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Category Archive: Entertainment

The Apprentice: What can we learn from the fired candidates?

With just three weeks to go of The Apprentice, most of the focus is now firmly centred on […]

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December 8, 2010 Entertainment, The Apprentice, TV & film

Classic TV intros #7: Sapphire and Steel

A regular series looking back on classic TV show intros … Programme Sapphire and Steel (34 episodes, 1979-82). […]

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December 4, 2010 Classic TV intros, Entertainment, TV & film

No joy of six for Laura as Apprentice loser suffers buyer’s remorse

This week’s Apprentice saw the return of a traditional late-season favourite, the buying task. The teams were assigned […]

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December 2, 2010 Entertainment, The Apprentice, TV & film

Apprentice Christopher pays the penalty in German shoot-out

The Apprentice took on the Germans this week as the candidates attempted to sell exotically flavoured crisps in […]

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November 25, 2010 Entertainment, The Apprentice, TV & film

The Apprentice season 6: Would you employ any of the final 8?

Eight down, eight to go. With half of the original 16 candidates looking to become Lord Alan Sugar‘s […]

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November 23, 2010 Entertainment, The Apprentice, TV & film

Classic TV intros #6: Danger Mouse

A regular series looking back on classic TV show intros … Programme Danger Mouse (89 episodes, 1981-92). Premise […]

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November 20, 2010 Classic TV intros, Entertainment, TV & film

Apprentice candidates make blue (screen) movies, Sandeesh fired after X-rated performance

Following their brief foray into the glitzy, Mad Men-esque world of advertising, The Apprentice returned to more familiar […]

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November 18, 2010 Entertainment, The Apprentice, TV & film

5 reality TV shows I’d really like to see

Reality TV is here to stay for the foreseeable future, but isn’t it time we swapped the usual […]

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November 13, 2010 Entertainment, TV & film

Synergy clean up in Apprentice advertising task, Alex is scrubbed out

At last! After five sales-oriented episodes, we come to my personal favourite: the advertising task. Every year this […]

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November 11, 2010 Entertainment, The Apprentice, TV & film

Classic TV intros #5: Battlestar Galactica

A regular series looking back on classic TV show intros … Programme Battlestar Galactica (24 episodes, 1978-79) Premise […]

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November 6, 2010 Classic TV intros, Entertainment, TV & film

Synergy are Top Shop, Teflon Paloma top flop after fashion disaster

It’s episode five of The Apprentice, and as a change of pace from the previous four weeks – […]

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November 4, 2010 Entertainment, The Apprentice, TV & film

Classic albums #4: The Kids From ‘Fame’

The Kids From ‘Fame’ – The Kids From ‘Fame’ (1982) It’s time for a slight departure from the […]

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October 30, 2010 Entertainment, Music

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