"The Apprentice (UK)" -- Candidates, a group of aspiring young businessmen and women, compete for the chance to win a 100,000 GBP ($157,410 USD) and a one-year job as an apprentice to the British business magnate Lord Sugar (previously known as "Sir Alan Sugar").
In series one through six the winners went on to work at Amstrad, an electronics manufacturing company founded by Sugar (but since sold to BSkyB) or one of Sugar's other companies, Viglen, Amsprop, or Amshold.
In series seven, the prize changed to a 250,000 GBP ($393,525 USD) investment in a business of the candidate's creation, with Lord Sugar as a 50% owner. The Apprentice, billed as a "job interview from hell", is very similar in format to the American series of the same name, which stars entrepreneur Donald Trump.
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General Information
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Status: Airing Season 9
Premiere: February 16, 2005
Classification: Reality-TV
Genre: Drama | Financial/Business
Network: BBC One (United Kingdom)
Airs: Wednesdays
Runtime: 60 Minutes
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Season 9 -- 14 Episodes
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July 12, 2012, Lord Sugar announced via Twitter, "I've agreed 2 more series making it 10 years of the Apprentice. I've opened applications again for series 9 apply now..."
A ninth series is due to air in 2013, followed by a tenth series in 2014.
9x01 -- May 07, 2013 -- Container
9x02 -- May 08, 2013 -- Beer
9x03 -- May 15, 2013 -- Flat-Pack
9x04 -- May 22, 2013 -- Farm Shop
9x05 -- May 28, 2013 -- Dubai (Tuesday)
9x06 -- Jun 05, 2013 -- Away Day
9x07 -- Jun 12, 2013 -- Motorhome and Caravan Show
9x08 -- Jun 19, 2013 -- Online Dating
9x09 -- Jun 26, 2013 -- Ready Meals
9x10 -- TBA
9x11 -- TBA
9x12 -- TBA
9x13 -- TBA
9x14 -- TBA
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Date of last review or update: June 13, 2013
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