The Apprentice (UK) 11x8 - Party Planning

It's week eight and the candidates are taken back in time tothe Museum of Childhood. Lord Sugar instructs the teams tobecome party planners, with just two days to set up and host achildren's party for some high-spending clients.With a £2,000budget, the candidates must throw an event to remember,keeping an eye on profits but also pleasing the punters.Contending with tricky teens and hard-to-please parents, bothteams have a challenge on their hands.For one project managerit's a dream gig. But with grand plans for the teens to have ablast, it's not long before a massive oversight threatens toderail their task completely. Elsewhere on the team there's aparty pooper, as one candidate's attempts to keep a tight reinon the budget risk spoiling the day for the birthday girl.Onthe other team, efforts to make merry with the kids fall flatwhen an overzealous double act lead a lacklustre assaultcourse. Things go from bad to worse with a mix up over thebirthday cake and a blunder with the party gifts. Faced withdisgruntled customers, the blame game starts and the partyfalls flat.As the figures are added up and the profitsannounced, in the boardroom it's a celebration for some. Forthe losers, an indignant Lord Sugar takes an unprecedentedstep, and for someone the party is most definitely over.