11-03-2018, 01:24 PM
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Dragons Den is no more
Dragons Den, the BBC2 TV show fronted by Evan Davis which features five ever-changing arrogant capitalists grilling unsuspecting enterpreneurs hoping their products will get a backer has ended. It may be bought by another station but the BBC say it has run its course for them.I used to enjoy the series very much. There was some good banter between the panel and some curious inventions along the way. I enjoyed it a lot more in the early days, especially when Duncan Bannatyne was member of the team and that strange Yorkshire woman with the big shoulder pads. Peter Jones is also a very good sport and clever bloke.
What I didn't like was the patronising humilation that was often shown towards the inventors, sometimes verging on sheer condescending behavoir. And the piles of £50 notes on the tables - that is just greed shown by these rich people.
Did you enjoy this series? Are you sad to see it go?
11-03-2018, 02:05 PM
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I used to love it .... but as you say, the Dragons themselves got a bit up their own bums.They used to want 5 to 10% of the business for their investment, which was getting up to a greedy 30%.
Given that they were also supposed to be helping entrepreneurs without too much business acumen or contacts (but interesting good ideas) they did sometimes rip the poor people to shreds with sarcasm or mockery.
Why the hell did they think they were asking for help?
I used to like the little guy who sold Moonpig cards ..he was cute and cuddly and I called him Biggles. He seemed one of the few Dragons who could remember what it was like to take a punt, try to build a business and share their sense of enthusiasm and adventure into the unknown. .. rather than guaranteed profits and exit strategies.
11-03-2018, 02:11 PM
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I will be sad to see it go
I knew two of the entrants, one a friend of my son the other a Chinese girl I looked after in a boarding school (neither got an investment) .
I didn't find the Dragons patronising but they could be harsh with those who hadn't bothered to make sure of their figures and justifiably so.
11-03-2018, 08:40 PM
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I used to love it but I haven't watched it in a long time, don't really know why I stopped watching because I always enjoyed it when I did. All except Peter are cocky buggers though although Duncan, even though I used to play pop about him, I couldn't help but smile sometimes, one I love to hate I guess lol11-03-2018, 08:46 PM
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Re: Dragons Den is no more
Originally Posted by Floydy
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Dragons Den, the BBC2 TV show fronted by Evan Davis which features five ever-changing arrogant capitalists grilling unsuspecting enterpreneurs hoping their products will get a backer has ended. It may be bought by another station but the BBC say it has run its course for them.I used to enjoy the series very much. There was some good banter between the panel and some curious inventions along the way. I enjoyed it a lot more in the early days, especially when Duncan Bannatyne was member of the team and that strange Yorkshire woman with the big shoulder pads. Peter Jones is also a very good sport and clever bloke.
What I didn't like was the patronising humilation that was often shown towards the inventors, sometimes verging on sheer condescending behavoir. And the piles of £50 notes on the tables - that is just greed shown by these rich people.
Did you enjoy this series? Are you sad to see it go?
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