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Episode 8: Cool Margate
'Let's be honest, Margate is not exactly the Seychelles,' announces Ben at the start of the task.
This is the hardest task yet as the teams have two days to rebrand the seaside town of Margate, before pitching their campaigns to industry experts and Margate locals.
Under pressure to produce a dazzling campaign, the group dynamics deteriorate and the excuses for poor work dreadful. Plenty for Sir Alan to get fired up about in the boardroom.
What happened:
Task
Mona's research mission
Watch Mona and James slipping into a gay bar where they meet one of the colourful locals
Wooden dancers
Watch Mona and James trying to create a lively disco scene for their poster campaign
Yasmina clashes with Lorraine
Watch Lorraine arguing with team leader Yasmina over the art work for their poster
'Take Lorraine away from me'
Watch the team racing against the clock to finish their poster and leaflet campaign. Yasmina loses patience with Lorraine
Ben keeps Lorraine on track
Watch Ben and Lorraine working together on the photo shoot in Margate. Ben struggles to keep Lorraine on track
Work in progress
Watch Howard trying to convince the industry experts that the blank spaces on their leaflets are for local advertisements
'It's my pitch'
Watch Kate rehearsing the pitch she's due to give to the locals in Margate. Yasmina constantly interrupts
Meet the Margate residents
Watch the owner of a local tourist attraction tackle team Ignite over their research of Margate
Sir Alan decides
Watch Sir Alan grilling the losing team in the boardroom before making his final decision
'Sir Alan was wrong to fire me'
Watch this week's losing candidate reflect on being fired and find out more about what went wrong
Bossy Debra
This week even Sir Alan wanted to know how Debra ended up as the team leader
The seaside task
The candidates presented their rebranding Margate campaigns to two tough audiences
Quotes of the week
Each week we bring you the funniest and most jaw-dropping quotes from The Apprentice
In pictures
Look at the pictures from this week's seaside task
Predictor round-up week 8
Episode 8 pulled the rug from the feet of our predictors. Debra seemed a dead
'In transit'
Watch Mona explaining how being fluent in six languages can sometimes lead to her having problems expressing herself
No treats for James
Watch Adrian Chiles and guests discussing James and his crest-fallen reaction to missing out on the racing-car driving treat
Episode 8 recap
Watch the teams creating a 'cool' poster and leaflet campaign for the seaside town Margate
Exclusive exit interview
Watch the newly fired candidate talk about the task, their team-mates and the firing
James gives birth
Watch James getting a lesson in home-birthing as the candidates have to pick two products to sell in the ninth baby-related task
Coming up in episode 9
Watch the candidates getting to grips with the parenting market at the country's biggest baby show
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