Dragons' Den Dragons' Den Dragons' Den is a reality television program format in which entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hope of securing investment finance from them. The program originated in Japan, where it is known as "The Tigers of Money" (マネーの虎 manē no tora), a pun on "The Tiger of Malaya" (マレーの虎 marē no tora), the nickname of WWII general Tomoyuki Yamashita). The format was created and is owned by Nippon TV and is distributed by Sony Pictures Television. Local versions of the show have been produced in nearly 30 countries, as well as
Leader's Questions (TV programme) Leader's Questions (TV programme) Leader's Questions is an Irish TV programme broadcast on RTÉ One and RTÉ News Now. It is produced by RTÉ News and Current Affairs and is presented by Bryan Dobson with RTÉ Political Correspondent David McCullough acting as relief presenter. The programme airs every Wednesday at 10:25 during the Dáil term and broadcasts live proceedings from Leinster House of questions proposed by opposition leaders in parliament to the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste. The programme is on air for 45 minutes. Before and after the proceedings the presenter usually chairs analysis of the proceedings with a panel