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A beauty queen, science teacher and former footballer... Meet the Apprentices Mk V
A Tanzanian beauty queen, an award-winning restaurateur and an ex-professional footballer are among the new batch of aspiring tycoons hoping to land a job with Sir Alan Sugar.
The Apprentice, the BBC's most popular annual reality contest, returns next week with a shock as one candidate whose identity has yet to be disclosed buckles under pressure and quits before Sir Alan's first briefing, leaving 15 contestants to battle it out.
The fifth series begins with the candidates having to operate a successful cleaning business.
From the offset Sir Alan warns the contestants: "I'm going to find out if you're the real deal or just a bunch of empty designer suits and dresses."
A source close to the show said that the series had taken a "more sensitive" tone because of the recession.
The source said: "The seriousness of the opportunity to work for (Sir Alan) and earn a six-figure salary will be emphasised given how many jobs have gone in the City over the last year."
Last year more than 10 million viewers tuned in to see Lee McQueen become the fourth apprentice. The show begins next Wednesday, 25 March, at 9pm on BBC One.
Tim Campbell, the winner of the first series of The Apprentice, is behind a drive to create opportunities for young Londoners and start up to 250 new businesses a year.
Campbell, 31, wants to find entrepreneurs among 16 to 30-year-olds who are not in work, education and training but have a ideas for a new business.
He left Amstrad two years ago.
A beauty queen, science teacher and former footballer... Meet the Apprentices Mk V
A Tanzanian beauty queen, an award-winning restaurateur and an ex-professional footballer are among the new batch of aspiring tycoons hoping to land a job with Sir Alan Sugar.
The Apprentice, the BBC's most popular annual reality contest, returns next week with a shock as one candidate whose identity has yet to be disclosed buckles under pressure and quits before Sir Alan's first briefing, leaving 15 contestants to battle it out.
The fifth series begins with the candidates having to operate a successful cleaning business.
From the offset Sir Alan warns the contestants: "I'm going to find out if you're the real deal or just a bunch of empty designer suits and dresses."
A source close to the show said that the series had taken a "more sensitive" tone because of the recession.
The source said: "The seriousness of the opportunity to work for (Sir Alan) and earn a six-figure salary will be emphasised given how many jobs have gone in the City over the last year."
Last year more than 10 million viewers tuned in to see Lee McQueen become the fourth apprentice. The show begins next Wednesday, 25 March, at 9pm on BBC One.
Tim Campbell, the winner of the first series of The Apprentice, is behind a drive to create opportunities for young Londoners and start up to 250 new businesses a year.
Campbell, 31, wants to find entrepreneurs among 16 to 30-year-olds who are not in work, education and training but have a ideas for a new business.
He left Amstrad two years ago.