yes. Right, just all hands to the deck.
24:43Let's get it all into the van. Let's go.
24:45They end up dumping the most rotten and decaying fruit,
24:49enough to fill another van.
24:523, 5, 6.
24:54The girls have a two-pronged attack.
24:57One lot head for Ridley Road.
25:02The others are off to work the streets.
25:05We're just going to make sure that everyone can see what we're selling,
25:08sell as many boxes as we can.
25:10Target the garages, target the building sites,
25:12that kind of thing, get in there and just sell as much as we can.
25:15I told you, you don't have a choice.
25:18I told you, you don't have a choice.
25:20Excuse me, I'm asking.
25:22He's stepping back, that's hilarious.
25:24I don't have any money.
25:26Look at those muscles.
25:27You must work out, you must eat your smoothies,
25:29go to the gym, get a fruit.
25:31Yeah, you're looking good.
25:32Do you have any cash on you today? No.
25:34You really want one, go for it.
25:38Go for it.
25:39Go on.
25:41Will you trade something?
25:43Trade something? I'm trading you fruit for money.
25:46Will you barter me for something?
25:48Fruit for money.
25:49I'll do an oil change for your car.
25:55Hello, boys.
25:57Come on, gorgeous, we're waiting for you.
25:59Come on, boys.
26:00We're going to make you nice and healthy.
26:02We've got lots of nice fruit in here.
26:04How much will you pay me for one tray?
26:06Tenner.
26:07You've got deeper pockets than that, haven't you?
26:09£25, that's a bargain.
26:10You look great with that.
26:11Look at yourself.
26:12That is your colour.
26:13That is your colour.
26:15Now, how much will you give us for one of these trays?
26:17The reverse bartering idea is clever
26:20because if the price that's offered is acceptable to the vendor,
26:24then the vendor accepts it.
26:26If, on the other hand, it's not acceptable...
26:28I'll tell you what, I'll give you a tenner for one.
26:30..then the vendor then says it's unacceptable,
26:33forcing the purchaser to raise the price.
26:35So, yeah, it's good.
26:36What's the most you can give me?
26:38£20.
26:39Yay!
26:41Kiss on the cheek, come on.
26:43Dear woman, dear woman...
26:48An hour behind the boys,
26:50the girls finally arrive at Ridley Road street market.
26:53Oh, wow!
26:54So, can you send your fruit to us?
26:56Yeah, let's go.
26:58Come and get your ten mangoes for £2 at Velocity.
27:01Woo!
27:04Excuse me, sir, would you like some lovely ripe yellow melons?
27:08Excuse me.
27:09Knowing the dodgy fruit is past its best,
27:12they get straight down to peddling their wares.
27:15Two melons for £1.
27:16Come on, anybody else want two melons for £1?
27:19Excuse me, sir, how about some melons today?
27:22These are very ripe and juicy.
27:25Two melons for £1.
27:26That's a bargain.
27:27It's a good bargain.
27:29Right, ready to eat?
27:30I can give you three of these lovely melons for £1,
27:34which is a bargain.
27:36I'm getting some funny looks, but I'm not worrying about that,
27:40because I know how good these are.
27:42I tasted them earlier.
27:44Come on, let's go!
27:45It's got to go today and it's absolutely best prices!
27:51Fantastic, and that's yours.
27:53Can I buy some fruit and veg, sir? Fruit and veg?
27:56In a bid to bounce back from his earlier mistake on the scales,
27:59Paul takes his chance to show he can sell.
28:02Do you want the box as well? I'll sell you that for 50p.
28:05Go on, get involved.
28:08He doesn't get to go over to it.
28:10You can sell it for £1 down there.
28:14Are the figs gone?
28:16Figs are gone, I'm afraid. Would you like something else?
28:19Apples? They taste a bit like figs.
28:21Eight pieces of fruit for £1 now, guys.
28:23Eight for £1.
28:25Eight pieces of fruit for £1.
28:27Beetroot?
28:28Well, we've got beetroot that tastes like peaches, if that helps.
28:31Boxes!
28:33With no skills in salesmanship, Sam busies himself restocking.
28:37If we just make a nice little sum and dance.
28:39Can you just get around back?
28:41What do you want to start?
28:43Grapes.
28:44We need to start getting some grapes.
28:48Project manager Ben checks progress.
28:52We need a decision very quickly on whether we're staying here
28:55or we're going to go and offload at other people's greengrocers.
28:59I would have thought we stay here.
29:01As long as there's traffic of people, we stay.
29:03And greengrocers are open until late.
29:05Yeah, that's right.
29:06You need some fruit, sweetheart. You need it. You need it.
29:11After shifting their melons, the girls get a steady stream of customers
29:15for their other knockdown rejects.
29:17Thank you very much.
29:18This market is so much more than we ever expected.
29:21We are pulling in the crowds massively. It's amazing.
29:24Just start the last lecture in. There we go. Job done.
29:28Come on, the stall's still got to go.
29:30Not much, but what a great deal we have on the stall.
29:33Although both stores are selling well, customers are thinning out.
29:36Last lot of pears today, ten for a pound.
29:38Everybody.
29:39And there's just one hour before the market closes.
29:41This is where it's at. Get down the stall.
29:45Where can you get 18 apples for a pound?
29:48Please, can anyone tell me?
29:50I think you can only get them here.
29:52Come on, it's the last one of the pack, guys.
29:55The last one of the pack.
29:58Yes, got it here, guys.
30:00Well done, everybody. Well done, guys.
30:084pm. Both stalls have sold out.
30:13But for the teams, there's three hours left to make money.
30:16The problem is what to sell.
30:19Hi, is that Spitalfields Market?
30:21Hi.
30:22We were down earlier on today,
30:24and we had a couple of pallets of fruit put aside for us.
30:29The girls collect the stock they couldn't fit in the van earlier.
30:3610p for 5, 10p.
30:38Those boxes of mangoes are 20p.
30:41To catch commuters on their way home, the girls regroup near the underground.
30:45Do you like mangoes?
30:48There you go.
30:4910p, are you sure?
30:50Yeah, absolutely.
30:52It's your lucky day.
30:54Get yourself some fruit, come on.
30:56With fruit that's only just edible, the girls' prices hit rock bottom.
31:015 R&D for 20p.
31:03Can I get 20p, please?
31:04We want to get rid of absolutely everything as quickly as possible.
31:07There's an indication that if we have anything left over at the end of the day,
31:11that will be taken off any profit that we make.
31:13Now, if that's the case, we don't want that to happen.
31:16Free fresh fruit.
31:18Free fruit.
31:19Do you want some free fruit?
31:21The girls decide to dump their stock.
31:24Would you like some fruit?
31:25We're giving it away.
31:26Free fruit.
31:28You take as much as you want, darling.
31:30Do you like the grapes?
31:31Thank you very much.
31:32As if one tray wasn't enough.
31:34Thank you, bye.
31:37With nothing left to sell, the boys decide to reinvest some of their profits.
31:43How many are we doing?
31:44We're doing 10 bags of 10.
31:46At high street prices, it's a high-risk strategy.
31:50It's just a bit of fun.
31:51We're just trying to get rid of these apples.
31:54We've got these ones.
31:55Beautiful, golden, delicious.
31:56There's now less than half an hour to Sir Alan's 7.30 deadline.
32:00Half a bag for a quid is absolutely fine.
32:02Of them ones, sure.
32:03I was wondering if you'd like to buy an apple.
32:05No, thank you.
32:07Paul puts everything into one final sales push.
32:11How much would you be prepared to give?
32:12It's not so much the apple.
32:13It's a bit of fun.
32:14Oh, that would be great.
32:15That's all I've got.
32:16That would be absolutely great.
32:17When I saw you, I thought you'd definitely pay the most.
32:21It's £2 for an apple.
32:23Is that the maximum you can give?
32:25Yeah, well, yeah.
32:27Well, I appreciate that.
32:28I mean, the top we've had for an apple so far is about £2.
32:30And I know it's cheeky, but if you could beat that, that would be awesome.
32:34£2.30 then.
32:35£2.30. Well, thanks very much.
32:36Okay, take care.
32:37Bye.
32:38How would you feel if I said that was very close?
32:41Go back inside and just see if you can find a bit more.
32:44I think Paul's being incredible.
32:45He's getting over £2.50 for a single apple.
32:50We have a winner.
32:51You are very generous.
32:52And he's in a very nice manner.
32:53He's very, very successful.
32:54Not pushing at all.
32:56Just shows what we could have done if they'd started this two or three hours earlier
32:59rather than in the last 20 minutes of the day.
33:02Five?
33:03Are you happy with that?
33:04Maybe a tenner?
33:05No.
33:06I think a fiver's fine.
33:07Any lease change?
33:08Any lease change?
33:09Solid gold.
33:10I think we should, because of you, wrap it up.
33:11I think we can...
33:12Do you want the box as well?
33:13No.
33:14Okay, we'll just bag them for you.
33:15I'd just like to shake your hand.
33:16You're great.
33:17Thank you so much.
33:237.30, the deadline.
33:25Both teams have offloaded everything.
33:28All the cash, paper money and receipts.
33:30Everything in here?
33:31Everything.
33:32Okay, thank you very much.
33:33Look at that.
33:34Very good.
33:35Tomorrow we'll see how good.
33:448.30, the deadline.
33:48All 14 candidates have packed
33:50and are heading for Sir Alan Sugar's boardroom.
33:56They've given up highly paid jobs for the chance to work for him,
33:59but now one of them is about to find out the gamble hasn't paid off.
34:139.30, the deadline.
34:43You can go through to the boardroom now.
35:13Well, let's get straight down to the brass tacks.
35:27So, Margaret.
35:28Invicta, the boys' team, had a budget of £500.
35:33They spent £307 and at the end of the day they had £781.
35:43The ladies?
35:44Velocity, with the same budget, spent just £41
35:48and came home with £1,143.
35:51Oh, my God!
35:54Well done, girls. Well done.
35:56Hold on one little moment.
35:57I've got a few issues here.
35:59What I couldn't understand is how you can only spend £40
36:02and come in with this amount of money.
36:04The story, Sir Alan, is that when we went to
36:07Spitalfield Market in the morning,
36:10the majority of our produce was given to us for nothing.
36:13Given to you for nothing?
36:14Given to us for nothing, yes.
36:16From what I heard from my people,
36:19some of you kind of went in and waylaid one of the vendors there.
36:23We convinced him to give us...
36:24More like railroaded him, never mind convincing him,
36:26from what I could understand.
36:28I don't think that's at all the case, Sir Alan.
36:30We didn't railroad him and what I will say is that...
36:32Well, let me put it this way.
36:34Massaging his neck and his shoulders and all that type of stuff,
36:37I mean, I can't see any of my troops going out
36:39massaging the buyer of dicks and shoulders, quite honestly.
36:42What we actually did was use good influential skills
36:44and we asked them some really good questions
36:45and we got some really good information.
36:47You paid for your stuff, did you?
36:48Yes.
36:49We negotiated.
36:50You spent about £300, didn't you?
36:51Sir Alan, we negotiated.
36:52Has anybody given you anything free or anything like that?
36:54Not at all.
36:55We negotiated...
36:56Everything was done as a business task.
36:58Don't denigrate what we did.
37:00We stand here today, don't denigrate what we did.
37:02Girls, you want to start on not having you do that?
37:06It's about our credibility as women in business
37:08that we don't get labelled with a label that tells us
37:11that we have to do that to get money and to do business.
37:15And that's why I feel so strongly about it.
37:17Jo, just calm down.
37:19I think a lot of the produce was substandard
37:21and we were doing them a favour by taking it off their hands.
37:23Nargis, Nargis, Nargis, listen.
37:25Don't dig yourself a deeper hole
37:27because we're going to start encroaching upon territories
37:29where I'm going to start asking you
37:31what you're selling substandard merchandise to the public.
37:34So don't go there.
37:40You've heard my concerns about this.
37:42You have got five minutes.
37:44You are going to tell me why I should award you the win.
37:48Gentlemen, wait in the reception.
37:54Five minutes, OK?
37:59I just can't believe this.
38:01Why would every one of us seven men
38:04want to be Sir Alan's apprentice
38:07and to be good business people
38:09and we set about this as a business task?
38:12I just can't believe that. I can't believe that.
38:15It's not time.
38:17It could be the guy was playing up and said...
38:19Listen, there's situations and there's situations.
38:21OK, this is us v. them, all right?
38:23Win or lose, mate. There's no time to...
38:25Hang on a second. What I'm trying to say is...
38:27We went into this with business basics.
38:30The right products for the public we were selling to.
38:33Quality products.
38:35Quality products. Setting good margins.
38:38What we did is sustainable.
38:40Basically, if you're setting up a small business,
38:43you're starting off, right? I've done it, we've all done it.
38:46We've asked for help and support to get something free.
38:49Free stuff, sample stuff.
38:51See how we can actually get that business to the next stage
38:54to actually start trading with the products
38:56because we need the money to start off that business.
38:59Tell you now, right, we're in survival mode.
39:01You have got to be at the top of your game.
39:04You can just imagine what would have happened.
39:06It's seven people, high on adrenaline,
39:08been given a little bit of something.
39:10Let's try and get more and it just keeps going to the point
39:13where all of a sudden, you know, we find ourselves in the event now.
39:16Shame. What's smart is that if it doesn't go our way,
39:19one of us here, one of these members of this team has got to go.
39:23MUSIC PLAYS
39:27MUSIC FADES
39:50OK. It was the end of the day, the market was closing at one o'clock.
39:54The big traders had all come in and taken what they wanted to buy
39:57and the guys were looking to get rid of what they had.
40:00Took, in other words, is that what you're saying?
40:02No, not at all, because what they said to us,
40:04we knew we had to get it out and get it sold that day
40:07and that was as long as we needed to use those goods.
40:10So when someone offered us a pallet of free fruit,
40:14I saw that as an opportunity that I could not miss.
40:19I'll tell you what I'm going to do.
40:21I'm going to put a value. Yeah.
40:23It's reasonable for me to put the same value as what they spent,
40:26which has been about £300, which what that means is you've still won.
40:31I've laid on a champagne bar for you.
40:33It's in a place called Vertigo 42.
40:35It's one of the tallest buildings in London.
40:37You've got a 30-mile visibility.
40:39So go off, enjoy the views and I'll see you for the next task.
40:43Thank you, Sir Alan.
40:46Gentlemen, as you know, one of you is going to get fired.
40:51Off you go.
40:58For the losers, a post-mortem.
41:01Soon, project manager Ben must decide
41:04who will join him in the firing line.
41:09Ben knows everyone's strengths now
41:11Ben knows everyone's strengths now
41:13and there's no way that I could get fired from what I did yesterday.
41:18No way.
41:21You know, it's going to be a tough call.
41:23I think Ben will probably take a couple of people into the boardroom,
41:30one of which might be Saeed.
41:32I'm a professional. I know that whatever I do, I do to the best.
41:35And if I recall the conversations I've had with Ben already
41:39about the task, he has patted me on the back many times.
41:43If he does take me in there, then I will fight my corner.
41:47Nobody is safe. Sir Alan knows his own mind.
41:50He knows what he's looking for. Nobody is safe.
41:59It doesn't matter what happened. We're here and we've won.
42:01We'll just get over what happened there.
42:03The bottom line is we won that task and that's why we're here.
42:06So well done, everyone. Cheers.
42:08Cheers.
42:10And the mangoes.
42:12Cheers to the mangoes.
42:23London is a beautiful city, actually.
42:28Don't you think it's going to be really weird going back to the house tonight
42:32and one of the boys not being there?
42:34Yeah, but it's much better than going back and one of the girls not being there.
42:38Yeah.
42:40Hello, Jenny. Send the gentleman back in, please.
43:09You can go through to the boardroom now.
43:31What foxes me that on a market stall there's seven of you, OK?
43:35Now, did it occur to you that you were wasting your time
43:39with so many people around one stall?
43:42No, we felt that the numbers of people...
43:45We? We or you?
43:47All the decisions I made, I consulted with my team on first.
43:51Because we had such a volume of people coming through the stall,
43:55sometimes crowds that were three or four deep.
43:57My instincts are that seven people was an overkill.
44:00Clearly the girls broke up into teams.
44:02I want to know why you didn't do it.
44:04We didn't do it because we felt that...
44:06We? You keep saying we. Was you the team leader or what?
44:09We? Did you all agree or was it you that said we're not going to do it?
44:13I spoke to everybody and I said that my suggestion is that we stay here
44:17because there is so much traffic coming through this town.
44:20We're selling so quickly and we need all...
44:22That was you, then?
44:23My suggestion...
44:24You're in Ridley Road Market there.
44:26You're amongst people that have done it all their life, OK?
44:29Families that own stalls down there.
44:31Do you see seven people hovering around any stalls down there?
44:34I don't. I don't. They'd be skint. They'd be bust.
44:37It was made very clear at the start of the day when we got to the market
44:41that we were going to stick there for the time being.
44:43And it picked up very quickly and we were selling big volumes.
44:47Within two hours, we had broken even. We were on 5.25.
44:50Paul, what's your call on this?
44:52From my point of view, Sir Alan, there was a lot of salespeople there
44:55who were very, very good at selling,
44:57but there was stages where, you know, seven people on a stall is a lot.
45:02Are you saying that because I said that?
45:04No.
45:05Out of your depth there, Samuel?
45:07No, not at all. I think the issue's quite simple for me.
45:10I was down at the back of the stall merchandising the place.
45:13What, putting it on display?
45:14Yeah, just getting the stock out,
45:16because the guys were chomping at the bit to sell.
45:18I could see and recognise the talent of the sellers. They were good.
45:21Better sales... You're not good?
45:23I'm not a good salesman. I'm not as good as these guys.
45:26I can sell, but these are better salesmen than me, and I'll admit that.
45:30If you're looking for a salesman, then it's not me.
45:33I think the bottom line here is we did have a strategy.
45:36The strategy was to split the team in two.
45:38We all were given roles.
45:40I was given the role to sell, and that's exactly what I did.
45:43Don't sound too great to me.
45:45It seems there's a pincer movement coming in on you here.
45:48And I think that that's extremely unfair.
45:50Dunne, you've been very quiet.
45:52Hey, don't rub with me, you know,
45:54hanging back and letting everybody hang themselves.
45:56If anybody's going to be fired amongst this lot here,
45:59who would you point the finger at?
46:00Ben.
46:01You would? Yes.
46:03And you, Samuel, what would you say?
46:05Ben.
46:06I think there was a clear confusion with the cost and the weighing,
46:09because I was getting the punters in, but there was a lot of confusion.
46:12So I have to... I'm just going to finish for two seconds.
46:14So, basically, in that sense, I think we lost a lot of customers,
46:17but I did exactly what my project manager said,
46:20and that meant a goal that day, negotiating, getting the best customers.
46:23I've had enough of all this. Listen.
46:25Ben, name them.
46:27Two people that are coming back in this boardroom with you,
46:30because one of you is going to get fired.
46:32Well, I'm very disappointed by their lack of loyalty.
46:35They didn't stand up to be counted, to become a leader.
46:39They put me up there, I took up the challenge...
46:41I didn't ask you that question. I'm not looking for a lecture.
46:44Name the two people you'd think that didn't perform in this task,
46:48because one of you is going to get fired.
46:50Samuel and Sayyid.
46:54The others, you can go back to the house.
46:56You three, I'll call you back in shortly.
47:19For someone to say I was a top salesman, to get me in the room,
47:23I'm quite disappointed, to be honest.
47:25You thought you were the top salesman?
47:27I know. You said that to me.
47:29I said you were a good salesman.
47:31This Sayyid fellow, he's like a parrot.
47:34He's, like, repeating exactly what I'm saying.
47:38Ben, I don't know whether he's a fish out of water here, really.
47:41I mean, he seems quite a stand-up kind of guy.
47:45Well, I think they're all really to blame
47:47for not having had a better strategy.
47:58Jenny, send the three of them in, please.
48:00You can go back through to the boardroom.
48:16One of the things that you have not addressed,
48:18and you have not addressed very clearly to me,
48:20is, as the team leader,
48:22do you accept that you should have been in charge of the strategy?
48:26Yes, I do accept.
48:28Right, OK. Do you accept that you made a fundamental error
48:31in sitting there and not splitting up into two teams?
48:35If I had the benefit of a lifetime's experience of that kind of trading,
48:39and the benefit of hindsight, then I might be able to say yes.
48:42Ben, you're dodging the question here.
48:44We set a fundamental strategy that was not based only on splitting into two.
48:47Sir Alan, I'm shocked. I'm actually shocked that I'm sitting here.
48:50I did... From what my team leader said to me,
48:52both tasks, he took me to a side, he said,
48:54you were exceptional with both tasks, and he patted me on the back.
48:57I cannot believe he's telling me that now.
48:59So what are you doing sitting here, then?
49:01That's what I'm asking my team leader.
49:03Well, you must have wound him up somewhere.
49:05Are you one of those people that is telling me what I want to hear,
49:08changing your tune? Not at all. Are you sure?
49:10Sir Alan, I come from the same roots as you do, OK?
49:13There's so much more in me that I can give, and that's...
49:17Saeed is interpreting what happened.
49:19Now, what I find very shocking is that...
49:21Please finish, Saeed. You've spent a lot of time talking,
49:24and whenever you make a connection between your brain and your mouth...
49:27This is a sign of a bad leader. I have not lost my cool.
49:30You have to be collected and sophisticated.
49:32We lost a lot of control on the day.
49:34We were running around in the streets of Hackney with no control.
49:37I've spent the last two days being really very patient with you,
49:40asking to be allowed to completely...
49:42I feel that you find me a threat, therefore I've been shut down.
49:45Any opportunity I've made a suggestion, I've been shut down.
49:48You don't think you should be in this room?
49:50I don't think I should be in this room, Sir Alan.
49:52You think it's a personal choice? I think it's a personal choice, 100%.
49:55Are you surprised he's in here? Yeah.
49:57Why are you in here? I've got no idea.
49:59I mean, the people that were selling,
50:01I could see they were chomping at the bit to sell.
50:03They're outstanding sellers,
50:05and I wanted to make sure they just shifted merchandise.
50:08I wanted to make sure they had the product to sell,
50:10and that's why I was there, slogging away, grafting,
50:13just to get the stock out. Grafting?
50:15Just lifting stuff out, making the stall...
50:17I did not see grafting.
50:19I saw a lot of trying to hide behind that stall,
50:21just as you tried to hide from any responsibility,
50:24any risk that you might have to be team leader,
50:26any risk that you might be exposed to any kind of responsibility.
50:29Can I just explain something?
50:31Have you tried to avoid real responsibility? No, I don't.
50:33Ben, I was surprised, because I'll tell you something.
50:36I couldn't see you on the day, mate.
50:38Secondly, why did it take... It's not looking good here, Ben.
50:41It's not looking good for you, because, you know,
50:43these two gentlemen here, I won't use the word ganging up on you,
50:46they're putting forward a very forceful argument
50:49that tells me that you weren't a very, very good team leader.
50:52They're putting forward a forceful argument based on selfishness.
50:55It took us two hours, and the inability to let their team leader speak.
50:58We all took responsibility. We are discussing now,
51:01and I need to present my case, and that's what I'm doing, Ben.
51:03Throughout the whole process, there was no leadership,
51:06there was no clear strategy. I think Ansel led the team more than you did.
51:09Why shouldn't I get rid of you?
51:11Because I have the potential to be the apprentice.
51:13Are you going to wind up any of my employees if you come and work for me?
51:16I will add value, and that is my only interest.
51:18Now, in doing business, if I upset someone with the right suggestions,
51:21I mean, all throughout the process,
51:23every time I've made a suggestion, I've been shut down.
51:26Sam, why shouldn't I fire you?
51:28Because I'm really determined in terms of what I do.
51:32I will succeed, and I'm a great project manager.
51:35I'm not convinced, really.
51:38The project manager, there's clear messages from the two colleagues you've got sitting next to you
51:43that cited you as having a lack of strategy.
51:47On the other hand here, we've got Saeed.
51:50All I keep hearing you doing is blaming this fellow over here,
51:53and I've got a big problem with that,
51:55because I can't employ somebody who has personality clashes with people.
51:59I don't normally have personality clashes, Sir Alan.
52:01You're repeating again. You're like a parrot.
52:03You're repeating again exactly what I want to hear, aren't you?
52:06I've got a problem here.
52:11And Samuel, my concern with you is that you've been very, very quiet.
52:16You've admitted that sales is not your bag.
52:20So where was your input?
52:23I've got a big problem,
52:26and I've got to make a decision.
52:29It's a difficult decision,
52:32and I'm going to have to make my mind up, and I'm going to say this.
52:36Ben, you're fired.
52:39I think you did a bad job as a project manager.
52:42You two, off you go.
52:45I've got your card now.
52:58I don't know what he said.
53:00Come out, and you'll be all right.
53:02I don't know where you're going to last very long on this, mate.
53:05Mate, listen, I'll be in charge of that.
53:07Well, if you just listen more and talk less, you'll get on OK.
53:10All right, James. I'll tell that boy.
53:12Anyway, take care. Cheers. See you later.
53:14I'd like to leave too. Give my regards to everyone. Will do.
53:18I'm obviously disappointed to be going,
53:20especially at the end of only one task,
53:22but I was myself, and I think I can hold my head up high and say
53:25I didn't stab anyone in the back.
53:27I was very disappointed in some members of the team.
53:30I honestly feel that Saeed should have gone.
53:32He showed Sir Alan no respect at all.
53:34He was quite ready to stab me,
53:36and I think anyone else who gets in his way in the back.
53:39He has no integrity.
53:41I think he should have gone.
53:43I think anyone else who gets in his way in the back.
53:46He has no integrity.
53:48He's not the kind of person Sir Alan's going to want working with him.
53:52One job, now 13 candidates.
53:56Sir Alan's search for his apprentice has begun.