If you thought that Ben from this year’s The Apprentice was an immature idiot then wait until you catch the junior spin off next year:
Sir Alan Sugar is to put a group of 10 teenagers through their paces in a youth version of The Apprentice, the BBC has announced. Junior Apprentice will feature five girls and five boys aged 16 and 17, who will be set a variety of business tasks to test their entrepreneurial skills. The winner will win a prize worth up to £25,000 and tailored to his or her individual career prospects. The five-part series will be shown on BBC One next year. Sir Alan has long held an ambition to launch a young version of the hit reality show, telling the BBC News website last year: “I believe it would be an absolute one-off blockbuster. “I’ve even gone to the extent of saying ‘you don’t fire a person’, because God knows what they would call me if I fired an 11-year-old child!” But, according to details of the new series, the entrepreneur will do exactly that.
Usually I am a cynic when it comes to spin offs but because The Apprentice, which for my money has been one of the most enjoyable TV programs of this year and previous years, I welcome it with open arms. This show has never put a foot wrong in terms of entertainment.
