Rags to Riches Young Apprentice

It's an opportunity like no other.

From every corner of the country,

taking their first steps on a life-changing journey,

Britain's youngest aspiring entrepreneurs.

To underestimate me would be the most silly thing somebody could do.

I may look like a five foot one blonde angel, but inside

I have the heart of a lioness, who will take on

anybody in her opposition.

I know that I'm a natural leader.

Men are like dogs, you have to show them who their boss is,

and then they'll follow.

I think my drive and determination comes from the fact my parents

didn't want me to have a life like they had.

Because they've always struggled,

I wanted my own money and my independence.

Thousands applied.

12 were chosen.

My biggest achievement in life would be my GCSE results.

I managed to get 11 A-stars, which I was naturally quite pleased with.

I started my first business at the age of nine,

so I really do think that it's just grown on me,

and become a natural instinct.

Waking up in the morning and owning a business

are the same thing for me.

They'll battle it out for the ultimate kick start

to a career in business -

an investment worth £25,000.

But to succeed, they'll have to impress the boss - Lord Sugar.

I know everything. I've seen everything, I've done everything.

East End boy done good, he left school at 16.

Over 40 years on, he's still at the top of his game,

with a vast business empire.

Has everybody signed on to the fact that this task

was all about making money?

He'll put these budding teenage tycoons through

a rigorous selection process.

I'm sweating like a pig at the butcher's!

Is there any way that you can possibly push the price down?

Those sort of comments are poor, from a project manager.

12 candidates.

Bottom line is, you totally went off the rails, here.

You're acting like an idiot. You kept shouting over him.

Guys, let it go, let it go, seriously.

-Eight weeks.

-Well done!

-That's pants.

-That's a massive problem.

I was really angry, do you know what I mean?

Don't dodge the question, did you lose control of the task?

One winner.

With regret, you're fired.

You're fired.

You're fired.

10am.

The boardroom.

You can go through to the boardroom now.

-Good morning.

-ALL: Good morning, Lord Sugar.

Welcome to my boardroom.

You've done tremendously well to get here, today,

out of thousands and thousands of people.

In a funny way,

I feel quite privileged to have you in front of me,

because, so far, none of you have walked in with your smartphones.

For the next eight weeks,

the only way you're going to be using phones is for business.

Not for playing Angry Birds.

Because that'll make me angry,

and you don't want to make me angry, I can assure you.

It's never been harder than now for young people, like you,

to try and find yourself a job.

You pick up the newspapers, and as you can see,

there are lots of companies going to the wall,

there's even countries on the verge of bankruptcy.

I believe that it is young entrepreneurs, like you,

that will bring the prosperity back to our country.

Now, here's a little warning.

I don't like teacher's pets, and I don't like school bullies.

This is about the real world.

I'm not making you sit exams, the only grade you'll get here is F,

for fired.

Now, I might remind you of your granddad.

Here's the main difference.

You're lucky if your granddad gives you

a fiver in an envelope at Christmas time.

I'm going to give you £25,000 to use to further your business ambitions.

That's what you're playing for here.

Right, so, now, I've got your CVs here, so let me see.

What have we got, amongst you lot?

Maximilian Joseph Anthony Semasko Grodecki.

No-one's going to hack your username, then, are they?

I'll call you Max. What kind of things have you been dabbling in?

I run sort of a little mini enterprise, which deals

on one hand with vintage clothes, and on the other hand with collectables.

Good.

-David.

-Yeah?

-My God.

Well. Whoa. What a CV we've got here.

You're the chair of this,

the chair of that, the chair of something else.

-Of course.

-You're the chair of everything.

Let's hope your colleagues don't just sit on you. Well done.

They won't.

-That's a nice outfit you've got on there, sunshine.

-Thank you.

Yeah, very nice outfit on, there.

-I hear you're into fashion, is that right?

-I am.

Nothing wrong with that. They all start young.

Stella McCartney, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior - who are you?

Patrick McDowell.

Patrick McDowell, actually, has a very nice ring to it.

A Patrick McDowell.

You might make me a suit, one day.

-Hopefully.

-Yeah.

And, Maria, what's your moneymaking skills?

Well, basically, I'm not going to beat around the bush,

I'm 17 years old, I'm not an established entrepreneur,

but I really pick up on ideas.

If I see something, if something needs done, I do it.

That's, like, my work ethic.

You said you're 17 years old, so don't expect too much of me.

Actually, that's exactly when I started my business.

When I was 17 years old.

Whatever you see now, whatever I've ever done,

started from those little acorns.

So, there's nothing wrong with being 17, in fact,

I'm a bit surprised you haven't started already.

OK. So, now, let's get down to business.

Now, your first task is a very, very interesting one,

and it's all about rags to riches.

Now, I've got you a tonne each of discarded clothes.

And your task is to go through them, pick the good stuff,

and sell it in the marketplace.

And the team that comes in with the biggest profit will win,

and the team that loses, at least one of you will be fired.

I'm going to make it simple for myself, initially.

I'm going to have the teams as boys and girls.

Karren will be following the boys' team,

and Nick will be following the girls' team.

I've got you a very, very nice house.

I don't want any trouble from the neighbours.

-So, everything clear?

-ALL: Yes, Lord Sugar.

Yeah? Right, good. OK, well, off you go to the house.

Go and get to know each other, and I'll see you back here

in this boardroom, in a few days' time,

and we'll find out which team has won.

-OK?

-ALL: Thank you, Lord Sugar.

-You can't learn business from a textbook.

-No, no, no. You can't.

Business Studies teachers all around England

will disagree with you, right now.

'I'm like a firework.'

I'm fun, I'm colourful, I'm creative,

and once I get going, there's no stopping me.

I think that power just gravitates towards me.

-Fair enough.

-Yeah.

'Not only am I academic,'

I'm social, I'm economical,

I'm philosophical.

Everything that you can think of, I am it.

-These houses are... God.

-Unbelievable.

Let's get the biggest room.

Hampstead, north London.

Home, for the next eight weeks, a luxury mansion.

Let's go, let's go!

We've got a walk-in wardrobe!

-Push.

-Thank you very much.

Games room.

'I think it inspires you, coming to'

a house like this, to think that,

one day, I could own something like this.

But for now, it's down to business.

First, both teams need a name.

I was thinking of something like "Platinum".

My only concern with Platinum is that it just sounds a bit

cliche, like we're the best, like, platinum.

I've had an idea, but it's a bit strange, it's Latin,

and it's called "Ex Nihilo"

and it means something from nothing.

-Yeah, no, I like Platinum.

-I think we should go for Platinum.

-Shall we do that?

-Yeah.

-It's easy, it's simple. Team Platinum.

Thank you.

I have the name Odyssey.

It means a journey with great adventures.

I don't think we've got the wow factor as Odyssey.

Can you give us any suggestions, then?

Not right now, I can't, no.

-I'm backing Odyssey.

-Yeah.

It's a clever name,

but I don't think it's necessarily a punchy, business name.

-Do you know how to spell Odyssey?

-No, I don't.

O-D-Y-S-S-E-Y.

'I have a, sort of, minor academic interest in philosophy,

and I particularly enjoy the pre-Socratics,

early classical philosophers - Plato, Aristotle, Heraclius, etc.

I've got O-D-E-S-S-Y.

That one doesn't look particularly classical, to me.

O-D-Y-S-S-E-Y.

Shall we go with Odyssey on the basis that that's how it's spelt?

-I think we've agreed. Team Odyssey.

-Team Odyssey it is.

Team Odyssey it is.

-Let's move on and win this task.

-Let's do this.

Next, pick a project manager.

I'd quite like to put myself forward.

I just think it's my type of thing, with the fashion trends.

But I know, Max, you've got...

I do have quite a lot of experience of vintage clothes,

but not selling face to face.

-It's just because I've got experience in this field.

-OK.

-So everyone's OK with me?

-All for Patrick? Go on, Patrick.

The strengths in the group are definitely

Max's vintage clothing, and my fashion expertise.

And then, I think, Max, I would like you in charge of the sub team.

Yeah.

Who's got any background knowledge into clothing, and stuff like that?

For the girls, one volunteer.

Bridal shop assistant, and trainee accountant, Ashleigh.

Work in it already, I'm always

ripping T-shirts up and stuff, as well.

So is everyone agreed with that? Yeah?

Cool.

All we've got to do is put 100% in each, and that's 600%.

And I know we can win this, and I've got faith in all of you.

-Let's win this.

-Team Platinum.

ALL: Team Platinum.

With names and leaders agreed, tomorrow, the rag trade.

8am.

-There you go, Max.

-Cheers.

Max, Max, Max.

There.

HE LAUGHS

Today, both teams must sort and prepare clothes for sale tomorrow.

They split. Half head off to research the market,

the rest to a recycling depot.

Waiting for each team, one tonne of old clothes.

With over a million tonnes of textiles recycled

and resold each year, there's plenty of cash to be made from cast-offs.

I think, mainly, this task is more feminine.

I think we're lucky, in the sense that,

obviously, I've got an eye for fashion, and what's going to sell.

Even though cooking is seen as a feminine thing,

the best chefs are men, so...we can win this task,

not because it's made for us, but because

we're just the better sex.

DAVID LAUGHS

-DAVID: Oh, my. PATRICK:

-Wow.

First job, divide the clothes for sale tomorrow

at Europe's biggest shopping mall, and London's leading car boot sale.

Sifting for the boys, events promoter, Steven,

private tutor, David,

and team leader, fashion designer Patrick.

-What do you think about the corset? Would it sell?

-No.

This looks a little bit vintagey.

Basically, if it's really nice, put it in the shopping centre bag,

and if it's... Like, the jeans and stuff, just put in car boot.

-Who can fit into that?

-Cheryl Cole.

Patrick?

Guys, you can't just ask me for everything,

-because we need to get this all...

-I don't know what to look for. OK.

Patrick really has an eye for fashion,

and he knows what he's looking for.

He can spot the gems

within the pile.

Steven and David

haven't got a clue.

Is this something Cheryl Cole would wear? I don't think so.

The textiles depot, Deptford.

Rummaging for the girls, Maria, Lucy,

and project manager, Ashleigh.

Is this a wedding dress? Is this, like, a red wedding dress?

-I don't know.

-ASHLEIGH:

-That's quite cool, isn't it?

-It's not for me, but it's quite vintagey.

-It is vintagey.

LUCY: Is this bedding?

No, it's a cape.

Fancy dress?

-What about these trousers, do you think anyone would wear these?

-No.

I'm going to start opening more bags, because look how many

-we have to do.

-Yeah.

I think we need to sort of speed up slightly more.

Obviously, it's the first task,

so everybody is just getting to know each other.

I feel like we're working more as a team, rather than being led.

Guys, we don't have very long left, so come on, let's keep going.

Yeah, well, we should put everything in black bags.

Right, let's do this really super fast.

THEY SIGH

Six miles away, in Beckenham, the boys keep digging.

There's just so much stuff.

-This is a wetsuit?

-Yeah. Can you put that in the special pile, please.

With the chance for bigger mark-ups, both teams have cash

to clean and customise the garments.

I think we've got a few good pieces on this rail, you know,

to do stuff with.

Definitely.

Any money spent will be deducted from tomorrow's sales.

I think we can do something with this jacket, with the top.

There's some unusual items in the customising pile.

I think it's just trying to look for things that are a bit quirky,

that are going to attract people's attention.

London's West End.

At an exclusive vintage clothes shop,

Sean, Max and Andrew check out the value of cast-offs.

Typical designers you'll find here, Ossie Clark, Chanel,

Christian Dior, Biba, we always look out for Biba.

And do you sell any modified items?

We don't really alter the pieces, if we can help it.

Sometimes we'll lift a hemline,

just to make it a bit more current, a bit sexier.

But other than that, we try and keep it as authentic as it can be.

-PHONE RINGS

-Hello?

-So, we've just been into the boutique.

-Yeah.

One of the things about modification, she said that she lets the dress

tell the story, and she really doesn't like to modify things.

-MAX:

-'But for us, if she does modify,'

just a nice one or two simple alterations.

OK.

The swimsuit, I was thinking we can use the fabric

from this really quirky one, and add it onto the bottom of this.

-OK.

-Right? So, that'll be the top.

We'll need a few things that will really grab people's attention.

So, if someone sees that, they're going to think...

But would they buy it?

That's the question.

'Personally, I wouldn't ever even consider buying what

Patrick is intending to sell.

I feel that, maybe,

just one in 66 million people who live in the UK would buy his product.

2pm.

Next stop for the girls, a launderette,

with a van full of clothes, and plans to spend cash on customising.

We've got a black dress, this black coat, we were thinking,

maybe, studs here, like stud collar.

These would be really cool studded?

Like the pockets, really cool studded.

I agree, I really like that idea. I really like that.

But for trainee accountant Ashleigh,

what counts is profit.

Listen to me. With this brand of jeans, it's a £40 pair of jeans.

They've clearly been worn, they're meant to be black,

they're not black anymore.

They're not vintage, you're going to be paying £15 for studs,

and you're going to get 20 quid for them.

I'm just going to put my foot down, for the team,

and say we're not doing any tailoring.

-Not doing any at all?

-No.

As project manager, is that your decision?

That's my decision, not to do it.

Hopefully, they'll respect me for it at end,

because it's a money-saving thing.

I'm not just being unreasonable,

or saying, "Oh, I don't like it."

You don't need to wash half of this stuff.

I was thinking, a limit of about £50.

We need to just be careful with it,

but I don't know if we should be as really stingy with it, either.

Every penny counts. Could be £2 between us and the boys,

so, you don't want to risk that extra money, do you?

Holborn, a central London tailor's.

Home territory for fashion designer, Patrick.

So, we were thinking, if we take the top of this swimsuit,

and try and, almost, create a corset-looking type thing.

If we go up with the curve,

and then add the kimono fabric,

here, on.

And make, kind of, a loose fitting...

You want to make a dress?

Almost like a handkerchief skirt, on it.

-OK, but they're connected?

-Yeah.

OK. Yeah, so, the wetsuit kimono is going to be 35.

My initial logic tells me that

we'll find it quite hard to make a profit from that. Is it worth it?

I'm finding it quite tough to be the project manager for this task.

Just because I didn't expect the boys to be

so inexperienced in the area.

Then for our next one we were thinking, obviously,

that's fairly large.

-So maybe you could take that down to like a size, maybe, a size 12.

-OK.

Trying to get the other members of the team to kind of understand

what I'm going for is quite hard, I think,

cos I don't think they've necessarily got the fashion eye for things.

It's £133.20.

-Yes.

-OK, see you soon.

-Thank you.

-Thanks a lot. Good luck.

4pm. For both teams, a bulk wash.

It's not fast enough.

-Sprucing up the girls' garments - Amy, Navdeep and Alice.

-Oh!

Keeping down costs with a quick sniff.

If it just smells a bit then we don't need to waste any money

-putting in...

-Unless it makes you gag.

-Yeah. So, it's the gag test.

If it makes you gag, it goes in the wash, basically.

-Where do we put it?

-How do you do this?

-Normally there's like a little slot.

-Yeah.

Oh, you put it in this.

-No, that's money.

-Will we just put it in? Let's just put it in.

No, no, no, no.

It's a bit dodgy. I don't think you're meant to.

There's cups. Cups to, obviously, like, chuck it in.

Then it'll smell nice.

-We've bought it, we might as well use it, mightn't we?

-Yeah.

Not too much.

Yeah, don't go too crazy cos then it will start foaming up.

-Don't put them in there.

-Where should it go?

-That's a dryer.

That don't wash. That's the washing machines.

I knew it. I told you it was a dryer. I told you it was a dryer.

Oh, it just went in my shoe.

Incredibly embarrassing experience because I do wash at home.

That's still a bit wet. Oh, it stinks in here.

Guys, this is still wet. I can't iron this.

Let's go.

-Grab as many as you can.

-Yeah.

-Get in.

-Everything?

-Yes.

Washing done, it's back to the house.

Today, both teams have eight hours to sell their hand-picked clothes.

Half head for a car boot sale,

the rest to London's largest shopping mall.

With over 100,000 shoppers expected, the boys set up their display.

Can we have everything on the right hangers as well, please?

Taking pride of place, the latest creations from Patrick.

That looks good, I think.

-That's £5, is that OK?

-Yeah.

Brilliant, thank you.

Feeling good. First sale and I did it

so hopefully Lord Sugar will be impressed with that.

What was that? 30 seconds in? Bam.

Two floors up, the girls.

And the whiff of half-washed clothes.

I kind of think I'll just put it on here

and then I'll flog it at some point when it's a bit drier.

Oh, this is the wet bag.

Just hang it up and a bit over. OK, just... Yeah, OK.

Talking up the stock to passing trade - Amy.

Excuse me, do you like designer clothes for quite cheap?

I've got lots of designer brands over there. Under 20 quid.

Do you want to look at our designer store? We've got loads of things under £20.

I've got brands like Burberry, things like that.

-Are you interested?

-No, thank you.

-OK.

It's not really all designer and it's not all under £20.

Why don't you just go,

"We are a one-stop vintage shop today, would you be interested

-"in looking at some of our stuff?"

-It's not under £20.

We need to get people in and no-one is coming.

I think that that one complements your skin as well.

-I love pink actually.

-Do you?

Pulling in sales for the boys,

a charm offensive from David and Steven.

So, that's £40 altogether. Brilliant, thank you.

I am willing to put down the price because you have such a nice smile.

You're such a smoothie.

OK, so that's £12 altogether.

We would obviously give you a discount

because you have such a pretty smile.

Are you OK there, madam, or would you like any help?

-No, it came off the hanger.

-OK.

My tactic of flirtation is obviously working.

However, I feel that some of us aren't pulling our weight today.

In the sales book,

only me and Steven have sold.

-This jumper will go if you don't buy it.

-Thank you very much.

Thanks a lot.

In all honesty, I think you were lucky with

that customer that she was quite conversational.

I don't know whether you should approach everyone like that.

11am. Battersea car boot sale.

Still setting up - the rest of the boys.

-Having blazers on the rail hanging up makes a big difference.

-Yeah.

Taking charge of the display - straight A student Max.

-If all the jackets go on the rail, it does make sense.

-Yes.

Jackets and good stuff go on the rails.

-Is that the final decision? This is getting silly.

-Yeah, I know, but we have so little space.

Just say if it's the final decision.

Final say is all proper jackets go on the rail with the designer stuff.

-Right, that's the final decision then.

-Yeah.

I think if you focus on selling, now, and I'll keep on setting up.

We don't need more than one person selling. There's so much to get ready.

We don't need more than one person selling?

-Selling makes money. We are here to make money.

-I know, but...

Arguing is not what to do either so sort it out and I'll start selling.

Yeah, £3.

You're very smart for a car boot sale.

-Thank you very much. You're not looking too bad yourself.

-Thank you.

Andrew's got the banter. He's engaging with the public,

he's doing deals.

Max hasn't attempted to make a sale yet.

He's far more interested in folding and refolding

and folding again a few items that are out. He's got to engage.

It's all about the selling now. It's not about how the stall looks.

Midday.

Around the corner - the girls.

But sales are slow.

There's no-one walking past.

To get bargain hunters to stop - a plan from project manager Ashleigh.

If you guys sell upfront then they've got to talk to you.

I'll give you that for £4.

Go on. You'll regret it otherwise.

No.

I've seen a really nice thing that'd be quite nice on you.

This colour. Being a blonde myself, I understand it's really hard to get colours to go with you.

Isn't that lovely on her? Isn't that really lovely?

You know when a lady was stood there?

You're stood over her shoulder watching her.

She is just going to put it back down and walk off.

I don't think I was.

THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER

I think this car boot sale is an absolute disaster,

to be honest with you.

We're all being way too forceful on people

and it's just putting them straight off.

-'Hi, guys.'

-Hello.

-Hello.

-All right?

-So, like, how much have you made altogether?

To be honest, it's hard sales.

A lot of the clothes, nobody is really liking.

'How are you doing?'

'Not very well, to be honest.

'I just need to reiterate the fact'

that you've got the all money items.

We are selling things for £2 or £3, 20p.

'One item difference with you could be a massive difference.'

Yeah, that's fine, we'll work as hard as we can to try and shift everything.

All right, guys, well, we'll see you later.

Good luck. Bye-bye.

Bye.

So we've just got to sell it.

3pm - peak time for trade at the mall.

We have some outrageous things like, you know,

we have something that actually our boss designed himself.

-OK then.

-This.

-Whoa.

Where would you wear that to?

With his pricey tailored items failing to find buyers,

a new plan from Patrick.

Are you guys happy with us to move on from here

just because I don't think the customers seem to be slowing down?

Yeah, I think that we should maybe wait 20 more minutes

and really try and push it through, give some discount,

and then we can try and look at some more shops and boutiques

-that we can sell at.

-OK.

Sales have been steady so far, but they haven't been excellent.

The customised items have had a lot of interest

and I think they've brought people over to the store,

but we haven't actually sold them yet.

Selling bulk to the industry will be a better move.

If we had more time, I'd have shown you some more of our products,

but, you know, we're pushing on time right now.

-Thank you.

-Yeah, thanks.

-We need to leave now.

-Yes, tell me, be patient, calm down!

-What do we need, tell me?!

-Put all the blazers in one bag.

-OK, thanks.

Right at its busiest, they've decided to pack up

and go and flog their stuff to a retailer who is going to pay

nothing like the margin a customer will pay.

It's such a high risk strategy

and I really don't understand the logic behind it.

Upstairs, cashing in on the crowds - the girls.

I've got your gorgeous coat jacket here.

-What do you think, sold?

-Yes, sold.

-Good.

I really like it. I can see you on a motorbike with your collar up,

that jacket, those sunglasses, I love it.

And those shoes are going really well with it.

My sales technique is quite cheesy -

just sort of tell them constantly how good they look.

I really like it.

I actually love that and I'm not saying that because I work here.

I don't like it. I don't like the colour, I don't like the shape.

-Is this your girlfriend?

-Yes.

-OK.

If you wear that with your friends when she's not there,

you'll get, "Hmm, that's good."

-If you want to go and get this done, I'll go to 28.

-OK.

-Thank you, we've got a deal, £28, yeah?

-No problem, OK.

OK, great, thank you.

She went, "I don't like it, I don't like it."

I was going to be, like, "Mate, get a new girlfriend!"

Heading for shops in Shoreditch - the boys.

I thought that the sales were starting to pick up

just before we left.

We probably would have done a few more sales, but let's just hope...

I don't think we would have sold as much as we could do

at these vintage shops.

At the Battersea boot sale, it's busy for Sean and Andrew...

Are you two done yet? You're fleecing me! You're fleecing me!

11 for the two. Cheers.

..while Max manages the stock.

The shirt's only £3.

You can be paying hundreds of quid for them in shops.

I'll do you both for £20.

18.

18? Deal, nice one.

My role mainly throughout the day is get stuff out of the van,

get it into men's, women's, separates,

organise it, and Sean and Andrew have been pushing the selling,

and doing a great job on that.

Jeans over there, fiver, half price.

If you're interested in...

There's a bargain box here all for £2.

Max wasn't really telling us any structure or anything,

but now we've got into it, there's all sorts of patter coming out.

I have no idea about half the stuff I've said to people

whereas Max just seems to be wandering around a little bit.

London's East End.

With the wetsuit kimono heading up his collection of customised clothes,

Patrick and the boys hit Brick Lane,

home to retro retail.

First stop, a leading vintage boutique.

The most funky item...

Wow.

-It's like a swimsuit dress...

-That's amazing.

..that we actually got made.

Is that both vintage materials?

-This is a vintage kimono and this is the swimsuit top.

-That's incredible.

You know, if you made, like, a range of these

then there might be something that would be more saleable

because all the altered products that we sell we do as a range of clothing.

Would you be willing to talk to us about a price

that we could give you for the one-off items?

As I said, I'd rather do it as a range rather than one item.

In that case, I would feel that you would be losing out on it

to be honest with you.

-I'm afraid not, no.

-You sure?

-Sorry.

5.30pm.

For both teams, half an hour to go.

If we don't sell this stuff, it's all dead stock

-so I say, literally...

-Pounds.

-..give it away for pounds.

-Yeah, fine, let's do it.

Come on, get yourself around here! Everything's a pound off. 50p!

£2, anything on here.

£3.50!

£1 for everything on that rail.

£1 for anything.

I'll give it two for £2.

BOTH: Fiver for everything here!

Still convinced his wetsuit kimono's a winner,

a final push from Patrick.

I'm going to show you one thing that we've got

which is our most unusual piece,

which is the swimsuit dress, a vintage kimono.

Yeah, you probably should have left the kimono as it was really.

Would you be interested in taking all the bags?

Just chuck a price out there.

All right, I'll give you 40 quid for the lot.

-What about 70?

-No.

No, not at all. 60?

-Do 45.

-No, 40 quid.

Do you want to take them home or do you want 40 quid?

We'll take £40, thank you.

-Fine, that's fine.

-Thanks.

Thank you very much.

Out of time, it's back to the house.

Tomorrow, the boardroom, and Lord Sugar.

-Good morning.

-ALL: Good morning, Lord Sugar.

Well, this was a very interesting task.

I'll tell you where it came from because I was

thinking about myself when I was about your age

and one of the enterprising things that I did

was to go around collecting rags

from the garment factories and sell them to the local rag and bone man.

When you left me here the last time, I sent you back to the house,

you've all got to know each other, I take it?

Yes.

The other thing was to come up with a name for your team, yeah?

-So, ladies, what name did you come up with?

-Platinum.

They say when a piece of music goes platinum that means

it's sold a million so do you reckon you sold a million in this task?

Hmm...OK.

-And who was your project manager?

-I was project manager.

How did that come about?

I work in a bridal fabric shop with a haberdashery and design,

and that sort of thing.

So tell me, what happened, Ashleigh, after that?

Did you split your team, what did you do?

I put myself, Lucy and Maria in a team together.

-So who did all the laundry stuff?

-We did.

Yeah? Have you done any laundry or do you leave it to your mums?

-Yeah, of course we have!

-Are you sure?

This must be the first time you've seen a washing machine.

Did you work out which was a washing machine and which was a dryer?

Eventually, we did, yes.

Did the boss give you any guidelines about how much money

you should spend?

She's an accountant, you know, so they're notoriously mean.

Do you think you controlled the money?

I put my foot down where it needed putting down.

So now, tell me, who went to the high-end shopping centre?

That was the three of us.

Was there any special technique upon which you embarked upon selling...

I was a little bit...

..apart from wrestling the customers to the ground?

No.

Amy was terrifying.

She met one young couple and told the young chap

that if he wore this jacket, he will be deeply attractive to women.

His girlfriend, her eyes brimming with hatred!

Yes, his girlfriend hated me, but he bought the jacket.

So anyway, ladies, good project manager?

Yeah, she's very cool, calm and collected, I'd say.

I might have disagreed on some slight things, but other than that,

I think...

How did you think your team supported you? Good all round?

Yeah, they were fantastic.

I made some decisions which were hard for the group to understand,

but hopefully that will show in the results

that I made those decisions for the right reason.

So, well, gentlemen,

first of all, you came up with a team name of Odyssey, I understand.

-Whose idea was that?

-That was my idea.

It was a great name.

Unfortunately you couldn't spell it, could you, David?

-I thought you tutored kids.

-Yeah.

I'm bad at spelling and I don't put myself forward as tutoring people.

How can you be a tutor and can't spell?

-Anyway, who was the project manager?

-I was project manager, Lord Sugar.

-OK, you put yourself forward?

-I put myself forward.

I felt I had the most expertise in this area.

You do a bit of vintage clothing, don't you?

If Patrick hadn't put himself forward with enthusiasm

or if the team hadn't backed him fully,

I would have put myself forward,

but I sort of thought he would probably be better for the job.

Now, another part of the task was to customise a number of items.

So we a took scuba diving suit, kimono...

What? What?

I took a picture for you to give you an idea.

Lord Sugar, can I just say it's quite amazing watching Patrick work

cos you can just see the clock's ticking.

Congratulations on this.

You have made something that I think even Lady Gaga would turn down!

What was this for? A cocktail party on the Titanic or something!?

This attracted customers to our stalls so I thought that was useful.

All right, good team leader or not, chaps?

I would say that he was a decent team leader,

but I wouldn't say he was the best...

But the thing was, David, I was dealing with a team

that didn't have any experience in the field.

All right, look, proof of the pudding

is going to be in the eating here

so Nick, perhaps, if you've got the numbers for me.

So, Platinum, total sales...

£559.90.

Expenditure £106.54 and that generated a profit

of £453.36.

Karren, let's hear how Odyssey got on.

OK, well, total sales, £501.24.

They spent more. £170.87.

Which left you with a profit of £330.37.

MUFFLED EXCITEMENT

Well done, ladies. Well done, ladies.

It looks like the key to this was the accountant here,

keeping a tight rein on the money.

Very, very well done.

In return for this, I'm going to send you on a nice treat.

You're going to go on a high-speed ride down the famous River Thames.

So I'd like you to enjoy yourself

and I'll see you on the next task, OK?

Well done, Ashleigh.

Gentlemen, you brought a whole new meaning to losing your rag,

that's for sure.

I think you need to go away and discuss this amongst yourselves

and then I'll call you back in here and we'll go through it

in far more detail and regretfully, one of you will be fired.

-Off you go and have a chat.

-Thank you, Lord Sugar.

You're all going to be given a life jacket, OK?

But in the unlikely event that you went into the water

and they don't inflate, there's a little red toggle, OK?

I'm so excited!

This is the way to see London.

THEY SCREAM

-This is amazing. The adrenaline rush.

-I know!

The treat has motivated the girls so much.

We've got a taste for it now and it's not going to be the last.

I'm a bit disappointed.

I feel we all tried our best, but something clearly went wrong.

Maybe, Max, I'm not really sure what your role has been in this.

I was the person organising the boot fair,

I was the person making sure it could happen, getting things off the truck.

I don't think I did a perfect job on the task,

but I certainly think I did a good one.

I think the real issue that lost us this task was down to profit and the fact we overspent on the tailoring.

Yeah, and didn't sell.

'At the end of the day, this was Patrick's judgement,'

it's his speciality and he may have lost us quite a lot of money.

I had to manage a team and basically

teach you fashion cos none of you knew.

Because you all said, "We've got no experience."

"Patrick, what's this, what's that?"

And then I had to try and lead the team as well.

Without me in the team, we wouldn't even have had anything to sell.

INTERCOM RINGS

-Can you send the candidates in, please?

-Yes, Lord Sugar.

You can go through to the boardroom now.

Right, gentlemen.

Has everybody signed on to the fact that this task

was all about making money?

Yes.

-This was not a design task.

-Exactly.

In hindsight, I would spend less time on the design,

would focus more on the pricing and selling.

Because I think at the end of the day we didn't sell the tailored items.

But I don't think that was the main factor that made us lose.

-You have got your own designer brand.

-Yep.

And you know how important it is for there to be designer labels, right?

The things I sorted,

I did put the designer labels into the shopping centre piles.

What was the designer label on this? The label on the sleeve?

Designed by Frankenstein, or what?

I thought that would attract customers to the stand, which it did.

-It wasn't meant for selling then?

-Yeah, it was meant for selling.

That's obviously a very specific item.

Patrick is saying that we spent the £137

to make the items so that they can attract customers.

What's the point of attracting customers?

We're meant to be selling to them.

I arranged for you to be at one of the greatest retail locations

in the country, and you decided

that you were going to leave there and go to

what you might consider to be a trendy destination at Brick Lane.

That was mainly because you must've had in your mind your special items.

I thought that obviously because we had spent a lot of money on them

I hoped they would sell there.

Whilst they were packing away,

I was still selling to customers and there were plenty of people around.

If you look at how much I was selling per hour,

and then extrapolate that, we would've made more than £40.

In the shopping centre, the best seller was Steven.

He sold £107 worth of merchandise.

You sold £85 worth, you, David,

and Patrick sold £57 worth. OK?

In the car boot, Andrew £53,

Sean £40,

and Max 14.

So overall we conclude that you're useless at selling.

I wasn't a seller, Lord Sugar.

My role was the organiser, director, getting stuff out the van all day,

making sure the stall was running and sorting out stuff.

Bottom line is, you beat the girls on the car boot sale, OK?

But they nearly got double the amount of sales as you

at the shopping centre, which was the big venue.

It was supposed to be the crescendo of this task.

The idea of getting the best merchandise out of that pile,

that's where you were supposed to

make your money. What went wrong at the shopping centre?

I think the thing that went wrong was we moved too early.

It was so busy, you had to fight the crowds to get out.

-Sean, what's your call on things?

-There were two things.

Obviously the pricing of the tailoring cut us back a bit.

And then I also believe after lunchtime

Max could've come out and helped us sell. If he matched our price

-we'd be a lot closer to the girls.

-Patrick.

It is the first task here,

I know how difficult it is to step up and be the project manager.

But now there's another difficult task that you've got to do.

I'd like to know who you want to bring back in the boardroom.

I'm going to bring back...

I'm going to bring back David and Max.

Right. You other three gentlemen, I'll see you on the next task.

-ALL: Thank you, Lord Sugar.

-Good luck, boys.

Gentlemen, if you three would step outside for a while,

I'll have a chat with Karren and Nick, of course,

who's been listening very carefully.

So step outside and I'll call you back in later.

Thank you, Lord Sugar.

Well, let's not forget what we have here. 16 and 17-year-olds.

I sometimes forget, I'm talking to them as if they're adults,

and they're very, very credible, and it's going to be a shame

because one of them is going home.

But I think project manager, Patrick,

I do believe that he lost the plot as far as the task is concerned,

meaning it was all about trying to sell as much stuff as possible,

and that is borne out by the fact that they shut down

at the shopping centre and they went off to Brick Lane,

and I think that was a killer blow.

In terms of specifics, he negotiated, he designed, he sold.

He did do all those things,

he did them to a greater or lesser degree throughout the task,

more so than some others who did a bit of hiding, did a bit of folding.

Max, I found him quite articulate, really.

He's also an A-star student, clever boy.

Sales tasks, you've got to sell.

And if you can find an excuse whereby you're relieved of selling,

then it's a safe place to hide.

INTERCOM RINGS

-Can you send the three of them in, please?

-Yes, Lord Sugar.

Lord Sugar will see you now.

Patrick.

Why did you bring Max back in the boardroom, as a matter of interest?

Whilst I understand that there needed to be someone

to put things out at the car boot sale

I didn't feel it was

that large a stall that needed someone permanently there,

and I felt that that was probably a big contributor

to why we didn't make as much money as we could have done.

I don't really like being criticised for this not-selling thing.

I would have loved to spend the day selling. I think it would have been easier,

and probably a lot more enjoyable than what I was doing.

And I was quite aware that it might look bad on my part

not having very good figures.

I didn't feel that three of us just doing a bit of everything

was going to be efficient.

It's a car boot sale. It doesn't need to be super-organised.

And it wasn't that large a stall.

It needed the three of you to sell.

Do you think you are responsible for the failure of this task?

Certainly not. I'm sure I wasn't perfect,

but I think all the stuff I did, I did a good job.

Where do you think the responsibility lay

for the failure of this task, then?

The slightly unsuitable design of the clothes,

and the overspend on tailoring,

and the additional one of leaving the shopping centre too early.

Unfortunately, although I really do admire

his undoubted creativity and energy,

I think Patrick was ultimately responsible for those things.

I disagree.

David, what's the reason for the failure and who's responsible?

I think that Patrick is responsible because I feel that we,

number one, overspent on tailoring the items and then

number two we left the mall too early

which at the end of the day, it was your suggestion.

"I have a perfect balance between being creative

"and being a businessperson." This is your description, your words.

Yeah.

"I believe that I am unique by offering a new take on ideas

"and that whilst being strong-minded and opinionated

"I'm able to listen to those who have opinions."

I want you to answer very clearly to me

my concern that you went off on a tangent here.

-I was making sure that the business side of things ran smoothly as well.

-Was you?

I started my business when I was about your age and, you know,

I had my eye on the ball, on the money.

On the selling. Were you on the ball there, did you know about the money?

I knew that the tailored items were bringing people in.

You didn't sell one piece of the tailored items

at the recommended retail price that you put on them.

-Not one piece.

-No, we didn't.

David, I've had a quick look through your application here.

The way you deal with men, for example - "They are like dogs,

"you can get them eating from your hands."

What are you going on about there? Are these two dogs here or what?

I do believe that people in this task did act like dogs.

They didn't know what they were doing.

I believe that this task was made for Patrick,

however he didn't take control of it.

-Where was his failure, then?

-I don't doubt his bravery at all.

I just believe that some people are not made for the business industry.

He's taken over £1,000, I think it is, flogging his stuff.

-1,140, and I've actually secured...

-1,140, any advance on that?

At the same time, if you look at my CV, I am doing numerous things

-and I am excelling at every single...

-I do numerous things as well.

-I got to this position.

-I try so hard.

To be honest, I think you see

-I'm a boy that does fashion and think I'm this person you can push around.

-Certainly not.

Am going to tell you, David, that I think that's ridiculous.

I listened to you as project manager and I told you

-when you were doing things wrong.

-You seem to be saying that everything I've been doing is wrong.

I wouldn't say that everything you did is wrong.

I said that we came to you as someone...

-You said that I was responsible for the failure of the task.

-Yeah.

That doesn't mean that you did everything wrong.

-Did he do anything right?

-I haven't heard it if I did.

Tell me something, Max. Why should you remain in this process?

You're an exceptionally intelligent fellow,

I'm wondering whether you're one of those guys that is

a bit of a thinker and is less of, with respect, a doer, really.

I think it's easy because my plan was a bit quiet

to think I wasn't doing much, but I think it's not an easy job

and I think I did quite well at it.

Patrick, out of these two here then, who would you say should go home?

I think I'm going to put the responsibility with Max.

If the stuff had been better sorted out and we had as a general theme

maybe I wouldn't have had such a difficult job.

I don't think you understand, Max, that it was a tonne of rubbish clothes.

-We had to sift through them.

-It wasn't a tonne of rubbish clothes.

It's a miracle that we found anything sellable in those bags.

-The majority of it wasn't sellable.

-All right. Listen.

I don't think I need to hear any more.

When I make my mind up,

I have to take into account who do I feel

has the ongoing potential to go through the process

and possibly end up to be the winner.

Patrick, you totally went off the rails here, I'm afraid to say.

You forgot that this is a business task.

You were selling goods.

You had to park for one moment in your mind that you're a designer.

-Yeah.

-There is no question that a couple of the decisions

you made was the downfall of this task.

Having said all that,

I mustn't underestimate the fact of how difficult it is for you

to take the helm on the first task.

Max, exceptionally great on paper.

Whether there is any business nous there, I don't know.

David, I've got a big concern about you,

that you are somebody who causes a bit of friction,

and part of this process is being able to work with people.

So it's very difficult for me,

but I regret that my instinct is telling me that...

..Max, I think you're meant for different types of things.

-Max, you're fired.

-Thank you for this opportunity, Lord Sugar.

You've heard some criticism from me. You see how tough it is.

I'll see you on the next task.

I won't be perhaps as lenient the next time round, OK?

-Go back to the house.

-Thank you very much.

-Really good luck.

-Thank you.

-Good luck.

Don't get me wrong, I mean, business needs bright people.

It's kind of saddening, really, to let someone of that calibre go.

But I think Max has got something different.

I really hope this isn't the end of my business life.

I do have a passion for business, and I'm just going to keep on going

and use all the lessons I've learned in my short time in the process.

So who do you think's coming back, then?

I really hope Patrick comes back, but I don't think he will.

-Max's management was a bit...

-I think it's definitely him or David.

SQUEALS

It's like the most intense experience I've ever had in my life.

You have no idea. Until you've done it, you won't know.

I'm not going through that again, so you are!

Now 11 candidates remain.

Lord Sugar's search for his Young Apprentice has begun.

Next time.

Your task today is that you're going to have to produce a cookery book.

-Out of the frying pan...

-Six teaspoons of peanut butter.

This is the first meeting of the day and you're already bickering.

..and into the fire.

You just keep sending these comments which are just rude.

You're being a really bad project manager.

Then publish...

-and be dammed.

-That looks really good!

A disaster, no?

A recipe for disaster.

You're fired.

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