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  Derek Tucker November 26, 2014 at 3:39pm

  I can promise you that this episode is worth a watch. whether you are a fan of the series or not! Definitely one to cheer you up on a cold Autumn evening, and you may see a small Garden Machinery dealer from the South West featured.
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  Bridget Zorn November 26, 2014 at 4:48pm

  Ha ha, I'll be watching and having a good cringing session.
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  Phil Voice November 27, 2014 at 12:47pm

  I don't normally watch The Apprentice but made an exception last night:)
  
  Was having The Apprentice on your stand good or bad for business compared to a normal show?
  
  
  
  Derek Tucker said:

  I can promise you that this episode is worth a watch. whether you are a fan of the series or not! Definitely one to cheer you up on a cold Autumn evening, and you may see a small Garden Machinery dealer from the South West featured.
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  Derek Tucker November 27, 2014 at 1:02pm

  Hi Phil,

  As an opportunity for us to get involved it was a great experience and the BBC were extremely professional about the way they operated on the day. We carried on as normal with our show stand and people really ignored them even when Nick was there.

  To be fair to James he worked hard on the day, and both of them did well to sell machines that they only saw 12 hours beforehand. The good things that they did were unfortunately not shown as much as the mistakes, but that is TV.

  The impact on show day was minimal either way, but the spin off has been an exceptionally busy phone this morning, with local media etc. all running stories on us and coverage at that level is almost impossible to come by normally. Would I do it again - Most definitely, and at least people know my name now!

  Thanks for watching.

  Derek
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  Colin Hunt November 27, 2014 at 4:34pm

  Must have been a great day Derek, well done. Must admit we had James out after watching his performance, but guessed it was negatively edited. No one could be THAT annoying.......could they?!
  
  Derek Tucker said:

  Hi Phil,

  As an opportunity for us to get involved it was a great experience and the BBC were extremely professional about the way they operated on the day. We carried on as normal with our show stand and people really ignored them even when Nick was there.

  To be fair to James he worked hard on the day, and both of them did well to sell machines that they only saw 12 hours beforehand. The good things that they did were unfortunately not shown as much as the mistakes, but that is TV.

  The impact on show day was minimal either way, but the spin off has been an exceptionally busy phone this morning, with local media etc. all running stories on us and coverage at that level is almost impossible to come by normally. Would I do it again - Most definitely, and at least people know my name now!

  Thanks for watching.

  Derek