What I enjoy the most about this extremely long-running show (impossible in today's cancellation culture) is the basic business facts given in each episode to the general consumer.
You can learn a lot from Sir Alan Sugar. How to communicate effectively and the risks of business and his regrets (Spurs' football club) and his early innovations with Amstrad and his burgeoning property portfolio.
His straight-talking; directness and dry humour are traits which I especially enjoy if I'm going to work with somebody. It's fun and effective TV and it's also comedy as the apprentices have to deal with a variety of tragic environments with each one becoming more desperate to outperform the other and the edited show is a delight to watch. The gaffs on each show continue to surprise me at how desperate the candidates are to impress.
The problem I find with this show is it's very formulative-driven. They repeat similar tasks; make a product in a factory and sell to consumer; find certain products from a list and sell a tourism experience.
It's hard to judge how they succeed after as there's no programme dedicated to what they do after the show. It would be nice to have a documentary of what really happens when you become the Apprentice.
It's a fun show and it's not to be taken to seriously yet the core business values are very serious. They always seem to hire the most silly quotes "I'm the next business billionaire" or "James Bond (of business)" and it would be better if they hired disadvantaged kids from hard backgrounds and helped them with their life.
I watch it every year and it's full of gems so a strong 7/10. Claude is a great aide and Karen is very astute (see West Ham's stadium deal) in business and you can learn a lot from what they have to offer. Required viewing.
You can learn a lot from Sir Alan Sugar. How to communicate effectively and the risks of business and his regrets (Spurs' football club) and his early innovations with Amstrad and his burgeoning property portfolio.
His straight-talking; directness and dry humour are traits which I especially enjoy if I'm going to work with somebody. It's fun and effective TV and it's also comedy as the apprentices have to deal with a variety of tragic environments with each one becoming more desperate to outperform the other and the edited show is a delight to watch. The gaffs on each show continue to surprise me at how desperate the candidates are to impress.
The problem I find with this show is it's very formulative-driven. They repeat similar tasks; make a product in a factory and sell to consumer; find certain products from a list and sell a tourism experience.
It's hard to judge how they succeed after as there's no programme dedicated to what they do after the show. It would be nice to have a documentary of what really happens when you become the Apprentice.
It's a fun show and it's not to be taken to seriously yet the core business values are very serious. They always seem to hire the most silly quotes "I'm the next business billionaire" or "James Bond (of business)" and it would be better if they hired disadvantaged kids from hard backgrounds and helped them with their life.
I watch it every year and it's full of gems so a strong 7/10. Claude is a great aide and Karen is very astute (see West Ham's stadium deal) in business and you can learn a lot from what they have to offer. Required viewing.