Last year was the first time the BBC had tried the teen version of one of their most popular reality TV shows, The Apprentice. Then it was called 'Junior Apprentice', but the premise this year remains the same; take collection of precocious 16 and 17 year olds and put them through their paces on a range of tasks designed to test their teamwork, management and business skills. Each week, one of the hopefuls is 'fired' and sent packing. Up for grabs to the last one standing is a fund that will be invested in the winner's education and business.
Watching these kids, two things fascinate me. First, most of them have an entrepreneurial spirit and as a result have already started their own business despite being barely out of school. Most adults three times their age haven't achieved that. There's some definite educational high achievers too, with one lad this year achieving the joint highest result in his year in GCSE Economics in Northern Ireland. All of them have impressive CVs but the thing that really amuses me is that they are all clones of their adult counterparts.
Is it that the kids are particularly mature and that is reflected in their antics, or is it that the adults have never grown up and are still behaving like teenagers. In both shows there is bickering in abundance, plenty of tantrums and the biggest egos imaginable.
The first episode was excellent, with it being all too obvious which candidates were out of their depth. I'm already looking forward to the next one.
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