The Apprentice 2014

The Apprentice 2014 starts tomorrow on BBC1 at 9pm after being delayed because of the World Cup. To get us going we have two back to back shows, one tonight and another tomorrow night. Hopefully that is enough to wet our appetite and get us into the series and its spin off show with the wonderful and funny Dora O'Brian. 

The start of the show has be heralded by a great and funny trailer on the BBC website that uses the Bond Gold Finger theme, which depicts Sir Alan Sugars finger as the gold finger of doom. It a clever and assuming way of introducing a show, that often shows us what is wrong with business in the UK and what is good, and we can see that in the meet the candidates video also available on the BBC Website, which is a another amusing look at the show. Of course a more serious introduction can also be found on the BBC Website, after all business is not all fun, you just have to ask the former bankrupt Sir Alan Sugar about that.

The show is now in its tenth series and most of them have made fascinating viewing from start to finish. This year we start out with 20 candidates for the prize of £250,000 to be invested in a business idea of there choice and to work in partnership with Sir Alan Sugar. Along the way 18 of them will fall fowl of the pointing finger and the words "Your Fired". By the last show in the series only 2 will remain to fight it out for the ultimate prize. Some of the candidates always seem like buffoons who would be better employed as road sweepers than high fliers in the business world, but that is all part of watching the show. 

I'm looking forward to the start of the new series especially after having to wait for the whole of the summer. I just hope it is all worth the wait, which I'm sure it will be, once it gets underway tomorrow.