Season 5

12 episodes March 25, 2009

Series Five of The Apprentice was a British reality television series. The series began airing on BBC One on 25 March 2009 and ran for twelve weekly hour-long episodes, as in all previous years. Auditions and interviews took place during July 2008 in London, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham. There were fifteen participants; one more dropped out prior to the first boardroom briefing. Sir Alan Sugar, Nick Hewer and Margaret Mountford made appearances, as in all previous series. Spin-off show The Apprentice: You're Fired! also returned, airing on BBC Two immediately after the main show.

Episodes

1 Scrubbing Up Mar 25, 2009 No ratings 2 A Hungry Business Apr 1, 2009 No ratings 3 Survival of the Fittest Apr 8, 2009 No ratings 4 A Soap Opera Apr 15, 2009 No ratings 5 The Advertising Challenge Apr 22, 2009 No ratings 6 Bric-a-Brac Race Apr 29, 2009 No ratings 7 Heading North May 6, 2009 No ratings 8 Cool Margate May 13, 2009 No ratings 9 Baby Love May 20, 2009 No ratings 10 Car Crash TV May 27, 2009 No ratings 11 Interviews Jun 3, 2009 No ratings 12 The Final Jun 7, 2009 No ratings