The Apprentice and later joined Alan Sugar's company Amstrad on a £100,000 salary, was left bewildered by the personal phone call from his former boss.The two appear to have remained in close contact since he left the firm in 2007.In a new interview with Radio Times, the 44-year-old gushed about his return to The Apprentice after 16 years, as a new line-up of contestants battles it out.
When Tim saw a phone call from Alan, he recalled thinking, "'Is this a prank?' I thought people were going to burst in with cameras and say, 'Got you!'"But it turned out that the offer was, in fact, the real deal.
Alongside Alan, Tim will also join the latter's longtime ally and advisor Baroness Karren Brady. Claude Littner ditched the latest series to.
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