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The Apprentice: Season 13

14 episodes Premiered Oct 4, 2017 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on The Apprentice

Season 13 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Apprentice Season 12.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 13 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 13: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (11): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S13·E1 Mytharc

Burgers

Oct 4, 2017 · 60 min

Alan Sugar begins another search for a business partner, challenging a new group of candidates to design and manufacture their own burgers to sell to the public in London. Chaos in

S13·E2 Core

Hotel Redesign

Oct 11, 2017 · 60 min

The candidates are summoned to Stoke Park, a five-star hotel in Buckinghamshire, where they learn that this week's challenge will see them working as interior designers. The contes

S13·E3 Core

Robots

Oct 18, 2017 · 60 min

This week, Lord Sugar summons the contestants to London's new Design Museum, where the teams find out that they are to create, programme and sell a prototype robot. The boys team c

S13·E4 Core

Stadium Sales

Oct 25, 2017 · 60 min

As the competition continues, Lord Sugar instructs the candidates that this week's task is to set up and run a corporate box, and sell merchandise to the masses at the Women's FA C

S13·E5 Core

Lord Sugar's Birthday

Nov 1, 2017 · 60 min

As Lord Sugar celebrates his 70th birthday, the contestants are tasked to a shopping spree across London to purchase items that mark milestones in his life and career. The candidat

S13·E6 Core

Bruges Tour

Nov 8, 2017 · 60 min

Alan Sugar sends the candidates off to Bruges to create a high-quality tour of the beautiful Belgian city that passengers would be happy to pay good money for. The teams also try t

S13·E7 Core

Advertising - Cars

Nov 15, 2017 · 60 min

Candidates have to create advertising campaigns for a new car in Essex, splitting into two teams - one half producing a television advert and the other creating a digital billboard

S13·E8 Core

Doggy Business

Nov 22, 2017 · 60 min

Alan Sugar tasks the candidates with running their own doggy service business. Based at an established pooch-pampering venue, the teams must try to tempt discerning dog owners to p

S13·E9 Core

Food Boxes

Nov 29, 2017 · 60 min

Lord Sugar tasks the candidates with cooking up a concept for a new recipe kit. Half-baked branding and kitchen nightmares result in sour pitches. Then in the boardroom, one candid

S13·E10 Core

Fashion Show

Dec 6, 2017 · 60 min

This week, Lord Sugar tasks the remaining contestants to become fashion agents, and sell a range of garments from up and coming designers. The teams have to select a designer, then

S13·E11 Core

The Final Five

Dec 8, 2017 · 60 min

Profiles of the remaining candidates, delving into their backgrounds, as well as looking back over their journeys in the process so far.

S13·E12 Core

Interviews

Dec 13, 2017 · 60 min

This time, the final five candidates are summoned to Lord Sugar's newly refurbished offices in the City of London. There they are joined by some of Lord Sugar's closest associates,

S13·E13 Mytharc

Why I Fired Them

Dec 14, 2017 · 60 min

Ahead of the final, Lord Sugar looks back on the tasks from this year's series and assesses the candidates' performances. The business tycoon also looks back on the boardroom bust-

S13·E14 Mytharc

The Final

Dec 17, 2017 · 60 min

The two finalists take on their last challenge to win a coveted investment from Alan Sugar, with hand-picked teams of contestants from the series returning to aid them in their end

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