Jade's P.A Explained

Runtime:60 mins
Location:UK
Country:United Kingdom
Company:Ruggie Media
Num Series:1
Num Episodes:10

Jade's P.A is a British Living reality television series following the since deceased Jade Goody teaming up with celebrity PA Heather Howard and recruitment psychologist Dr Rob Yeung to put 10 wannabe PAs through a series of gruelling tasks. Following her death on 22 March 2009 Sky Living re ran the series.

Episodes

Episode 1

Reality series in which hopefuls compete to become Jade Goody's assistant. The wannabes undergo an audition with some testing tasks and endure a severe grilling.

Episode 2

The 10 finalists visit Jade's house, where they are tested on skills vital to any personal assistant - negotiation techniques and cocktail-making.

Episode 3

Fashion expert Carly Brook teaches the hopefuls the basics of putting an outfit together, and challenges them to create a look for one of Jade's photo shoots.

Episode 4

Organisation expert Catherine Nicholson analyses the contestants through psychometric tests and the contents of their handbags.

Episode 5

Jade hires an undercover journalist and secretly films the hopefuls in interviews to test their discretion.

Episode 6

The hopefuls go back to school to learn the necessary skills to enable them to brief Jade prior to interviews.

Episode 7

The remaining three hopefuls are given their toughest assignments yet, as the prize of becoming Jade's PA draws closer.

Episode 8

The two remaining hopefuls are pushed to their limit in the final task, which involves planning a huge charity bash with no budget.

Episode 9

The final two are pushed to their limit when they are challenged to organise a charity event with no budget, and some old faces return to give their opinion on who should win.

Episode 10

A special edition which follows the winner home as they prepare for the biggest role of their career - personal assistant to reality TV star Jade Goody. Last in series.

Pete's P.A

The show returned as Pete's PA, again airing on Living from 8 October 2007 to 5 December 2007, this time following musician and Dead or Alive frontman Pete Burns as he hunted for a new personal assistant (PA).[1] Psychologist Dr Rob Yeung returned, but Heather Howard didn't, replaced by celebrity PA Donna Coulling. Filmed over ten weeks, the potential PAs were pitted against each other in a series of challenges. The ten-episode contest concluded with a former criminal psychologist, Nicky, winning the competition.

References

  1. Web site: Pete's PA . Mirror Online . Jane Simon . 2007-10-08 . 2018-01-26.