The teens are set their first task - to sell 500 pounds worth of cheese at a London market
After a punishing first task, the candidates are plunged straight into their next challenge: to design a camping accessory and pitch it to three leading retailers. The candidates must come up with a workable design, one which meets the market's requirements, and pitch the prototype to retail leaders in the camping market. As ever, Nick and Karren keep a watchful eye on proceedings.
The remaining Junior candidates have reached the halfway mark as Lord Sugar sets them their third task. They must learn the art of adding value - icing and decorating their own themed brand of cupcakes and selling them to the public in one of the country's leading department stores.
With just five teenagers remaining, Lord Sugar decides to take the candidates completely out of their comfort zones with a task all about spotting talent. They're given six artists to visit, and must choose two to represent at a private art sale the following day. This task isn't just about making money; it's about understanding a new market and choosing the right pieces of art for the gallery spaces they've been given. It's not a case of hard sell but hard schmooze.
This episode sees the ultimate fight for survival as the remaining junior candidates battle it out for a place in the final. An early morning phone call instructing the candidates to pack their bags leaves them guessing where they will be heading, and why. As Lord Sugar briefs them that they're heading to the capital of Holland, Amsterdam, excitement brings the candidates together. But they're quickly brought back down to earth with the realisation that their business journey is almost at an end. The candidates must meet with a selection of designers, all of whom have new design products that they hope to break into the UK market. The teams must select which products they think they can sell, then take them to two department stores set up by Lord Sugar, as well as selling to as many retailers as possible.
It's the final of Junior Apprentice. Four tycoons of tomorrow remain to compete for the ultimate prize: a 25,000 pound tailor-made fund to kick-start their business career. The final task test the candidates' commercial nous, creativity, teamwork and potential. All have worked hard to reach this stage, but only one can become the first-ever Junior Apprentice. Lord Sugar calls the candidates to the London Aquarium's famous shark tank for their final briefing: they must develop their own brand of bottled water. In the UK, the water market is worth billions but it's already flooded with brand names. How can the teams make their brand stand out? What will it be called and which consumers will they target?
In week one, there's barely time to get to know each other, or to suss out the competition, before it's down to business. It's boys against girls as Lord Sugar sets his first task: to make a new range of frozen treats, ice creams, sorbets and frozen yogurts, and then sell them directly to the public.
The 11 remaining candidates are challenged to design a new product for the lucrative parent and baby market. After a quick lesson in the joys and perils of bringing up babies, both teams are given just two days to design a prototype of their 'must have' product for every mum and dad, before heading to three of the country's leading retail companies to pitch their ideas.
An early morning delivery of a bouquet of flowers to the candidates' house holds the clue to the third task. Lord Sugar wants his remaining candidates to set up two rivalry floristry businesses. Both teams will go head to head in a challenge to win business from three corporate clients with very specific floral requirements, and they'll sell direct to the public too.
This episode sees a battle of the generations take place, as Lord Sugar sets the nine remaining candidates the deceptively simple task of selling to the over fifties market. Both teams must select two products that they think will most appeal to their grandparent's generation and sell them direct to the public at a major exhibition. With a range of innovative products to choose from, the generation gap soon becomes the least of their problems.
Lord Sugar turns up the heat on the remaining candidates, tasking them with developing a new brand of deodorant aimed at the youth market, which they must launch with an eye-catching TV advert.
With just two weeks to go before the final, the seven remaining teenage candidates must work against the clock in order to meet Lord Sugar's next challenge. Called to one of London's top tourist attractions, Madame Tussauds, both teams are given just ten hours to find ten items for ten waxworks. Under strict instructions to find things that 'look the part but don't cost the earth', the teenagers' powers of negotiation are pushed to the limit.
With the final looming, and six out of the original twelve teenage candidates still left in the process, Lord Sugar makes a surprise call to the house to deliver some dramatic news. Only two candidates will make it through to next week's final. Lord Sugar divides the teams for the final time and sends them off to Leeds, where they have to develop a new brand of popcorn.
Twelve candidates have been whittled down to two, and after seven gruelling weeks it is time for Lord Sugar to set his final task before deciding who will be his Young Apprentice and win the ultimate prize: a tailor-made fund of 25,000 pounds to kick start their business career. This being the final, the rules of the game are tougher than ever as Lord Sugar challenges the two remaining teenage candidates to create a new downloadable online game. To launch their games, they must also create a distinctive advert that has the potential to become an internet viral.
New series. Alan Sugar plucks another 12 young entrepreneurs from the classroom and gives them the opportunity to win a £25,000 fund to kick-start a future career in business. The teenage tycoons span a wide range of backgrounds, from council estates to private schools, and include a fashion designer, a trainee accountant, an events promoter and a farmer's daughter. Their first task harks back to Lord Sugar's early forays into the rag trade, as each team is presented with a ton of discarded clothes which they must sort, clean and sell to the public for the highest profit. But with money in the budget to customise their gear, some of the contestants splash out on grand designs, while others keep it simple. Which approach will pay off? Karren Brady and Nick Hewer keep their eyes on the teams
It's week two and, as the remaining 11 candidates bid to be crowned The Young Apprentice - and take home the £25,000 prize to kick start their business ambitions - things are about to get tasty. After a punishing first task, Lord Sugar turns up the heat as the eleven remaining business-minded teenagers are called to a trendy French restaurant in London's Mayfair to discover their latest challenge. Both teams have to design and print a new cook book, before pitching it to three of Britain's biggest book sellers. The team with the most orders will win, and one member of the losing team will be sent home. The cookery book industry is worth more than 84 million pounds a year. But winning a slice of it isn't easy, as almost 2,000 new books, from celebrity titles to TV spin-offs, hit the streets every year. Both teams must first come up with a new concept, before testing their ideas at a focus group. Next, they visit professional chefs to gain inspiration for their new recipes, before photographing the dishes and designing the finished book at Harper Collins, one of Britain's oldest publishers. Conflict ensues as Maria, the lone girl in a team full of boys, convinces 16-year-old project manager Sean - who lists the title 'World's Youngest Publisher' on his CV - to narrow their target readership down to professional women. Meanwhile, after a distinctly unsavoury row over the difference between a recipe and a list of ingredients, cupcake queen Lucy has to manage her team's inability to spell correctly. As each team faces nerve-wracking pitches to three major book sellers - Waterstones, Sainsbury's and Play.com - the cracks begin to show and, in the boardroom, the candidates face a thorough grilling before the team which has won the most orders is revealed.
Lord Sugar sets the teams a challenge designed to hone their negotiating skills, as they race to find ten props for the English National Opera.
The candidates are challenged to revamp the great British tradition of afternoon tea.
Lord Sugar challenges the eight remaining candidates to come up with an original kids' club for five- to eight-year-olds and pitch it to industry professionals.
The remaining seven candidates must brand a hair styling product, shoot an advert and pitch their ideas to industry professionals.
The candidates sell products at WOMAD, a festival of world music attended by thousands.
The final four candidates must create a new brand of sportswear with the potential to go global, and launch their brand before the experts in this final episode.
