Dragons' Den (UK TV programme) 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
Pitch TV claimed that the situation was due to "unreasonable steps taken from Lloyds bank which ultimately brought the business to a standstill". Programming from JML continued to broadcast in its place for a time. On 30 September 2009, Pitch TV and Pitch World returned to Sky under the ownership of Pitch World Limited. Pitch TV was removed from Freesat channel 803 on 28 August 2009 before being re-added on 1 October 2009. On 12 April 2013, Pitch World Limited entered administration, sister channel Pitch World was replaced by Discount TV from TV Discount Store Limited on 1 May. Pitch TV was