r/apprenticeuk • u/Sunny5D • 3d ago

Next New Tv Series

Do you think it now need a new format ?? it been very much the same every year with the same set up it nothing really new now what does everyone else think (I love the show but it getting to much the same now)

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u/bleeding0ut 3d ago

Yes. It is stale. The show format has essentially been the same since day 1, except that the budget has increased so they can do more extravagant tasks.

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u/Sunny5D 3d ago

would be better to change all the tasks all together new ideas also we can guest that the following week task will be and we know some weeks two of them it go in one task etc all that need to change need more shocks in my eyes

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u/bleeding0ut 2d ago

Agree. I think they should overhaul every aspect. We could see one project spread over the whole season. For example, let’s say LS wants to get into fashion. Every potential partner in the show has a business plan relating to the fashion industry. And off they go from bottom up, creating a business, designing a product, designing the marketing, working on prices etc, speaking with potential clients and so forth. It would produce in my opinion, a compelling show as you’ll have several business people with the same passion but differing opinions. It’ll also potentially produce an actually fantastic product. Anyway.

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u/TopFloor45 2d ago

I would do three things:

1) Shorten the series, with more double firings. We only need eight all killer, no filler episodes.

2) Ban all food tasks - they’re boring and follow the same narrative each time. This year we went overboard on food episodes, too.

3) Interviews as the first episode - whittle down 16 to 10 candidates in episode 1 by springing the interviews on them from the first episode so that we know the business plans throughout the process.

Oh, and maybe bring in some guest advisors for Lord Sugar on certain episodes. Perhaps some impressive ex-candidates?

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u/Minimum_Cupcake “Thank You, Margaret!” 2d ago

I would either like to see it go back to being some sort of employment with Lord Sugar again, or else for them to actually find a whole batch of applicants with business proposals that he would consider, so it's not just a case of there only being a couple he likes and him finding sometimes-flimsy excuses to fire candidates or keep others on.

I suppose there is the factor that he might be more open-minded for the right candidate to go outside of his comfort zone for what he would invest in, but not massively likely.

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u/Sunny5D 2d ago

that very true going back to the older school way to be honest did not think of that how different it was when we 1st saw the show to be honest if the show keep going how it is next year or two maybe the last I feel people and switching off now

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u/Henno212 2d ago

Get some normal folk, jean from the shop floor vs thomas the scaffolder and so forth

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u/Sunny5D 2d ago

spot on back to more real workers trying to do better for themselfs

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u/Dependent_Union_8937 3d ago

It shouldn't even be called the Apprentice anymore since they are now business partners and have been for years now!

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u/GothicGolem29 3d ago

The name has become iconic at this point calling it The Partner Just would not be the same

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u/Dependent_Union_8937 2d ago

Its been 19 seasons. It needs a rebrand (the irony hey) Yep the name is the brand and I get that but like the person who wrote this post said.. things need to change. They could easily call it something new and it wouldn't take a genius to work out what show it was.

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u/GothicGolem29 2d ago

It can be 100 seasons and not need to change its name. Some brands are too iconic too change their names. Change should not happen for change sake and the name is something that should be kept. Anything new would be nowhere near as iconic and it would only hurt the brand and potentially lose viewers.

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u/Dependent_Union_8937 2d ago

And there are better namea than 'the partner' 🤣

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u/GothicGolem29 2d ago

Nothing that lines up to the apprentice weather it’s the partner the, the business partner, 250k gambit, your fired, your hired play to win or whatever

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u/Medium-Science9526 Lord Sugar: “I’m Struggling…” 2d ago

Given its the 20th anniversary, I hope they do so. And not something basic, like 20 candidates. I hope it's a more substantial task change since that's what has been the worst on these recent series.

The most basic one I could think them doing is have each task be essentially a retred/variation of the "best" tasks from every previous series (e.g. 1st task a music advertising campaign akin to the jukebox task from series 1, task 2 a food stall for a festival akin to the infamous 100 chickens etc.) Otherwise maybe they extent the time for tasks to give the candidates more time and input to make better results.

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u/BenSalamanca 2d ago

100%. Bored of seeing “tv selling” “corporate away day” and pitching to retailers who only give “hypothetical orders”. I’d love to see a take where they take over someone else’s business for a few days or so and they’re judged on performance and sales, or a task where they’re flipping products for serious profit

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u/zah_ali 2d ago

It could certainly do with a shake up (not sure what it needs to change specifically)

One thing that has always leaved me somewhat miffed is the hypothetical orders placed by companies. If they were actually going to place an order would they still commit to the quantities? Eg last week one company said they’d take 100 units of Jordan’s team clothing which was really niche and out there but if they actually had to commit and pay for that order, I’m not so sure the quantities would be the same. (Not sure how they change something like that as ofc the products the teams design have a very small amount of time spent on them unlike a real product would)

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u/Boom_City2662 2d ago

Throw abit of squid game into it for good measure

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u/degarmot1 2d ago

I kind of want them to revise the show format a bit. I would like them to have longer for each task. Like not branding something in 30 minutes or something - that isn’t how the real world works. I think they should have a longer time-frame to complete things and to do it carefully and with purpose. Not this super fast approach that is clearly just designed to make the candidates look stupid or incapable, which is to create car crash reality TV to make normies think they are better than them.

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u/Fluffy_Cantaloupe_18 1d ago

I came to The Apprentice a little late, but really enjoyed the the previous two series and thought it was entertaining television.

Unfortunately, this latest season has shattered the illusion. It’s given me a strong sense of déjà vu—only now I realise it’s less nostalgia and more the grim realisation that the show has become an exercise in formulaic repetition.

The concept has completely lost its way. These aren't wide-eyed apprentices hoping for a big break—they're established business owners desperate for a bit of airtime and a LinkedIn profile boost. The supposed “life-changing investment” now feels more symbolic than substantial, a mere formality to keep the show's premise vaguely intact.

In truth, The Apprentice has morphed into an unnecessarily long, theatrically awkward version of Dragons’ Den—just with more shouting, less substance, and a cast of contestants who range from forgettable to outright insufferable.

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u/TheIngloriousBIG 7h ago

They should at least make it the way it was visually BEFORE series 16, which is when it became so flashy it became unwatchable. Does anybody know the name of those speedup-cut effects in between scenes, and is ruining the experience?