Paul Torrisi

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Paolo Roberto Torrisi "Paul Torrisi" (born April 25, 1970) was one of the final four contestants on the first series of The Apprentice in the UK.^[1] Though ultimately fired, Sir Alan Sugar did offer Torrisi a job — working with his son Daniel for his private jet company Amsair. Torrsi turned down the job on Sugar's advice and has since been focusing on a career in the media.

After the Apprentice, he has gone on to make appearances on Grandstand (BBC), BBC Breakfast, Bargain Hunt, ITV1's Confessions Of An Estate Agent, T4, Look North. He returned to to The Apprentice (UK) as a guest on BBC2's You're Fired.

Torrisi currently presents Property Prophets on UKTV Style and UKTV Bright Ideas. He writes regularly for Start Your Business magazine and has made many appearances on BBC Radio discussing business and current events.

On The Apprentice Paul a fan-favourite, often blustered his way to boardroom victories over other, sometimes seemingly more worthy candidates. In one particularly hostile boardroom, candidate Miriam raised questions about Paul's work ethic, to which Paul, stunned, replied: "I worked my bloody nuts off in that flaming thing!"

Alan Sugar often praised Paul's tenacity, remarking that Paul was a "renegade", saying he reminded him of his younger self.

Paul often attributed his hotheadedness to his Italian background, to which Sugar's assisant Margaret said: "That's no excuse for having a temper."

Contents 1 Television 1.1 2005 1.2 2006 1.3 2007 2 Theatre 3 Trivia 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Television

[edit] 2005

• BBC2, The Apprentice (UK) (16 February - 4 May)
• BBC2, You're Hired (4 May)
• Channel 4, T4 - The Morning After Show (7 May)
• BBC1, BBC Breakfast (5 May)
• BBC1, Grandstand (BBC) at the Epsom Derby (4 June)
• BBC1 (regional), Look North (12 July)
• BBC1 (regional), Look North (25 July)
• BBC1, BBC Breakfast (24 August)
• BBC1, BBC Breakfast (30 August)
• BBC1, Bargain Hunt, Apprentice Special (22 September)
• 2006: BBC2, You're Fired (19th April)

[edit] 2006

• UKTV Style, Property Prophets (15 May- 26 May)
• UKTV G2, FIFA World Cup Live (13 June)
• SKY News, Sky News (15 June)

[edit] 2007

• ITV1, Confessions Of An Estate Agent (20 February)
• Overseas Property TV, Snap (26 February)

[edit] Theatre

• 2005: Pirates Adventures (Charity Premiere)
• 1984: Blood Wedding (Sound Engineer)

[edit] Trivia

• Paul was mentioned briefly in series 3 of Channel 4's Peep Show (TV series).

[edit] See also

• Saira Khan
• Timothy Campbell

[edit] References

• Out of the Firing Line and in Demand. Yorkshire Post (20 February 2006). Retrieved on 2007-03-10.

• Paul Torrisi at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] External links

• "You're Fired". BBC News (28 April 2005). Retrieved on 2007-03-10.. Includes video interview.

• Paul Torrisi Fansite. PaulFans.net. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.

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