{"id":12850,"date":"2022-03-25T13:30:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T12:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1614676"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:56:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T12:56:08","slug":"the-apprentice-fans-want-claude-littner-back-instead-of-tim-campbell","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-apprentice-fans-want-claude-littner-back-instead-of-tim-campbell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apprentice fans want Claude Littner back instead of Tim Campbell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 25 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The Apprentice fans want Claude Littner to return as Lord Alan Sugar\u2019s aide in the next season of the reality competition, according to a new poll by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/radiotimes.com\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The intimidating businessman, who rose to fame for his intense grilling of candidates on the yearly interviews episode, had to step down from his duties after <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-claude-littner-bike-crash-newsupdate\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">sustaining serious injuries in an accident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He informed the press last summer that he would be taking time to recover from an electric bike crash in London, which almost resulted in one of his legs being amputated.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, this was avoided after a major surgery and Littner was well enough to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/claude-littner-apprentice-return-interviews-newsupdate\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">make a guest appearance<\/a> in the latest season, where he returned to his original role as an interviewer.<\/p> <p>Littner has <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/claude-littner-apprentice-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">expressed an intention<\/a> to return to The Apprentice as a regular aide alongside Karren Brady \u2013 and it appears that\u2019s exactly what most fans want to see.<\/p>\n<p>A poll shared to Twitter by <strong>RadioTimes.com\u00a0<\/strong>found that just over three-quarters of viewers would like to see him reinstated, as opposed to replacement <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/tim-campbell-the-apprentice\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Tim Campbell<\/a> coming back for a second year.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell has a long history with <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/apprentice-season-17-air-date\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">The Apprentice<\/a> himself, having won the first ever season of the UK edition back in 2005, and returned at Lord Sugar\u2019s request following Littner\u2019s temporary withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>And as good a job as Campbell did this season, fans are eager to see Littner back in action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Should <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheApprentice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#TheApprentice<\/a>&#8216;s Tim Campbell replace Claude Littner permanently? Vote now and let us know if you think Tim should return next year<\/p>\u2014 Radio Times (@RadioTimes) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioTimes\/status\/1507104667456745474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>The Apprentice concluded its 16th season last night, which saw <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2022-harpreet-kaur-contestant\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Harpreet Kaur<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/the-apprentice-2022-kathryn-louise-burn-contestant\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Kathryn Louise Burn<\/a> battle it out for Lord Sugar\u2019s career-changing \u00a3250,000 investment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/reality-tv\/apprentice-2022-winner-harpreet-kaur\/&quot;\">The Apprentice star says business partner sister isn\u2019t going anywhere<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Apprentice is available to stream on <a href=\"\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episodes\/b0071b63\/the-apprentice&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">BBC iPlayer<\/a>. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong><strong>isten to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Craig Published: Friday, 25 March 2022 at 12:00 am The Apprentice fans want Claude Littner to return as Lord Alan Sugar\u2019s aide in the next season of the reality competition, according to a new poll by RadioTimes.com. 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