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The Apprentice runner-up Ruth Badger is to appear on a TV show aimed at finding inventors and entrepreneurs. Ms Badger will act as an advisor on Sky One's The Big Deal, which offers a £100,000 prize to help fund a budding business venture. The channel's autumn schedule also features The Race, in which celebrities including Cerys Matthews and Goldie will compete on a Grand Prix circuit. Disgraced former football pundit Ron Atkinson returns in Big Ron Manager. The programme will follow Atkinson, who was forced to quit his job as an ITV commentator over a racist remark, as he tries to guide Peterborough United to promotion. Formula One stars David Coulthard and Eddie Irvine will captain the teams in The Race, hosted by Denise Van Outen. In a series of races, 10 celebrities will drive vehicles including rally cars, off-road buggies and monster trucks. The climax will be a race at Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. Blood, sweat and tears Sky One programme director Richard Woolfe said: "Our round-the-clock cameras will capture all the blood, sweat and tears in this ultimate test of speed and ability. "The celebs may have Porsches and Lamborghinis, but it doesn't mean they can hack it on a professional Grand Prix circuit." The channel's autumn season will also include Cirque de Celebrite, in which celebrities train as circus performers. A Robbie Williams performance from Roundhay Park in Leeds will be the first live concert screened in high definition. Sir David Jason will star in the Terry Pratchett adaptation Hogfather. Story from BBC NEWS: |
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| The Apprentice USA Wed 30 Aug, 11:20 pm Reality TV series set in New York in which candidates compete for the position of apprentice to real estate mogul Donald Trump. Instead of the usual battle of the sexes, this time it's Book Smarts vs Street Smarts. The first task is to create the most enticing advertisement campaign for a new burger for the Burger King menu, alongside running a Burger King restaurant for a day |
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| Trump fires Apprentice sidekick Property tycoon Donald Trump has fired one of the executives who starred alongside him in hit US TV show The Apprentice. Carolyn Kepcher, who has worked with Mr Trump for more than 10 years, became famous as one of two tough-talking boardroom judges. But Mr Trump's spokesman Jim Dowd confirmed she was no longer w**king for the Trump Organization. Production of the sixth series of The Apprentice has just ended in the US. The reality show sees aspiring tycoons battle to win a place in Mr Trump's company. 'Different visions' Ms Kepcher, who most recently served as chief operating officer of the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, New York, had been with The Apprentice since it started in 2004. She was one of the boardroom judges, along with George Ross, who advised Mr Trump on which corporate hopeful should be told: "You're fired!" Mr Ross, a 78-year-old lawyer, remains with the Trump Organization. Since starring in The Apprentice, Ms Kepcher has made a number of talk-show appearances and speaking engagements. Both she and Mr Trump's spokesman declined to give further details about her departure. In a statement to the Reuters agency, Ms Kepcher said: "Donald and I had different visions for my future role in the company." She also said she was grateful for the opportunities the Trump Organization had given her. Story from BBC NEWS: |
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| isn't the beeb showing the apprentice USA season three? :ponder: |