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The Apprentice: Season 1

14 episodes Premiered Feb 16, 2005 Updated Jul 24, 2026

The Apprentice season 1 is a reality television series that was broadcast in the UK from 16 February to 11 May in 2005. The programme was produced for the BBC by Talkback Thames, a division of RTL Group, which licensed the format. The series consisted of twelve weekly episodes, shown on BBC Two on Wednesday evenings. The format of the UK version was similar to that of the US original. The show's format involved young

Season overview

The Apprentice season 1 is a reality television series that was broadcast in the UK from 16 February to 11 May in 2005. The programme was produced for the BBC by Talkback Thames, a division of RTL Group, which licensed the format. The series consisted of twelve weekly episodes, shown on BBC Two on Wednesday evenings. The format of the UK version was similar to that of the US original. The show's format involved young entrepreneurs competing in business tasks, with the goal of becoming an apprentice to Sir Alan Sugar. The winner of the competition was to be selected through a process of weekly firings. The series was a British version of a reality competitions series.

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Episodes

S1·E1

Wilting Blooms

Feb 16, 2005 · 60 min

After the men had bought their flowers they left the market to get a cup of tea – without any of the roses they had paid for. Whoever had bought the roses had failed to arrange it

S1·E2

Child's Play

Feb 23, 2005 · 60 min

In the second episode of The Apprentice the boys didn't tell the girls the phone call had come through and cheekily left them in bed. They had just 20 minutes to leave the house wh

S1·E3

Shop till you drop

Mar 2, 2005 · 60 min

Two girls had been fired in the first two weeks. "We're too good for them," boasted Raj. But Sir Alan Sugar had decided to reorganize the teams for the third week. "Matthew, I'm go

S1·E4

The Harrods' sales

Mar 9, 2005 · 60 min

Sir Alan had arranged with Mohammed Al-Fayed for the teams to test their retailing skills in Harrods. Both teams were given £600 seed money to spend as they will. Marigay McKee fro

S1·E5

Art with a capital F

Mar 16, 2005 · 60 min

Miriam was the last woman standing in First Forte. Four of the original seven women in the team had been fired and two had transferred to Impact. In week five Miriam's team include

S1·E6

Advertising executives

Mar 24, 2005 · 60 min

All the candiates were called and had to get on the Bus with they side advert saying the ""Apprentice"", they had to go upstairs where they recieved a phone call from Sir Alan Suga

S1·E7

Apprentice Celebrities

Mar 30, 2005 · 60 min

Sir Alan had been involved in the refurbishment of the Hackney Empire and this week a group of celebrities and the remaining candidates helped raise some money in a celebrity aucti

S1·E10

On TV

Apr 20, 2005 · 60 min

S1·E11

Apprentice Interviews

Apr 27, 2005 · 60 min

The final 4 candidates, Sarah, Tim, Paul and James are interviewed by Sir Alan's top executives. The executives give their opinion on each of the candidiates and Sir Alan takes the

S1·E12

The Final

May 3, 2005 · 60 min

The final two candidiates are put through their final challenge - to create a themed event on a boat. Both candidiates are given £5000 and some advice from Sir Alan, before they st