{"id":28194,"date":"2023-01-05T23:01:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T22:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1764471"},"modified":"2023-01-06T12:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T11:18:35","slug":"the-apprentice-2023-recap-what-happened-in-episode-1","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-apprentice-2023-recap-what-happened-in-episode-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apprentice 2023 recap: what happened in episode 1?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 05 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>The 2023 season of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/apprentice-season-17-air-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Apprentice<\/a> began tonight on BBC One, with <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/apprentice-2023-cast-line-up\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">18 new candidates<\/a> putting their business acumen to the test in the hopes of winning Lord Alan Sugar\u2019s hefty investment.<\/p>\n<p>The magnate kicked off the new season by flying the cast to Antigua, where they were tasked with selling a bespoke tour to local holidaymakers \u2013 but how did they get on?<\/p>\n<p>If you didn\u2019t catch last night episode then not to worry \u2013 <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> can fill you in with the recap video below.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6318239979112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <p>The contestants split into teams \u2013 boys and girls \u2013 with sweet business owner <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2023-victoria-goulbourne-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Victoria Goulbourne<\/a> and safari guide <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2023-joseph-phillips-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Joseph Phillips<\/a> volunteering to be project managers.<\/p>\n<p>The girls\u2019 team decided to sell a catamaran tour and after a vote, sent the sales sub-team \u2013 led by <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2023-marnie-swindells-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Marnie Swindells<\/a> \u2013 to find patrons on Pigeon Beach.<\/p>\n<p>However, when they arrived, they discovered that the beach was almost empty and struggled to sell tickets, while accountant executive <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2023-emma-browne-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Emma Browne<\/a> and technology recruiter <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2023-shazia-hussain-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Shazia Hussain<\/a> repeatedly reminded the team that they voted against the beach as a location to sell.<\/p>\n<p>Over with the boys\u2019 team, they picked a historical tour followed by rum tasting as their experience to sell and while they were successful in flogging tickets, sales sub-team leader and sales rep <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2023-simba-rwambiwa-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Simba Rwambiwa<\/a> became frustrated by pest control company owner <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2023-mark-moseley-contestant\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Mark Moseley<\/a> underselling tickets needlessly.<\/p> <p>After both tours took place, the candidates headed back to the boardroom, where aides Karren Brady and <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/claude-littner-the-apprentice\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Claude Littner<\/a> revealed that the boys\u2019 team won with a profit of $989 compared to the girls\u2019 total of $487.50.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria chose to bring Marnie and Emma back in to see Lord Sugar with her and while he noted that both Victoria and Marnie had struggled to keep control as leaders, Emma was the first to be fired due to her disruptive complaining.<\/p>\n<p>Now just 17 candidates remain in the competition, with their <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2023-tasks\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">next task<\/a> centred around manufacturing and selling a line of bao buns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Apprentice continues on BBC One and <\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b0071b63\/the-apprentice&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; 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