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The Apprentice review: It is horribly outdated, it should have been fired years ago! CHRISTOPHER STEPHENS' zero-star verdict


Flops, every one of them. Hopeless, cringing disasters that failed so badly, it was physically uncomfortable - no, not the candidates on The Apprentice, but Lord Sugar's jokes.

All the apprentices chuckled dutifully, though their amusement was drowned out by the howls of mirth from the Good Lord's sidekicks, Karren Brady and Tim Campbell. Repetitive edits pick out their smuggest boasts and most inane asides, which encourages them to behave like idiots in the hope of extra screen time. In reality, British businesses are struggling to stay afloat, with the number on the brink of bankruptcy up 25 per cent on last year, according to a recent report.

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