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23/08/2006

TV executives compete for 'apprenticeship' in Evolution production

Evolutions has completed the full post-production on the opening to the Edinburgh International Television Festival, which will be an unmissable version of 'The Apprentice'.
Screened at 12.30pm on August 25 the 40 minute special will see eight TV executives pitted against each other to see which one is worthy of becoming Sir Alan Sugar's apprentice.
Executive produced by Alex Mahon, COO at Talkback Thames and Patrick Uden,
the contestants include:
  • Emily Bell, Editor in Chief at Guardian Unlimited
  • Jana Bennett, Director of Television at BBC
  • Camilla Lewis, Head of Factual Features at TalkbackThames
  • Andrew Newman, Head of Entertainment at Channel 4
  • Peter Salmon, Simon Shaps, Director of Television at ITV
  • Sophie Turner Laing, Deputy Director, Sky Networks at BSKYB
  • Andrew Zein, Managing Director at Tiger Aspect Productions
Founded in 1990, Evolutions is one of the UK's largest and most successful independent television groups with two sites in central London.
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