Margaret Rose Mountford is a British lawyer, businesswoman, academic and television personality from Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, best known for her role in the BBC reality TV series The Apprentice.
12 Facts About Margaret Mountford
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From 2005 to 2009, Margaret Mountford was one of Alan Sugar's advisers, alongside Nick Hewer, in the UK version of The Apprentice television show, a role with which she achieved increasing public popularity.
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Margaret Mountford took part on the panel in The Apprentice - You're Fired on 27 May 2009 for the first time, during which she hinted that Lorraine would not make the final.
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In June 2009, Margaret Mountford announced she was leaving the show at the end of Series 5 in order to concentrate on her PhD and was replaced for Series 6 by businesswoman Karren Brady.
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Margaret Mountford returned in the 2010 series, for the interview stage, helping Alan Sugar narrow down the candidates to the final two.
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Margaret Mountford returned for the Apprentice Finals in 2011,2012 and 2013, again as an interviewer.
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Between April 2012 and November 2017, Margaret Mountford appeared on Channel 4's Countdown in Dictionary Corner, presented by her fellow Apprentice adviser Nick Hewer.
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In March 2013, Margaret Mountford presented a one-off BBC documentary programme Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time.
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In July 2013, Margaret Mountford co-presented a two-part BBC One documentary with Hewer entitled We All Pay Your Benefits, filmed in Ipswich, the show investigated the benefit culture.
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Between 24 and 28 November 2014, Margaret Mountford presented a BBC One programme entitled Don't Mess with Me which displayed the challenges that the public and Councils in the UK face against littering, as well as convincing the public to pick up their rubbish and take a stand to the problem.
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In December 2015, Margaret Mountford appeared, alongside Nick Hewer, in BBC's Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
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Margaret Mountford is currently on the Steering Committee for the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and is the Chair of the Egypt Exploration Society.