Episode guide
The Apprentice: Season 8
14 episodes · first aired Mar 21, 2012
Series Eight of The Apprentice was a British reality television series. The series started on BBC One on 21 March 2012, and ran for 12 weeks, with each episode lasting an hour.
- 1 Week 1 - Blank Canvas Mar 21, 2012 · 1h Sixteen candidates begin their fight for one-life changing opportunity - a quarter of a million pounds to start up a business with Lord Sugar as their partner. In the first task, the boys…
- 2 Week 2 - Household Gadget Mar 28, 2012 · 1h Lord Sugar calls the teams to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Their task is to invent a new household gadget, create a prototype and pitch for orders to some of the country's biggest…
- 3 Week 3 - Condiments Apr 4, 2012 · 1h Lord Sugar decides to mix up the teams for the third task, which is to come up with a new condiment; one team goes for a Mediterranean-style ketchup, and the other a chilli chutney. Half…
- 4 Week 4 - Junk Shops Apr 11, 2012 · 1h Lord Sugar asks the teams to set up second-hand shops in London's fashionable East End, home to a thriving market in retro and refurbished household goods. The teams must source…
- 5 Week 5 - Keep Fit Apr 18, 2012 · 1h Lord Sugar turns the candidates' attentions towards the highly profitable keep fit industry. The teams have two days to devise and brand a new fitness class that reflects recent popular…
- 6 Week 6 - Street Food Apr 25, 2012 · 1h It is week six, and Lord Sugar sends the candidates to Scotland, where they must make gourmet grub and sell it on the streets of Edinburgh. The teams decide on Italian meatballs and…
- 7 Week 7 - Flip It in Essex May 2, 2012 · 1h The teams are called to a warehouse in Essex; Lord Sugar tells the candidates that this is how he started out, buying wholesale goods and selling them on for a profit. Both teams are given…
- 8 Week 8 - Street Art May 9, 2012 · 1h The eighth task starts with an early morning trip to Waterloo Station, but the teams are not going anywhere; underneath the railway arches is a big screen with a message from Lord Sugar…
- 9 Week 9 - English Bubbles May 16, 2012 · 1h The longest champagne bar in Europe at St Pancras International is the venue chosen by Lord Sugar to launch the latest task. But he is not buying the teams bubbly; he is setting them the…
- 10 Week 10 - Discount Dealing May 23, 2012 · 1h The candidates are called to meet Lord Sugar on a rooftop overlooking the City of London, where countless financial deals are done on a daily basis. For one day only, the teams will be…
- 11 The Final Five May 29, 2012 · 1h The candidates give their assessment of their personal triumphs and failures and the lessons they have learned during the process. Not to mention the bitching, backstabbing and the blame…
- 12 Week 11 - Affordable Luxury May 30, 2012 · 1h Lord Sugar calls the teams to Burlington Arcade, a luxury shopping centre in London's West End. He spells out that in the current economic climate Britain still has a taste for the finer…
- 13 Why I Fired Them Jun 2, 2012 · 1h They knew they had to impress Britain's toughest boss. If they failed, they'd get the chop. 16 hopefuls went into battle for Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment. Now, he explains how some…
- 14 Week 12 - The Final - Interviews Jun 3, 2012 · 1h The final episode of this series sees Lord Sugar name his business partner. The final four candidates are called to the Institute of Directors in the City, where Lord Sugar asks them to…