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Is Sir Alan's Receptionist An Actual One or Just A Jobless Extra?


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Old 29-03-2007, 17:00
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Just wondering really.
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Old 29-03-2007, 17:29
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She's a Beeb employee. Wonder what she was scribbling in that A4 folder...
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Old 29-03-2007, 17:33
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What happened to Jenny? I swear there's a new one!
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Old 29-03-2007, 17:59
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Originally Posted by Chrismcfall
What happened to Jenny?
She was fired!

Get it? Fired? No?

*Pulls collar and coughs* Touch crowd.
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Old 29-03-2007, 18:26
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I can't even remember his receptionist quite honestly.But I always thought that Donald Trump's office girl Robyn was a bit of an actress.If she isn't,she could be.She's hot.
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Old 29-03-2007, 19:06
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Surely if shes on the Apprentice she can't be a jobless extra.
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Old 29-03-2007, 19:11
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But strangely Alan's real secretary IS called Frances
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Old 29-03-2007, 20:12
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It was "frances" in the first series, "jenny" in the second and now "francis" again- im not sure if its the same woman though. The one in the second series didnt seem to appear as much as the one in the first series
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Old 29-03-2007, 22:04
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If that was a real job, I would want to be her. All she seems to do is say "You can go through now" or something similar!
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Old 29-03-2007, 23:46
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She is one of the apprentice production team allegedly.
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Old 29-03-2007, 23:52
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Some more Triva here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_App...28UK%29#Trivia
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Old 30-03-2007, 10:09
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Siralan was interviewed in the Times and it said his real receptionist is a 60 something lady with grey hair. Perhaps Ladyalan insisted on it.
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Old 31-03-2007, 09:40
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theres a new one every series, also are they really in a big building or a studio?
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Old 31-03-2007, 12:58
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Originally Posted by 1984
theres a new one every series, also are they really in a big building or a studio?
A studio with a big brother-esque 2-way mirror camera run
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Old 31-03-2007, 19:50
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Originally Posted by jnm2324
Just wondering really.
This thread has given me the an idea for a hot new show! Called (wait for it) "The Receptionist." The winner will be the first good-looking female graduate who is swiftest to remove her panties, smile sweetly at her potential new male boss before saying "You can go through now" ....
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Old 01-04-2007, 17:31
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Originally Posted by FatterBetty
Siralan was interviewed in the Times and it said his real receptionist is a 60 something lady with grey hair. Perhaps Ladyalan insisted on it.
Well Frances has been his secretary for about the last 15 or more years and I'd say she's more like mid 50's than 60 so was presumably 40 when she got the position. Previously Alan's secretary was called Joyce which was the codename of the PCW8256 word processing system of which Amstrad sold 2,000,000 and what, to a large extent, made Alan as successful as he is today. One of the senior secretaries in Amstrad (working for the technical director) is called Jenny - a coincidence? I think not.

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Old 01-04-2007, 17:46
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i thought about that because it is a differnt person to the one last year
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Old 02-04-2007, 10:31
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Its all in a set and its just an actress as the secretary.
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Old 03-04-2007, 07:58
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A bunch of us went along to last night's recording of You're Fired. We saw the receptionist on-screen and for a split second thought that maybe Michelle Dewberry had found another job with Siralan...
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Old 03-04-2007, 16:11
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Whoever that person is, her presence in the show and contribution to it, seems rather pointless.

It's also becoming clear that some aspects (if not all) of the show are staged - most obviously the obligatory rush of females to answer the morning call - dressed like they've all just come from the shower. Surely there are some more fully dressed participants in the vicinity to take that call? But then again, that wouldn't be quite as 'exciting' or realistic!
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Old 09-04-2007, 16:56
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I thought the receptionist looked liked Gina from The Salon (where she was also a receptionist)? Any ideas if it could be her?
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