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A smorgasbord of stupidity and an embarrassment to the BBC: CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews The Apprentice final
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: As he announced the finale and encouraged contenders to pick their teams of ex-apprentices, Alan looked more like Young Mr Grace on Are You Being Served?
As the final dragged towards the finish line, Lord Sugar looked less like an aggressive entrepreneur and more like a doddery head of the family, trying to decide which of his scheming young relatives was going to inherit the remnants of his pension. The finalists, gym owner Rachel Woolford and pie shop boss Phil Turner, were smarming up to him as though a bit of fake politeness might earn them first dibs on the family silver in the cutlery drawer. Worse, he completely failed to grasp Phil's business plan for branching out into pies by post, with online deliveries rather than High Street premises as the focus for expansion.
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