Dragon's Den

Dragon's den is a television show where budding entrepreneurs pitch their money making ideas to five experienced and successful business people, the dragons. Each entrepreneur aims to walk away with money supplied to them by a dragon interested in investing in their idea. In return for investing, a dragon normally expects to receive a share in the entrepreneur's company. The idea is simple enough but the drama is compelling. Rarely do the dragons like or invest in an idea and there are some amazing moments where the dragons verbally attack entrepreneur's ideas. This makes great TV as you watch entrepreneurs crumble. However the best drama comes when more than one dragon ...  Read the complete review

Dragons Den is a BBC production and has one of the most basic formats on TV very similar to that of the X Factor (before the crowd came in) and Britain's Got Talent. But rather than judges there are five business entrepreneurs who are all in the den looking for the next big business idea which will add to their already bulging pockets, making us as the audience feel some sort of resentment for what they have got - well it makes me feel like that anyway! The den is set within what looks to be like a disused warehouse and gives off a very intimidating feel to the room if you were the one giving the pitch. Each budding inventor is given a few minutes of the ...  Read the complete review

Dragon's Den is an interesting show with numerous differerent adaptations existing in countries around the world including Japan, Russia, Sweden, the US and the UK. The UK version is hosted by the rather strange-looking ex BBC economics editor Evan Davis, and regularly features multi-millionaire entrpreneours Theo Pathitis, Duncan Bannatyne, Peter Jones and Deborah Meaden, as well as several others. Each episode numerous individuals with an invention/business idea approach 5 of the seated entrepreneurs (or 'Dragons') and try and convince them to invest their own money (normally between £50,000 and £150, 000) in their proposed business venture. The ...  Read the complete review

Dragons Den is a BBC2 programme based around members of the public selling ideas to multimillionaire investors. They enter the Dragons Den, present their product or business, advise the 'Dragons' how much money they require for investment in exchange for a percentage of their business. The show has elements of the X Factor because it is fun seeing madcap people with ideas and products attempting to sell them to the Dragons, these range from genius to ridiculous, its fun seeing the flaws in plans but also the Dragons reactions to the products, sometimes they'll shoot them down swiftly but at other times its interesting to see the Dragons falling ...  Read the complete review

Dragon's Den is a BBC programme where 5 successful business people consider backing the enterprise ideas of several contestants. The show has been running for 5 or 6 years now and is very popular. Each show lasts an hour, and usually 4 applicants are featured in depth, as well as short pieces on those who were rejected. Each of the 4 applicants has an interview with a presenter after leaving the den. The Dragons are backing with their own money, so they take the decision to back very seriously. However some of the companies they have backed have been very successful, such as Levi Roots brand of Reggae Reggae sauces. I love this show ...  Read the complete review