Comic Relief Does The Apprentice
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| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Mark Burnett |
| Starring | Alan Sugar |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
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| Producer(s) | talkbackTHAMES Mark Burnett Productions |
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| Original channel | BBC One |
| Original airing | 2007 |
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| Related shows | The Apprentice Comic Relief |
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Comic Relief Does The Apprentice was a special celebrity version of British reality television series The Apprentice, produced in 2007 to raise money for Comic Relief.[1] Five male celebrities and five female celebrities took part in the show to complete the task of running a fun fair.[2] The show aired on BBC One at 2100 GMT on 15 March 2007[3] and concluded on 16 March 2007 during the main Comic Relief programme.[4] The first episode of the show received strong viewing figures of 6.72 million. It became the fifth most watched programme on BBC One that week.[5]
Just weeks before the show aired in early 2007, it was spoofed in the television programme Kombat Opera Presents The Applicants.[6]
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[edit] Candidates
The celebrities who were contestants on the programme are listed below.[7][8]
[edit] Girls' team
| Candidate | Claim to fame |
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| Cheryl Cole | Member of Girls Aloud |
| Jo Brand | Comedienne |
| Karren Brady | Managing director of Birmingham City Football Club |
| Maureen Lipman | Actress, comedienne and columnist |
| Trinny Woodall | Fashion guru and television presenter |
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[edit] Boys' team
| Candidate | Claim to fame |
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| Alastair Campbell | Journalist, formerly Tony Blair's Press Secretary |
| Danny Baker | Radio and television personality |
| Piers Morgan | Talent show judge and former editor |
| Ross Kemp | Actor |
| Rupert Everett (walked off the show) | Actor |
| Timothy Campbell (replaced Rupert Everett) | Winner of The Apprentice Series One |
Everett walked off the show during filming on the first day, as he was very uncomfortable with the Big Brother style experience.[9] He was replaced by the first UK Apprentice Tim Campbell. Radio host Chris Moyles was asked to appear as a contestant, but declined the offer.[10]
[edit] Episode overview
The task allocated during the show was to run a funfair. The team which produced the most money for Comic Relief via ticket, food, and ride sales would win. The teams were then gathered at Alan Sugar's office and briefed on the task ahead. The girls chose Karren Brady as their team leader, and the boys chose Alastair Campbell.
The celebrities were then given a list of all rides and attractions that would be offered at the funfair, leaving the teams to bargain over who would get which rides. The teams then called and visited celebrities to sell tickets and gain donations. The largest donation for a ticket was £150,000 from a friend of Trinny Woodall.[11] During filming, Woodall was involved in a brawl with fellow contestant Piers Morgan. The scuffle occurred when Morgan led a chef, that Woodall had arranged, to believe that he had been arranged to cook for the boy's team at the funfair. On trying to retrieve her chef, Woodall was shoved by Morgan and Alastair Campbell, which consequently reduced her to tears.[12]
Celebrities that attended the funfair and donated money included Simon Cowell, McFly, Ashley Cole, Anne Robinson, Tracey Emin, Chris Evans, David Furnish, Peter Stringfellow, Girls Aloud, Geri Halliwell, Jesse Metcalfe and John Terry.
In the end, both teams raised a total of over £1 million for Comic Relef. The girl's team won the competition by raising £774,000 compared to the boys' £286,000. As a result of the girl's team winning, Danny Baker, Piers Morgan, and the boys' team leader Alastair Campbell were put forward to potentially be fired by Sir Alan Sugar. In a heated exchange, Alastair Campbell and Piers Morgan blamed each other for their failure at the task. Sir Alan Sugar decided that Piers Morgan was more at fault and consequently 'fired' him.
Jo Brand commented on a chat show after the airing of the programme that "Trinny Woodall knows everyone in Belgravia who earns more than £10 million a year so she got on the phone and the rest of us just went to the pub, it was great!"[13]
[edit] References
- ^ BBC One Winter/Spring 2007 — BBC press office
- ^ Comic Relief Does The Apprentice — BBC
- ^ Comic Relief Does the Apprentice — BBC
- ^ Rupert in 'I'm fired' TV shock — The Sun, 16 December 2006
- ^ Weekly Viewing Summary — BARB
- ^ Kombat Opera Presents — BBC
- ^ Red Nose Day 2007 - The Big One — BBC
- ^ Cheryl is a Sugar babe... — The Sun, 15 December 2006
- ^ Everett Quits Reality Show After One Day — Contact Music
- ^ chrismoyles.co.uk
- ^ Last Night's Television — The Times
- ^ Troubled Trinny in tears after Apprentice scuffle — Daily Mail
- ^ Doctor Who reveals what's behind closed (Tardis) doors on The Graham Norton Show — BBC
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Comic Relief Does The Apprentice Page at bbc.co.uk
- Comic Relief Does The Apprentice Page at rednoseday.com
- BBC Red Nose Day website
- Comic Relief Does The Apprentice at the Internet Movie Database
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