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Series Four of The Apprentice is a British television series due to begin on BBC One on March 26, 2008.^[1]^[2] It will run for twelve weekly episodes. Auditions and interviews are reported to have taken place during the first two weeks of July 2007 in London, Glasgow, Manchester and Bristol.^[3] A record 20,000 applications were received.^[4]

Sir Alan Sugar will reprise his role as the boss^[2] with Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford again serving as his advisors.^[5] The show's spin-off, of The Apprentice: You're Fired!, will again be hosted by Adrian Chiles.^[6] Filming of the first episode of The Apprentice: You're Fired! will take place on March 25, 2008.^[7]

Four additional hour-long specials accompany Series Four: a candidate profile show; Why I Fired Them, a look back at previous candidates in the firing line; The Apprentice: Worst Decisions Ever, a look back at embarrassing episodes from previous series; and The Apprentice: Motor Mouths, which revisits opinionated personalities from previous series.^[4]

Production

Production of the fourth series took place around October 2007, with 16 candidates.^[8] Challenges are set to include an advertising task in week 8.^[9] Filming also took place beside One Canada Square on October 19, 2007, with candidates advertising an "Aston Martin Roadster Experience".^[10]

Tasks are set to include selling fresh fish, setting up an overnight laundrette business, running rival pubs, creating perfume, designing greeting cards, inventing a new flavour of ice cream, selling wedding dresses and a buying task in Morocco.^[11]^[12]

The candidates are based at The Glass Factory, a £5million warehouse conversion in Candahar Road, Battersea owned by ex-Formula1 racing driver Johnny Dumfries, the seventh Marquess of Bute.^[13]

Candidates

There are 16 candidates taking part in the fourth series:^[14]

Name	Age	Occupation
Raef Bjayou	27	Entrepreneur
Jenny Celerier	36	Sales manager
Nicholas de Lacy-Brown	24	Trainee barrister
Sara Dhada	25	Car sales strategist
Lucinda Ledgerwood	31	Risk Manager
Jennifer Maguire	27	Marketing consultant
Lee McQueen	30	Sales manager
Lindi Mngaza	22	Business liaison manager
Kevin Shaw	24	Bank manager
Simon Smith	35	Satellite TV engineer
Michael Sophocles	24	Telesales executive
Helene Speight	32	Global pricing leader
Ian Stringer	26	Sales manager
Shazia Wahab	35	Mosaic artist
Alex Wotherspoon	24	Sales manager
Claire Young	29	Retail buyer

Challenges

Week 1

Project managers: Alex and Claire
Task: Selling fresh fish. The team that makes the most money wins.^[1]
Result: The men's team (Renaissance) made a profit of £32.69. The women's team (Alpha) made a profit of £153.98.
Winner: Alpha
Reward: Dinner made by Jean-Christophe Novelli
Brought into the boardroom: Alex, Nicholas and Raef
Who gets fired: Nicholas

Week 2

Project managers: Unknown
Task: Set up an overnight laundry business.^[15]
Result: Unknown
Winner: Unknown
Reward: Unknown
Brought into the boardroom: Unknown
Who gets fired: Unknown

Weekly results

Candidate	Week												Result
Candidate	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Result
Alex	PM
Claire	PM
Helene
Ian
Jennifer
Jenny
Kevin
Lee
Lindi
Lucinda
Michael
Raef	B
Sara
Shazia
Simon
Nicholas	B												Fired in Week 1
Candidate	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Result
Candidate	Week												Result

Legend
	Finale
	Interviews
	Renaissance
	Alpha
PM	Project manager
B	Brought back to boardroom

References

^ ^a ^b "The Apprentice Ep 1/12". BBC. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
^ ^a ^b "So you think you can be Sir Alan's next Apprentice?". Fremantle Media. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
^ "The Apprentice Series 4 online application form". Fremantle Media. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
^ ^a ^b "The Apprentice – Let the boardroom battle commence!", BBC Press Office, March 18, 2008
^ "Sir Alan's Amstrad deal: What does it mean for The Apprentice?". Retrieved 2007-12-14.
^ "Digital Spy: Adrian Chiles to return for 'Apprentice'". Retrieved 2008-02-28.
^ "Lost in TV: The Apprentice: You're Fired!". Retrieved 2008-02-28.
^ "Simon Cox : lighting cameraman". Retrieved 2008-01-08.
^ "Alex Liang: actor, dancer, acrobat, model, stuntman, combat specialist". Retrieved 2008-01-08.
^ "Scoopt Gallery". Retrieved 2008-01-08.
^ "Sugar moots junior Apprentice show". Retrieved 2008-03-18.
^ "The Apprentice – Let the boardroom battle commence!". Retrieved 2008-03-18.
^ "Inside the £5m converted warehouse that will be the Apprentices' new home". The Daily Mail. 20th March, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Meet this year's boardroom..." Metro (Associated Metro Limited). Retrieved 2008-03-18.
^ "The Apprentice Ep 2/12". BBC. Retrieved 2008-03-12.

External links

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[BBC_Press_Office-1] "The Apprentice Ep 1/12". BBC. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-12.

[s4home-2] "So you think you can be Sir Alan's next Apprentice?". Fremantle Media. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

[3] "The Apprentice Series 4 online application form". Fremantle Media. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessdaymonth= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)

[BBCPresRelease-4] "The Apprentice – Let the boardroom battle commence!", BBC Press Office, March 18, 2008

[5] "Sir Alan's Amstrad deal: What does it mean for The Apprentice?". Retrieved 2007-12-14.

[6] "Digital Spy: Adrian Chiles to return for 'Apprentice'". Retrieved 2008-02-28.

[7] "Lost in TV: The Apprentice: You're Fired!". Retrieved 2008-02-28.

[8] "Simon Cox : lighting cameraman". Retrieved 2008-01-08.

[9] "Alex Liang: actor, dancer, acrobat, model, stuntman, combat specialist". Retrieved 2008-01-08.

[10] "Scoopt Gallery". Retrieved 2008-01-08.

[11] "Sugar moots junior Apprentice show". Retrieved 2008-03-18.

[12] "The Apprentice – Let the boardroom battle commence!". Retrieved 2008-03-18.

[13] "Inside the £5m converted warehouse that will be the Apprentices' new home". The Daily Mail. 20th March, 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[14] "Meet this year's boardroom..." Metro (Associated Metro Limited). Retrieved 2008-03-18.

[15] "The Apprentice Ep 2/12". BBC. Retrieved 2008-03-12.

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 ==References==

v t e The Apprentice
Series	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Winners	Tim Campbell Michelle Dewberry Simon Ambrose Lee McQueen Yasmina Siadatan Leah Totton Alana Spencer Sian Gabbidon Carina Lepore
Runners-up	Saira Khan Ruth Badger Kate Walsh Luisa Zissman
Other notable contestants	James Max Syed Ahmed Katie Hopkins Raef Bjayou Jennifer Maguire Susan Ma Jim Eastwood Stuart Baggs Melody Hossaini James Hill Jessica Cunningham Thomas Skinner Ryan-Mark Parsons Amy Anzel Conor Gilsenan
Related programmes	The Apprentice: You're Fired! Comic Relief Does The Apprentice Young Apprentice Beat the Boss The Apprentice (franchise)