Episodes
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Mar 25, 2009
Sir Alan Sugar sets gruelling tasks for business hopefuls. The fresh-faced candidates must make as much money as possible by starting up a cleaning company. Who will be fired?
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Apr 1, 2009
Sir Alan challenges the teams to set up a catering service for busy professionals, but things quickly go wrong for the teams as they hurtle towards the boardroom.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2009
Sir Alan challenges the candidates to create a new piece of portable gym equipment, which they must then pitch to a panel of industry experts. Who will be fired?
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Apr 15, 2009
Sir Alan Sugar challenges the teams to set up their own cosmetics business. They have just a few days to make and sell two new bath and beauty products.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2009
The teams must launch a brand identity for a new breakfast cereal: come up with a name for the cereal, design a look for the box and shoot a TV ad campaign.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2009
The teams hit the streets of London in a race to value and sell ten items of bric-a-brac, including a medical skeleton, a box of books and a pair of vintage shoes.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: May 6, 2009
With nine candidates remaining, Sir Alan sends them to the North of England, where they must select two new innovative products to sell to trade.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: May 13, 2009
The candidates must use all of their creative and marketing skills to rebrand one of Britain's most enduring tourist attractions, the seaside resort of Margate.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: May 20, 2009
With just seven candidates remaining, Sir Alan sends the teams to London's Earls Court to sell baby products at the country's biggest baby show.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: May 27, 2009
Sir Alan sets the teams the task of selling products on live television, but first they must select, from thousands of products, the ones they think will sell best.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2009
The five candidates must face a gruelling interview process. There is no hiding place as each of them is grilled by four of Sir Alan's trusted business colleagues.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2009
As The Apprentice draws to a close, the remaining five candidates are profiled. Friends and family discuss the final five and reveal the true stories behind the egos.
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Jun 5, 2009
A chance to remember the candidates who didn't quite make it. Sir Alan reveals how he decided who would hear his famous phrase - 'You're fired'.
Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2009
The two finalists have just three days to create and brand a new box of chocolates with original flavours before launching them to an audience of industry experts.
Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Jun 7, 2009
With Sir Alan's search at an end, Adrian Chiles and a panel of guests meet the winner, the runner-up and the boss himself as they look back over the job interview from hell.
