{"id":9520,"date":"2022-01-04T18:42:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T17:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1544276"},"modified":"2022-01-04T19:03:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T18:03:22","slug":"the-apprentices-tim-campbell-nervous-to-take-over-from-claude-littner","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-apprentices-tim-campbell-nervous-to-take-over-from-claude-littner\/","title":{"rendered":"The Apprentice\u2019s Tim Campbell \u201cnervous\u201d to take over from Claude Littner"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lidia Molina-Whyte\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 04 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Additional reporting by Grace Henry.<\/em><\/p>\n

This week will see the return of The Apprentice<\/a> to our screens after a much-felt two year absence. Lord Alan Sugar will be welcoming The Apprentice 2022 line-up<\/a>, and he will be joined by two trusty aides to assess the potential of their business ideas.<\/p>\n

Though Baroness Karren Brady is set to return, Claude Littner will be sitting this one out after suffering an accident while riding an electric bike in London.<\/p>\n

The BBC announced he would be replaced by The Apprentice\u2019s first ever winner, Tim Campbell. During a chat with RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, the former contestant opened up about how he\u2019s feeling ahead of his return to the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great privilege to be back part of that amazing franchise, which has obviously been transformational in lots of the things that I\u2019ve gone on to do subsequent to the show,\u201d the MBE recipient said, before admitting he was \u201cnervous\u201d when he was called in.<\/p>\n

Luckily, he had a handy solution.<\/p>

He explained: \u201cI have a way of channelling the nerves, which is all about \u2013 listen, we could be anywhere and the fact is, if my heart\u2019s beating really fast, that means I\u2019m alive. So going into that scenario, where [Lord Sugar] calls you in and he says [you\u2019re the] new person taking over from Claude, you are nervous because you don\u2019t want to let him down.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got a huge amount of respect for him and what he\u2019s done in terms of my life with my family and stuff. So it was more so about making sure that I did a good job rather than, \u2018Am I going to do something silly or is somebody gonna find something?\u2019 It was all about how I\u2019m going to do the right thing by finding the right investor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tim also revealed the advise Claude gave him before joining the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said, \u2018Just be true to yourself because that is the only thing you can really do.\u2019 The beauty of the show is its authenticity to focus on candidates, not on us as advisors. Yes, you might be looking at what looks we\u2019re going to give. How do our eyebrows go up and down? How many frown lines do we get on our foreheads? Fantastic, but the main focus of the show is that Lord Sugar is trying to invest in a business.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cFrom my perspective, as a businessperson, I think that\u2019s a great thing that we have a television show which is still focused on the transformational element but more so about the power of UK business in general.<\/p>\n

Though Tim admitted his \u201clook\u201d may not be as \u201cstern as our Claude\u2019s \u2013 he\u2019s got a very stern look\u201d, he\u2019s still focused on \u201cwho\u2019s performing best\u201d rather than his own fame.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in it basically because we really respect Lord Sugar,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I took the opportunity. If it was anybody else, I probably wouldn\u2019t have done it.\u201d<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t wait to see what he brings to the meeting table.<\/p>\n

The Apprentice series 16 will begin on 6th January 2022 on BBC One at 9pm. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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