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Old 15-11-2016, 13:07
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Didn't they go to Iceland a couple of years ago? Now that's a treat.
This year they are going to iceland the shop for a prawn ring and a box of magnums.
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Old 15-11-2016, 14:40
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Next year the treats will be visits to Trump Tower or the White House!

Alan Sugar not invited of course:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-...ot-in-my-class

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Old 16-11-2016, 17:40
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The croquet one was laughably bad.

Like a single croquet hoop bought in poundland by a producer probably and a few glasses of Sainsbury's fizz.
Yet however poor the prize the candidates give the impression they are excited by it, almost like someone trying to look happy and grateful as they receive a crappy old pair of socks for Christmas when the giver is in the room at the time!
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Old 16-11-2016, 17:45
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I think the losers should get a punishment, make them clean Karen's muddy boots with a toothbrush or something
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Old 17-11-2016, 08:50
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Judging from the trailer, candidates have more fun on boatshow demos than on treats.
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Old 17-11-2016, 17:32
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Didn't they go to Iceland a couple of years ago? Now that's a treat.
Yup. They stocked up on Vienettas and oven chips...
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Old 18-11-2016, 02:42
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Rowing as a treat? Not for me it isn't. ugh.
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Old 18-11-2016, 07:25
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Rowing as a treat? Not for me it isn't. ugh.
I thought that as well. Bloody cheek of Lord sugar. Thinking that's a treat
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Old 18-11-2016, 11:03
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Courtney in the cafe certainly was very grumpy about not getting a treat!
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Old 18-11-2016, 12:34
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I think I'd rather have a beer and burger deal down the local Wetherspoons than half these treats!
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Old 18-11-2016, 14:13
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Rowing as a treat? Not for me it isn't. ugh.
Unless you're a diehard Olympic rowing fan, I agree. There wasn't anything special about that at all. I suppose with a program like The Apprentice, you get uber-competitive people who enjoy that sort of thing. Definitely not my idea of a treat though.
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Old 18-11-2016, 15:30
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They can't even seem to rustle up the dough for the rather limp abseiling down a little-bit-famous minor landmark type stuff from two series ago.

Next up:

Duke Sir Lord Viscount Alan Sucrose
: 'Prime truffles are one of the greatest and most expensive delicacies known to man. So we have a prize-winning pig lined up to treat you all to a demonstration of how to sniff them out. Once you do, any you find are yours to keep, eat or trade as you see fit! Now there aren't that many truffles in Stratford Karen tells me - and I trust her because if anyone's been on their knees enough to know it's her, but once you've spent all day on your own snuffling around following our master class from this gen U ine pig, you better believe me you'll be so hungry you won't care if it's grass or mud that you find. And so to top it all off we'll even lay on a Michelin banned chef to help you prepare that. You've earned your treat, enjoy it, and I'll see you on the next task'.

Contestants: Hurrah!!!
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Old 20-11-2016, 19:53
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Unless you're a diehard Olympic rowing fan, I agree. There wasn't anything special about that at all. I suppose with a program like The Apprentice, you get uber-competitive people who enjoy that sort of thing. Definitely not my idea of a treat though.
Same here, I thought it was more of a punishment than a treat!
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Old 20-11-2016, 20:58
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I wonder if anyone has ever said 'ah, no, yer alright, I'll just hold the coats'
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Old 20-11-2016, 21:13
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Has any member of the winning team ever REFUSED the 'treat'? Asking cos there's a lot of them that I wouldn't be interested in. More than that, that I'd positively REFUSE to do.

"Sorry Lord Sugar, I'm not going. Doesn't interest me remotely."

"P*ss off back to the house then."
Sounds like something Selina would do
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Old 21-11-2016, 14:37
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a few weeks ago they got to go to a trampoline park. There's one in belfast and its £5 in. Hardly pushing the boat out.
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Old 22-11-2016, 07:53
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I would be fuming if I won and they made me do exercise.
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Old 22-11-2016, 15:40
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I would be fuming if I won and they made me do exercise.
They've had a few of those - I think last year one of the "treats" was a "zero gravity yoga class" that was basically swinging around a bit in some slings, in what looked like a school gym. Compare this sort of rubbish to the winners' treats in the earlier series, which included dinner on the Orient Express, helicopter trips, shopping sprees, a trip to Monaco, a night in a 5 star hotel, dinners in fancy restaurants with Sugar, indoor skydiving, tea at the Ritz and a hot air balloon trip.
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Old 22-11-2016, 17:53
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a few weeks ago they got to go to a trampoline park. There's one in belfast and its £5 in. Hardly pushing the boat out.
That looked like fun I thought
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Old 25-11-2016, 02:34
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the bad treats continue haha, sword fighitng??
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Old 25-11-2016, 03:17
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the bad treats continue haha, sword fighitng??
In the garden of a country house. Was it the same one they did the croquet on I wonder?
Looked like an event the candidates would arrange!
If they were going to do sword fighting it could at least have included a film set tour to Leavesden or Elstree!
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Old 25-11-2016, 04:04
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Ewwww. What the heck was that sword fighting in costumes?
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Old 25-11-2016, 06:31
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The reason for the poor rewards is obvious - BBC cutbacks. If a winning team received an expensive day out, the anti-Beeb media would be onto it like a shot. Hugely popular BBC quiz shows give away traditional tiny prizes to the winners. Anyone want a Blankety Blank Chequebook and Pen? The Apprentice winner is going to receive a huge amount of money. A prize that makes the task winning rewards irrelevant, at least to the winner.
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Old 25-11-2016, 11:00
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The sword fighting was at Warwick Castle wasn't it, so a relatively long way to go for that.

I'm sure Dillon enjoyed the dressing up though
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Old 25-11-2016, 11:39
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Ewwww. What the heck was that sword fighting in costumes?
Dillon as a "knight in shining armour"

£60 a head apparently https://www.warwick-castle.com/event...ding-days.aspx
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