The Apprentice - Season 7 - Eps 1: £250 Business Start Up
The stakes are raised higher than ever in this series of The Apprentice, as this time there is no six-figure salary job on offer. Instead, the sixteen candidates are vying for one life changing opportunity: £250,000 investment to start their own company, with Lord Sugar as their business partner. Lord Sugar wastes no time showing the candidates he means business, using the first task to challenge his potential partners' entrepreneurial skills. Each team are given £250 to invest in fresh fruit and vegetables, and Lord Sugar makes it clear that he expects a high return. Packed off to New Covent Garden Market, the teams race to buy the best produce at the cheapest price and set to work adding value to their haul by making juices, fruit salads and soups, and pasta to tempt London's hungry workforce. With the pressure on to exploit both the lucrative breakfast and lunch trade, it's not long before the tension rises and the blame game begins.
About The Apprentice

Title: The Apprentice
First Air Date: 2005-02-16
Last Air Date: 2025-03-27
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 5.8/10 (from 29 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 20
Total Episodes: 254
Network: BBC One
Genres: Reality
Production Companies: Talkback, Mark Burnett Productions, Talkback Thames, Boundless, United Artists Media Group, MGM Television, Fremantle Productions
Synopsis
British version of the reality competitions series that sees young entrepreneurs compete in several business tasks, attempting to survive the weekly firings in order to become the business partner of one of the most successful businessmen.
Cast

Lord Alan Sugar
Self - The Boss

Mark Halliley
Self - Narrator (voice)

Karren Brady
Self

Tim Campbell
Self