Young Apprentice

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Also known asJunior Apprentice
GenreReality television series
Created byMark Burnett
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Narrated byMark Halliley
Theme music composerDru Masters[1]
Opening theme"Dance of the Knights" by Prokofiev
Template:Pluralize from text of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageTemplate:Pluralize from textEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes22
Production
Running time60 minutes
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  • Talkback Thames (2010–2011)
  • Boundless (2012)
  • In association with:
  • Mark Burnett Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC One
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Young Apprentice is a British reality television programme and a spin-off of The Apprentice, in which a group of young people compete against each other in a series of business related challenges to win a £25,000 investment from British business magnate Lord Sugar. In addition to Sugar, he was also joined by his adviser Nick Hewer, and new adviser Karren Brady, prior to her debut on the main show, upon Margaret Mountford's departure from the role in 2009.

Premiering on 12 May 2010, the show ran for three series on both BBC One and BBC HD, before it was cancelled by the BBC, after they decided not to renew it after its third series.[2] The programme was met with mostly positive reviews from critics during its broadcast.

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History

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The spin-off marked Karren Brady's debut as Lord Sugar's new adviser, after Margaret Mountford left the role following the fifth series of The Apprentice.

In March 2008, Alan Sugar made an announcement that he intended to propose to the BBC of creating a junior version of The Apprentice owing to its success, with the intention that it would feature children aged between 12–15 and be aired during an early evening timeslot. He later claimed that "nobody took any notice" of his suggestions.[3] A year later, Sugar announced that he had begun negotiations with the BBC in regards to the concept he proposed - this included a focus on the winning team in episodes; a gentler handling of young candidates; the inclusion of his advisers in the spin-off; and airing on BBC One with a similar format structure to that of the main show, though with no use of the Interviews stage of the contest. Official confirmation that the idea had been green-lighted and production was underway on the spin-off, came in the form of announcement made during an episode of The Apprentice: You're Fired! covering the fifth series of the main show, on 20 May 2009, for applicants for the new show.[4][5] Part of the announcement revealed that the initial concept for the age group of applicants had changed during negotiation, with it now being focused on those between 16–17 years old, from a variety of social and educational backgrounds, with the announcement inviting potential applicants to visit the official The Apprentice website to apply for the spin-off. Sugar remarked that the series, originally announced to be a five-part series, aimed to "promote enterprise amongst young people, as the future of our economy relies on them".[6] In response to this announcement, 28,000 teenagers applied for the show, with ten selected to take part in the competition.[7] After talks about its creation, the show's executive producers were chosen to be Jo Wallace for the BBC, Mark Burnett and C. Scot Cru for Mark Burnett Productions, and Sue Davidson and Michele Kurland for Talkback Thames.

A few months later, Sugar's appointment to be the Labour Party's Enterprise Tsar on 5 June 2009, accompanied by a peerage, led to concerns by the BBC over a conflict of interest in regards to the corporation's political impartiality; while it was decreed that he would continue to appear on The Apprentice and related programming, following discussions on the matter,[8] it was decided to push back the premiere of the spin-off show, dubbed Junior Apprentice, along with the sixth series of the main show, until after the 2010 general election on 6 May 2010.[9] In addition to this, Margaret Mountford's departure from the role of an adviser in The Apprentice, led to Sugar appointing Karren Brady as her replacement,[10] with the decision that she would make her debut in the spin-off. On 3 May 2010, the BBC finally announced the premiere date for the show, which began airing its first series on 12 May 2010.[11][12]

After concluding its first series, the BBC announced on 28 August 2010 that it had commissioned a second series of the programme, though this came with a few changes - the number of young candidates was increased to twelve, leading to the number of episodes being increased to eight; and the show's title was changed to Young Apprentice. The second series began airing from 24 October 2011; during its broadcast, the BBC commissioned a third series and began conducting applications for it. On 30 August 2012, it was reportedly claimed that Lord Sugar had axed the show due to declining ratings and his desire to concentrate on the main show, but Sugar later stated on his Twitter account that these reports were incorrect, yet he could not confirm how long the spin-off had;[citation needed] the third series eventually began airing a few months later, on 1 November 2012. In February 2013, Lord Sugar posted on his Twitter account that the BBC was cancelling the show, after having debated on its future and decided not to renew it for another series.[2]

Format

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Once a task is over, the teams return to the boardroom, and go through the same process as in the main show: an initial review of each team's performance is given, followed by a result of their overall effort; the losing team faces a deeper review of their performance; and a final boardroom session is held, with the young candidates involved in it giving reasons and arguments over why they should remain in the process. Unlike the main show, the fired candidate does not get filmed riding a taxi, but instead rides back home in Sugar's limo, and also do not wear an overcoat and carry their suitcase with them when they board the vehicle. The final episode functions in the same manner, with the finalists being able to pick candidates that were eliminated in the contest to be a part of their team and help them to win the contest, with the winner chosen by Lord Sugar; in both the first and third series, the final featured four candidates, and so adopted a similar approach to that of the final episode of the fourth series of The Apprentice, in that they were divided into two teams, with the losing team being fired, before Sugar debated on which of the two in the winning team that he "hired".

Series 1 (2010)

The first series began airing on 12 May 2010. Ten young candidates took part, and the teams were named "Instinct" and "Revolution", with Arjun Rajyagor winning the series.[14]

Candidates

Candidate Age Hometown Result
Arjun Rajyagor 17 Essex Winner
Tim Ankers 17 Lancashire Runner-Up
Kirsty Cleaver 17 Scotland Fired in the Final
Zoe Plummer 16 London
Emma Walker 16 Cheshire Fired after fifth task
Hannah Cherry 17 Bedfordshire Fired after fourth task
Rhys Rosser 17 Powys Fired after third task
Adam Eliaz 17 Newcastle Quit during third task
Hibah Ansary 16 Manchester Fired after second task
Jordan De Courcy 16 Republic of Ireland Fired after first task

Performance Chart

Task Number
Candidate 1 2 3 4 5 6
Arjun IN IN IN IN LOSE HIRED
Tim BR IN BR LOSE IN RUNNER-UP
Kirsty IN IN IN BR WIN FIRED
Zoe IN BR WIN IN BR FIRED
Emma IN IN IN WIN FIRED
Hannah IN WIN BR FIRED
Rhys BR IN FIRED
Adam IN LOSE LEFT
Hibah WIN FIRED
Jordan FIRED
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Episode summary

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Series 2 (2011)

The second series began airing on 24 October 2011. Twelve candidates took part in this series, and the teams were named "Atomic" and "Kinetic", with Zara Brownless winning the series.

Candidates

Candidate Age Hometown Result
Zara Brownless 16 Hertfordshire Winner
James McCullagh 17 Derry Runner-Up
Haya Al Dlame 17 London Fired after seventh task
Harry Hitchins 16 Brighton
Harry Maxwell 16 Northamptonshire
Lizzie Magee 16 Liverpool
Hayley Forrester 16 Shrewsbury Fired after sixth task
Gbemi Okunlola 16 London Fired after fifth task
Lewis Roman 16 Merseyside Fired after fourth task
Hannah Richards 16 Berkshire Fired after third task
Ben Fowler 16 Birmingham Fired after second task
Mahamed Awale 16 Brixton Fired after first task

Performance Chart

Task Number
Candidate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Zara IN IN BR IN WIN BR IN HIRED
James BR IN IN WIN BR IN WIN RUNNER-UP
Haya IN IN IN LOSE IN WIN FIRED
Harry H. LOSE IN IN IN IN IN FIRED
Harry M. IN BR BR IN LOSE IN FIRED
Lizzie IN IN WIN IN IN LOSE FIRED
Hayley WIN IN IN BR IN FIRED
Gbemi IN WIN IN IN FIRED
Lewis IN LOSE IN FIRED
Hannah IN IN FIRED
Ben IN FIRED
Mahamed FIRED
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Episode summary

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Series 3 (2012)

The third and final series began airing on 1 November 2012. Twelve candidates took part, and the teams were named "Odyssey" and "Platinum", with Ashleigh Porter-Exley winning the series.

Candidates

Candidate Age Hometown Result
Ashleigh Porter-Exley 17 South Yorkshire Winner
Lucy Beauvallet 16 East Sussex Runner-Up
Maria Doran 17 Belfast Fired in the Final
Patrick McDowell 16 Merseyside
Andrew Tindall 16 West Yorkshire Fired after seventh task
Steven Cole 17 Kent
Navdeep Bual 16 Essex Fired after sixth task
David Odhiambo 17 Bedfordshire Fired after fifth task
Alice Smith 17 Leicestershire Fired after fourth task
Amy Corrigan 17 London Fired after third task
Sean Spooner 16 Northamptonshire Fired after second task
Maximillian "Max" Grodecki 16 Kent Fired after first task

Performance Chart

Elimination Chart
Candidate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ashleigh WIN IN IN IN LOSE IN IN HIRED
Lucy IN WIN IN IN IN IN LOSE RUNNER-UP
Maria IN BR IN BR IN WIN IN FIRED
Patrick LOSE IN IN IN IN IN WIN FIRED
Andrew IN IN WIN IN BR LOSE FIRED
Steven IN IN LOSE IN IN BR FIRED
Navdeep IN IN IN BR WIN FIRED
David BR BR BR WIN FIRED
Alice IN IN IN FIRED
Amy IN IN FIRED
Sean IN FIRED
Max FIRED
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Episode summary

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Reception

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One critic argued that Sugar's soft approach towards the younger participants was "unnatural".

Critical response

Young Apprentice received a generally positive response from critics. Writing for The Guardian, Tim Lusher was complimentary of the programme's tone by claiming that "for once, even the losers look as if they could be winners one day" and Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy said that from the opening minutes of the first episode it was clear that "this spinoff series isn't going to be any softer or less entertaining than the original".[13] The Daily TelegraphTemplate:'s Benji Wilson also praised the series and argued that it "had all of the staggering self-regard and dim-witted hilarity we have come to expect from the contestants on the grown-up Apprentice".[15] The online version of Heat magazine, heatworld.com, praised the series and said that it was "amazing...might just be the best show we’ve seen all year", while The GuardianTemplate:'s Johnny Dee claimed that the programme was of better quality than its adult counterpart and proved that reality television "doesn't have to be nasty to be entertaining".[16][17]

Despite branding it as "compelling", John Crace of The Guardian claimed that the programme "gave us a first glimpse of the nightmare possibilities of Cameron Youth" and claimed that Sugar's softer approach to the young candidates came across as "unnatural". As well as the character of Zoe Plummer, also seen to be unnatural.[18] In The Independent, Tom Sutcliffe suggested that the sight of crying teenagers would leave the audience feeling uncomfortable.[19] Shortly before the programme started, both the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies and the Institute of Directors criticised the programme's lack of relevancy to business; the former argued that the BBC should instead be focusing on some of Britain's four million small businesses and the latter claimed that the programme should be more informative instead of "entertainment masquerading as business".[20]

In September 2012, it was announced that Young Apprentice was nominated for the 18th National Television Awards in the category Factual Entertainment.[21]

Transmissions

Series Start date End date Episodes
1 12 May 2010 10 June 2010 6
2 24 October 2011 12 December 2011 8
3 1 November 2012 20 December 2012 8

Ratings

Episode viewing figures from BARB.[22]

Series 1

Episode No. Airdate Total Viewers BBC One Weekly Ranking
1 12 May 2010 4,620,000 22
2 19 May 2010 4,340,000 23
3 26 May 2010 5,490,000 8
4 2 June 2010 4,590,000 11
5 9 June 2010 4,720,000 16
6 10 June 2010 5,420,000 8

Series 2

Episode No. Airdate Total Viewers BBC One Weekly Ranking
1 24 October 2011 4,740,000 19
2 31 October 2011 4,760,000 24
3 7 November 2011 4,730,000 25
4 14 November 2011 Under 4,530,000 Outside Top 30
5 21 November 2011 Under 4,220,000 Outside Top 30
6 28 November 2011 4,340,000 29
7 5 December 2011 4,610,000 28
8 12 December 2011 4,910,000 23

Series 3

Episode No. Airdate Total Viewers BBC One Weekly Ranking
1 1 November 2012 4,440,000 28
2 8 November 2012 4,340,000 27
3 15 November 2012 4,070,000 29
4 22 November 2012 Under 4,040,000 Outside Top 30
5 29 November 2012 Under 4,110,000 Outside Top 30
6 6 December 2012 Under 4,300,000 Outside Top 30
7 13 December 2012 Under 4,160,000 Outside Top 30
8 20 December 2012 4,580,000 27

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