The Apprentice: firing on too many cylinders?
by Charlie Peverett in Your car on 30.03.08
The naked arrogance. The breathtaking snobbery. The involuntary boardroom backstabbing. Ah, it’s great to have The Apprentice back.
The new series got off to a flyer last week, with a chap called Nicholas (who had so rarely failed at anything) failing to get past the first ‘You’re Fired!’. As usual, it made for compulsive viewing.
However, it does seem weird that the BBC allows some of the really bad stuff to go on air, repeatedly.
We’re not talking about the copious potty-mouthing. We’re not even complaining about Katie Hopkins’ spectacular bitching last year. That’s all just fine.
No, the really horrifying moment is when, in each episode, the three contestants heading for the final boardroom showdown with Sir Alan get into three separate vehicles.
Hello? They’re all going to the same place. Considering Sir Alan’s preoccupation with waste and profit margins, you’d think he’d have knocked this routine on the head sometime during series one.
We’re guessing that the BBC wants to keep each contestant’s powder dry before the boardroom confrontation. But come on - think of the carbon footprint, if not the opportunity to film a good pre-Sugar spat between them all in the backseat.
Even better, why doesn’t Sir Alan invest in a three-seater bike for his wannabe apprentices? It would be brilliant to see them having to pedal together towards their doom, through the mean streets of Brentwood.
And two of them would get great views of the backs they may shortly be stabbing. It’s just win-win.
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