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Mark Wright

Australian-born UK entrepreneur who won The Apprentice 2014 and built Climb Online, the digital marketing agency co-founded with Lord Alan Sugar, later sold for seven figures.

Feb 25, 2026

12:04
But how contrived is that environment? You know, is it very staged or actually, you know, do you not even realize the cameras are there when you're on the show? How does it play out in reality?
12:16
It's very interesting because obviously it's a TV show and it has to be entertaining for BBC One to keep commissioning it.
12:23
It's got to continue to entertain the audience.
12:26
So I think there's several things they do.
12:29
The tasks themselves are set up to be entertaining.
12:33
the candidates, the vast majority are selected to be entertaining.
12:37
I wasn't one of the ones selected to be entertained.
13:46
But, you know, what's the difference in reality versus the TV version?

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