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The Apprentice and the tasks

Sir Alan Sugar

Is it just me or are the tasks starting to seem a bit daft on The Apprentice? Part of me is longing for something, I don’t know, a bit more properly business-like. “Oh, look, they have five minutes to prepare for something they’re all woefully underqualified to do. That’s a good test of whether they’d be able to head up a major division of a global business company.”

Obviously, this is not a new criticism. But I’m looking for a little variety, I think. Something new, rather than the same old, same old. How about you?

PS Any Mac users think the teams would have done better if they’d had MacBooks and iPhoto instead of HP Windows rejects?

PPS Why do all the news outlets insist of putting the names of the fired apprentices on their front pages the very next day? Either you watched it, in which case you know who was fired, or you didn’t – in which case you either don’t care or you’re now very hacked off. Like me.

Friday’s “that bloody boiler” news

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Shows that will not die: why not?

Some shows go on seemingly forever: Doctor Who‘s a good example, as is The Sky At Night. Sometimes there’s a good reason: the quality of the show, interesting scripts, the fact it’s a soap opera and so on.

Then there are some shows that go on forever where it’s really hard to understand why. In the US, there’s Law and Order, which has been going on for the best part of 20 years now. Then there’s New Tricks in the UK, as well as Heartbeat and I’m sure Last of the Summer Wine is still out there somewhere. Why?

The obvious answer is ratings. The shows still get plenty of viewers. The question again though is why? Why do people watch these shows?

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Thursday’s “newyddion Cymru” news

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