'Apprentice' first look: Candidates on course for car-crash Silverstone task

The Apprentice candidates are geared up for a car-crash task in tonight's episode that sees them put on a corporate away day at Silverstone race track.

In this week's instalment of the BBC One show, Lord Sugar asks the remaining candidates to arrange a day out at the famous car track, often used by corporate clients to treat their employees.

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But with one team grinding the clients' gears so much during negotiations that they are in danger of losing their pitch, and another faced with the prospect of offering a refund when the advertised experience doesn't live up to expectations, the contestants are a long way from cruising through the task.

A preview of week eight shows both teams stall over the catering element to the away day, with Harpreet Kaur turning into a kitchen nightmare as she bosses her stressed teammates through the food prep while shouting "quickly, quickly, quickly" at them.

Lord Sugar's aide Karren Brady who is watching events unfold says: "Harpreet makes Gordon Ramsay look soft. She's barking out the orders, demanding what people do, telling them...phew, that's hard work."

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Meanwhile, Nicholas Showering and Akshay Thakrar leave teammates Stephanie Affleck and Kathryn Louise Burn cringing as they wheel their catering trollies through the middle of their client's work meeting.

Affleck says: "Nick, did you not think to use the door that doesn't go through the room?"

But Showering replies: "No, didn't know there was one."

Last week saw Sophie Wilding fired from the boardroom after the podcar task, but who will Lord Sugar point the finger at tonight?

With just a few weeks of competition left, the rivalries are intensifying as the remaining candidates do their best to be picked as Sugar's new business partner.

The Apprentice continues tonight (Thursday) at 9pm on BBC One.

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