"Who is the host of the TV series ""Dragon's Den""?"
"as 'Instant Dragon's Den', where a caller is put through to the personal phone of Deborah Meaden, one of the TV show's current Dragons, with the caller then pitching their idea to Meaden, who always starts by asking how the caller got her number. The first two series of the show are available to buy on DVD. It is unknown whether the remaining series of the show will also be released. Dragons' Den (UK TV programme) Dragons' Den is a British television programme, hosted by Evan Davis. The format of the show is owned by Sony Pictures Television and is"
"Dragons' Den (UK TV programme) Dragons' Den is a British television programme, hosted by Evan Davis. The format of the show is owned by Sony Pictures Television and is based on the original Japanese programme, which has been sold around the world. The programme has been produced by BBC Manchester since its inception and was first broadcast on BBC Two on 4 January 2005. The show allows several entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their varying business ideas to a panel of five wealthy investors, the ""Dragons"" of the show's title, and pitch for financial investment while offering a stake of"
"Hilary Devey Hilary Lorraine Devey CBE (born 10 March 1957) is an English businesswoman, television personality and entrepreneur, best known for her two-year role on BBC Two programme ""Dragons' Den"" until she left to present the Channel 4 series ""The Intern"". Devey grew up in Bolton, Lancashire and, as a seven-year-old child, witnessed the results of the bankruptcy of her father, who had owned a central heating company, when bailiffs removed furniture and household goods from the family home. Her father then earned a living managing pubs and hotels. She attended Bolton School and after leaving, at the age of"
"history repeated itself when Devey herself, discovered that her ex-partner was also already married with five children. Devey campaigns for various charities including Carers Trust, of which she became vice-president in 2012. She donates to charity one penny for each pallet distributed by the Pall-Ex network through her 'Penny a Pallet' scheme. She also supports the Stroke Association, for which she became a patron in 2010. Guest appearances Hilary Devey Hilary Lorraine Devey CBE (born 10 March 1957) is an English businesswoman, television personality and entrepreneur, best known for her two-year role on BBC Two programme ""Dragons' Den"" until she"
"Arlene Dickinson Arlene Dickinson (born October 8, 1956) is a Canadian businesswoman, investor, author, and television personality. She is the CEO of Venture Communications and is represented by CBC Television as a self-made multi-millionaire. Dickinson joined the cast of the CBC business reality show ""Dragons' Den"" during its second season in 2007 and later departed in the ninth season in 2015. She then returned to continue with the Dragons for the 12th season in 2017. She was selected to perform on the series after she won numerous awards including Calgary Business Owner of the Year, ""PROFIT"" magazine's Top 100 Women"
"producer Stuart Coxe, who during the first two seasons occasionally asked O'Leary to be ""more evil"". ""Dragons' Den"" became one of the most-watched shows in CBC history, with around two million viewers per episode. Coxe attributed the show's success in large part to O'Leary's presence. In 2009, the American version of ""Dragons' Den"", ""Shark Tank"", began, and ""Shark Tank"" executive producer Mark Burnett invited two of the CBC ""Dragons' Den"" investors, O'Leary and Robert Herjavec, to appear on the show. Both have remained with ""Shark Tank"" since the beginning. For several years, they appeared on both shows, although Herjavec left"
"January 2016, Richard was cleared of the child sex offences brought against him. Doug Richard Doug Richard (born May 6, 1958) is an American entrepreneur best known for his television appearances in the United Kingdom. He appeared as a ""Dragon"" on the first two series of ""Dragons' Den"" and was also a government adviser. Richard received his undergraduate degree from University of California at Berkeley majoring in psychology in 1980. He received his Doctorate of Law at University of California at Los Angeles in 1985. He received his Executive Management Certificate from UCLA School of Business in 1989. Richard founded"
"Dragons 2010 are: Previous Dragons 2009: The Turkish version of Dragons' Den is on BloombergHT. Baybars Altuntaş is one of the dragons. In Ukraine, the series was called ' (', ""Business Sharks"") and featured Dragons such as future presidential candidate Serhiy Tihipko. In the UK, ""Dragons' Den"" is broadcast on BBC Two, which has exclusive rights to the show's format from its Japanese producers. The Executive Producer is Dominic Bird and it is hosted by BBC ""Newsnight"" presenter Evan Davis. The Dragons are/were: In 2008, television producer Mark Burnett signed a deal with format holder Sony to produce an American"
"Dragons' Den (Irish TV series) Dragons' Den is an Irish TV series, presented by Richard Curran, based on the worldwide series Dragons' Den. It first aired in February 2009 and is currently in its eighth series. The first episode was broadcast on 19 February 2009. A third season of ""Dragons' Den"" began airing on RTÉ One, on Thursday, 20 February 2011. Norah Casey was the new Dragon for the third season. Episodes at the end of the third season, for the first time on ""Dragons' Den"" in Ireland, showed the Dragons on tour visiting their past investments. A fourth season"
"Sarah Willingham Sarah Louise Willingham (born 21 December 1973) is a British entrepreneur, investor and consumer champion. She is best known for her management in high street restaurants such as Planet Hollywood and Pizza Express and as an investor in growing businesses on Dragons Den. Willingham bought the Bombay Bicycle Club while in partnership with The Clapham House Group. She was able successfully to expand the Bombay Bicycle Club from a chain of six restaurants to a seventeen chain business. From 2015 to 2017 she appeared in the BBC Two series ""Dragons' Den"". Willingham has two business degrees from Oxford"
"is hosted by Guy Zohar. In the Israeli version, there are six dragons who rotate their appearance weekly. The first season was broadcast during the summer and fall of 2006. The dragons in season 1 were: Ze'ev Holtzman, Israela Shtier, Aviv Tzidon, Oded Dessau, Jacky Ben-Zaken, and Nir Sharatzki. The second season began being broadcast on Channel 10 on 24 May 2007. As in the first season, the dragons rotate their appearance weekly. Aviv Tzidon and Jacky Ben-Zaken returned from the first season and were joined by the following new dragons: In 2018 the show was renewed by Gil Productions"
"Dianne Buckner Dianne Buckner is a Canadian television journalist, best known as a host of business-oriented programming, such as ""Venture"" and ""Dragons' Den"", on CBC Television and CBC News Network. She has also been a guest anchor on CBC news programs such as """", ""Midday"" and ""As It Happens"". She previously worked for CTV, where she hosted the consumer awareness program ""Live It Up!"" and was a reporter for ""Canada AM"" and ""CTV National News"". Buckner currently hosts ""Dragons' Den"", CBC's hit reality program, and is a member of CBC News' business team. She writes a weekly column about small"
"""The Hour"" between 2010 and 2013. He has also appeared as himself on the ""Royal Canadian Air Farce"" New Year's Eve episode in 2012, and appeared once on ""The Lang and O'Leary Exchange"" in 2013 as the host. Chilton's most recent guest appearance was on ""Arctic Air"" in 2013, appearing as himself. Chilton also landed a role on the hit TV series ""Dragons' Den"" in 2012, replacing Robert Herjavec for the seventh season. Chilton was contracted to stay with ""Dragons’ Den"" until the ninth season, after which he announced he was leaving the show to ""focus on his deals full-time."""
"Nick Jenkins Nicholas David ""Nick"" Jenkins (born 13 May 1967) is an English businesssman, known for founding the online greetings card retailer Moonpig.com and being a ""dragon"" on the BBC Two business series ""Dragons' Den"" from 2015 to 2017. He was born in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire and attended Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire and Birmingham University where he read Russian literature. He then worked for eight years as a commodity trader for Glencore in Moscow. In 1998, he returned to the UK to study for an MBA at Cranfield University. 'Moonpig' was his nickname at school, hence the name"
"Deborah Meaden Deborah Sonia Meaden (born 1959) is an English businesswoman who ran a multimillion-pound family holiday business, before completing a management buyout, but is now best known for her appearances on the BBC Two business programme ""Dragons' Den"". Meaden was born in Somerset. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother moved Deborah and her older sister Gail to Brightlingsea in Essex. Her mother remarried and had two more daughters (Cass and Emma) with Brian, the man Meaden calls Dad. Meaden went to the Godolphin School, Salisbury, for a brief period and then to Trowbridge High School"
"of the brand. In 2011 he sold Moonpig for £120 million. Since 2008, Nick has been actively investing in start-up businesses. He was a member of the Impact Ventures UK investment committee: an investment fund which invests in social enterprises using innovation to find better solutions to social issues in the UK. He is also involved with the educational charity ""Ark and Shivia"". Nick Jenkins Nicholas David ""Nick"" Jenkins (born 13 May 1967) is an English businesssman, known for founding the online greetings card retailer Moonpig.com and being a ""dragon"" on the BBC Two business series ""Dragons' Den"" from 2015"
"W. Brett Wilson William Brett Wilson, (born on July 1, 1957; named after his father William George) is a Canadian investment banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is a season 3 panellist on CBC Television's ""Dragons' Den"". Wilson was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. He holds honorary doctoral degrees from Royal Roads University and his alma mater, the University of Saskatchewan. As of 2015, Wilson is a member of the Order of Canada's Advisory Council. Wilson graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and worked for Imperial Oil for three years in the"
"Dragons' Den (Canadian TV series) Dragons' Den is a Canadian television reality show based on the internationally franchised ""Dragons' Den"" format which began in Japan. The show debuted on October 3, 2006 on CBC Television, and is hosted by Dianne Buckner. Aspiring Canadian entrepreneurs pitch business and investment ideas to a panel of venture capitalists (termed ""Dragons"") in the hope of securing business financing and partnerships. Auditions for the 13th season began on February 10 in Toronto, Ontario and ended on April 7. As of April 5, 2018, 216 episodes of Dragons' Den have aired. Dragons' Den was added to"
"battle with cancer. He appeared on Season 9 and 10 of ""Dragons' Den"". Cliff Floyd Cornelius Clifford Floyd, Jr. (born December 5, 1972) is a former Major League Baseball left fielder, and is also currently a co-host on Sirius XM Radio. Floyd was born to parents Cornelius Clifford Floyd, Sr. and Olivia Floyd. After spending 13 years as an only child, Floyd was joined by brother Julius. Sister Shanta was later adopted when the Floyds noticed her as a six-year-old classmate of Julius' who had been troublesome for her then adoptive parents. The three siblings were raised in Markham, Illinois,"
"48 homes. In July 2010, Meaden was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Exeter Business School. She also received an honorary degree from Staffordshire University in the same month. She was given an honorary degree at Keele University in July 2013. In July 2014, Meaden was awarded an honorary degree from Bath Spa University. Deborah Meaden Deborah Sonia Meaden (born 1959) is an English businesswoman who ran a multimillion-pound family holiday business, before completing a management buyout, but is now best known for her appearances on the BBC Two business programme ""Dragons' Den"". Meaden was born in Somerset."
"was told the show would go down."" Simon Woodroffe Simon Woodroffe OBE (born 14 February 1952) is an English motivational speaker and entrepreneur. He started the sushi chain YO! Sushi in 1997, and appeared as a ""Dragon"" on the first UK series of Dragons' Den. Woodroffe conceived and launched YO! Sushi after an early spell in television. The business established conveyor belt sushi bars featuring call buttons, robot drinks trolleys, Japanese TV, self heating plates and other such novelties. He currently speaks around the world at corporate and promotional events, and has appeared on stage at the Edinburgh Festival to"
"and guitar. Tej Lalvani Tej Lalvani (born 13 July 1974) is a British businessman, and the CEO of the UK's largest vitamin company Vitabiotics, which was founded by his father Kartar Lalvani. He is best known for being one of the ""dragons"" on the BBC television series ""Dragons' Den"". Lalvani started his career working in the warehouse of his father's company Vitabiotics over twenty years ago, before succeeding his father as CEO. Along with his wife, Lalvani runs a property investment business in London. In 2012, Lalvani was named Young Entrepreneur at the Asian Business Awards as well as Young"
"Den this year, replacing Seán O'Sullivan. The current dragons are Gavin Duffy, Barry O'Sullivan, Alison Cowzer, Eleanor McEvoy and Chanelle McCoy. The previous dragons with their seat orders were: Former Dragon Seán Gallagher was a candidate in the 2011 presidential election, coming in second to Michael D. Higgins. Three current or former Dragons, Peter Casey, Seán Gallagher and Gavin Duffy, were candidates in the 2018 presidential election, coming in second, third and sixth (last), respectively. Dragons' Den (Irish TV series) Dragons' Den is an Irish TV series, presented by Richard Curran, based on the worldwide series Dragons' Den. It first"
"James Caan (entrepreneur) James Caan (born Nazim Khan, 28 December 1960) is a British-Pakistani entrepreneur and television personality. He is best known as a former investor on the BBC television programme ""Dragons’ Den"", in which he was one of the Dragons from 2007 to 2010. More recently, he has hosted ""The Business Class"" on CNBC, a series which sees him joined by experts from a cross-section of industries to analyse and advise innovative UK small and medium enterprises. He is also Chairman of the UK Government's Start Up Loans Scheme, which supports entrepreneurs with funding and mentoring to start their"
"as mystery guests. The show was recorded on 30 August 2012 and aired on 30 September 2012. The teams were: The in-studio final bonus questions were provided by the Cheeky Girls. ""Dragons' Den"" dragon Duncan Bannatyne provided a live guest question. Recorded guest questions were provided by Gregg Wallace, Nick Bateman, Peter Andre, half of McFly, Gareth Gates, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, and Charles Dance (doing a dramatic reading from the autobiography of Katie Price). The children of Mitchell Brook Primary School made an appearance acting out the cheating scandal on ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"". Providing the song lyric as"
"series ""Dragons' Den"". She joined the cast on Season 10 in 2015, alongside Joe Fresh founder Joe Mimran and Manjit Minhas of Minhas Breweries after the departure of Arlene Dickinson, David Chilton, and Vikram Vij, and continues to appear in 2018 alongside new Dragons Lane Merrifield and Vincenzo Guzzo. Romanow has been recognized with several honors and awards including: Michele Romanow Michele Romanow (born June 12, 1985) is a Canadian tech entrepreneur, television personality, board director and venture capitalist. She co-founded Clearbanc, a San Francisco-based provider of revenue sharing solutions to fund new online businesses. She co-founded SnapSaves, which was"
"some very obvious missed opportunities. ""Dragons' Den: Online"" was a special, online version of the show, which follows the same format as the main show, but is presented by Dominic Byrne, and features Shaf Rasul and Julie Meyer as the Dragons. Instead of being set inside a Den, entrepreneurs pitch to the two Dragons via online video pitches, and subsequent interaction through webcam chat. The highest amount of money on offer is £50,000, which the Dragons can only individually invest in any one business. Episodes were posted weekly, for six weeks from 16 September 2009 to 7 October 2009, and"
"Paul Gross and has hosted events to support military members and their families. Wilson was married to his engineering classmate Pamela Janzen from 1981 to 2001. Together they have three adult children, Rebecca, Justine and Russel. W. Brett Wilson William Brett Wilson, (born on July 1, 1957; named after his father William George) is a Canadian investment banker, businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He is a season 3 panellist on CBC Television's ""Dragons' Den"". Wilson was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. He holds honorary doctoral degrees from Royal Roads University and his alma mater, the University of Saskatchewan. As of 2015,"
"viewers could participate by rating business plans before the two dragons offered their verdict. A number of one-off specials accompanying the broadcast of the main show have also been produced, often as Christmas specials or charity specials. The following eight programmes have been aired thus far: Two episode of ""Dragons' Den: Pitches to Riches"" were presented by TV host Richard Osman and aired on 28 February and 31 December 2016. The show looked back on some of the most successful pitches in the den. Some contestants have gone on to reach the market with their products despite being turned down"
"this show is Nabeel A. Qadeer who was the Director Entrepreneurship at Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB). The judges include: In Poland, the program is called ""Dragons' Den – jak zostać milionerem"" (""How to be a millionaire"") and has been broadcast on TV4 since 2011. The largest investment ever secured on the program was 15,000,000 PLN (5,500,000 U.S. dollars), on 24 April 2011. The Polish Dragons in 2011 were: The Portuguese version of ""Dragons' Den"" has the American name ""Shark Tank"". It is broadcast on the SIC Network. It began in 2015, and a second season is planned. The Portuguese"
"News International in relation to phone hacking in 2005-2006. No acceptance of liability was made in relation to the allegations against Evans in respect of 2009. Since the settlement, her test case has been replaced by that of footballer Ashley Cole. Kelly Hoppen Kelly Elaine Hoppen MBE (born 28 July 1959) is a South African interior designer, author, and proprietor of Kelly Hoppen Interiors. From 2013 to 2015 she was a ""Dragon"" on BBC Two's ""Dragons' Den"". Kelly Hoppen was born on 28 July 1959 in Cape Town, South Africa. Her mother Stephanie Hoppen (née Shub) and her father Seymour"
"Kelly Hoppen Kelly Elaine Hoppen MBE (born 28 July 1959) is a South African interior designer, author, and proprietor of Kelly Hoppen Interiors. From 2013 to 2015 she was a ""Dragon"" on BBC Two's ""Dragons' Den"". Kelly Hoppen was born on 28 July 1959 in Cape Town, South Africa. Her mother Stephanie Hoppen (née Shub) and her father Seymour Hoppen are of Estonian Jewish ancestry. Her brother, Michael, owns the Michael Hoppen Gallery. When Hoppen was two, her family relocated to London where she has lived ever since. Upon the sudden death of her father, Hoppen briefly returned to South"
"Doug Richard Doug Richard (born May 6, 1958) is an American entrepreneur best known for his television appearances in the United Kingdom. He appeared as a ""Dragon"" on the first two series of ""Dragons' Den"" and was also a government adviser. Richard received his undergraduate degree from University of California at Berkeley majoring in psychology in 1980. He received his Doctorate of Law at University of California at Los Angeles in 1985. He received his Executive Management Certificate from UCLA School of Business in 1989. Richard founded his first company, ITAL Computers in 1985, which sold services that integrated computer"