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'The Apprentice': BBC introduces Season 16 contestants

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'The Apprentice': BBC introduces Season 16 contestants

"The Apprentice" Season 16 will feature 16 new contestants and premiere Thursday on BBC One.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Sugar's 'Apprentice' role in question

The BBC says it is attempting to determine if British businessman Alan Sugar will return to star in the hit British TV series, "The Apprentice."

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

'Apprentice' star Sugar has rough landing

Alan Sugar, host of the BBC series "The Apprentice," was lucky to survive a rough plane landing in the British city of Manchester, witnesses say.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

U.K. 'Apprentice' host accused of bullying

Liverpool lawyer Rex Makin has accused Alan Sugar, host of the British version of "The Apprentice," of crossing a line by ribbing a Jewish contestant on air.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

'Apprentice' winner didn't expect victory

The winner of Britain's "Apprentice" said Thursday in London that he had expected his rival in the finals to win the show.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

'Apprentice' finalist literally gets fired

The candidate who decided not to take the job on the BBC's "The Apprentice," has reportedly been fired from her own job in Exetor, Britain.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Poll: Ramsay scariest TV celebrity

A recent poll from Britain's Radio Times magazine shows celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is seen as the most frightening TV star.

Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Nice guy wins British 'Apprentice' job

Former London Underground employee Tim Campbell beat out stiff competition to win a job on the British version of the reality TV show "The Apprentice."

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In your CV, the first thing you wrote on it is 'I'm a good Jewish boy,' is this right? If you are unsure, we can always pull your trousers down and check
U.K. 'Apprentice' host accused of bullying May 09, 2008

Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar (born 24 March 1947) is an English entrepreneur, media personality and political advisor. From relatively humble origins in the East End of London, Sugar now has an estimated fortune of £830m (US$1.16 billion), and was ranked 59th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2009 (a move up from 92nd in 2008 despite losing £100m). In 2007, he sold Amstrad, one of his large business ventures.

Sugar is also notable for his time as chairman of Tottenham Hotspur from 1991 to 2001, and for starring in the BBC TV series The Apprentice, which has run to five series, broadcast annually between 2005 and 2009 and based upon the popular American television show of the same name, featuring entrepreneur Donald Trump.

Sugar was born in Hackney, East London. He is the youngest of four children of Fay and Nathan Sugar. His father was a tailor in the East End garment industry.

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