Foot in the Door

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An early win-a-job show, though a precursor more to [[Grandad's Back in Business]] and [[Faking It]] than [[The Apprentice]]. Each episode featured three applicants competing for the same job, generally something fairly glamorous like working in rally sport or being a travel writer. They went through an interview and practical tests, and at the end one got the job and the other two... didn't.  
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An early win-a-job show, though a precursor more to [[Grandad's Back in Business]] and [[Faking It]] than [[The Apprentice]]. Each episode featured three applicants competing for the same job, generally something fairly glamorous like working in rally sport or being a travel writer. They went through an interview and practical tests, and at the end one got the job and the other two... didn't. The practical tests were quite big things, though - the advertising creatives got taken to New York to devise a campaign for the state lottery, the travel writers got sent off to various far-flung places and told to write a basic guide with a map and photos in a weekend, and so on.
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# Rally car teamster (Nick Petronas)
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[[David Young]]
[[David Young]]
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[[Hire Me]], a 2022 show along very similar lines.
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Current revision as of 08:18, 11 October 2022

Contents

Host

Voiceover: Nick Moran

Broadcast

BBC Two, 1 to 29 June 2000 (5 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

An early win-a-job show, though a precursor more to Grandad's Back in Business and Faking It than The Apprentice. Each episode featured three applicants competing for the same job, generally something fairly glamorous like working in rally sport or being a travel writer. They went through an interview and practical tests, and at the end one got the job and the other two... didn't. The practical tests were quite big things, though - the advertising creatives got taken to New York to devise a campaign for the state lottery, the travel writers got sent off to various far-flung places and told to write a basic guide with a map and photos in a weekend, and so on.

Episode list

  1. Chef (winner: Kirsty Green)
  2. Advertising creative (Juliette Share)
  3. News photographer (Andrew Paradise)
  4. Travel guide writer (Rachel Suddart)
  5. Rally car teamster (Nick Petronas)

Inventor

David Young

See also

Hire Me, a 2022 show along very similar lines.

Video


The press photographer episode

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