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The Apprentice: Week Three 8 April 2009

This week, James the team leader led his team to defeat and Ben looks set to be the annoying one that stays for a while to boost the viewing figures. Meanwhile, Maj was told 'you're fired' for not doing very much. The set task entailed the teams designing and flogging (that is, selling) a piece of home-gym equipment and the losers' product looked a little like a small coffin. Understandably this was not seen as appealing, as the customers would be trying to stave off thinking about such things.

The other team leader, Debra, demonstrated she has the people skills of Ghenghis Khan and this will no doubt stand her in good stead with Siralan. How depressing to see yet another woman on the show who equates being powerful with being bossy and overly controlling.  

The Secret Millionaire in Aberfan

It's good to see The Secret Millionaire back on our screens and this could be a cure for depression if it wasn't for the fact that it makes the viewers cry so much. It reminds us there are lots of kind people in Britain who volunteer to help others and not everyone is out to make quick buck. As far as I could see the format was always successful, so I can't understand why the producers have decided to reveal in the trailers how much is given away. I wish they would trust to the original idea of keeping us guessing and have faith in the viewers' ability to have an attention span longer than a goldfish.