Dragons Den and Out

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Seems there may be big changes ahead for Dragon's Den

TV Dragons face slaying
News Of The World
By Dan Wootton, Showbiz Editor, 15/08/2010

The BBC is secretly plotting a shake-up of the hit show that could signal the Dragons' End for James Caan, Theo Paphitis and Deborah Meaden.

But Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne - the most wealthy dragons - are likely to be safe.

Bosses of the BBC2 series are in the process of recruiting a number of new dragons to judge next year.

A telly insider told us: "The producers are planning a big overhaul of the show.

"They're approaching a lot of new businessmen and women - they'd like some younger millionaires and more women on the panel too."

Internet entrepreneur James Simpson - the boyfriend of model Sophie Anderton - is one of the big business names approached to join the show.

The 28-year-old tycoon was recently named among the 50 richest young people in Britain by the Sunday Times Rich List.

Our source said: "He's exactly the sort of dragon they want. He's young, self-made and would bring glamour to the panel."

The show, currently in its seventh season, sees entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to the panel who decide if they want to invest.

Last night a spokesman for the BBC said: "It is far too early to talk about the next series and any comment on who the Dragons may be is nothing more than pure speculation."
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Pierre says-:
I do hope that the rather sour and sneering Deborah is gone and smug Theo also goes :cool:
 
"Our source said: "He's exactly the sort of dragon they want. He's young, self-made and would bring glamour to the panel."

RAB what the hell has glamour got to do with this programme? Dragon's Den is one of the few programmes I actually watch and enjoy - If they ruin it I will not be happy :mad:
 
James and Deborah would be welcome to go - but I'd be sorry to see Theo leave. He seems as if he'd be, by far, the easiest Dragon to work with.
 
I think the BBC need to tread very carefully with this. I'm not sure quite why they need to tinker with the line-up - I appreciate that things change and people come and go, but again we have evidence of their obsession with youth and 'glamour'. I can foresee another ageism/sexism row if they get rid of Meaden and keep Jones and Bannatyne.
 
Yet another example of the TV industry's approach of "If it ain't broke - BREAK IT!" Dragon's Den is probably the only non-fiction show I watch, it was bad enough when they got shot of Richard Farleigh simply because they thought the line-up was too white, but this sounRAB bloody awful.
 
Don't think they should even be thinking of getting rid of Theo, he is by far the most likeable dragon and who is going to break the stupid products that some people bring on the show
 
Well Peter and Duncan have had 8 series. Theo 7. Deborah 6 and James 4. Perhaps it is time for a change. I'd been expecting at least James to go after his big bust up with Duncan.

I wonder if this has been on the carRAB for a little while. Peter suddenly seemed to become very pally with Duncan prior to this years filming.

I'll be sad to see Theo go. If they got rid of James and Deborah I could stomach that but Theo?!
 
Personally I don't think the Dragons Den should be on BBC tv. The licence fee pays for the show and therefore licence fee payers pay for their salary. Licence fee payers are paying millionaires to appear on a show. Hmm. Seems a bit morally questionable, that. Also, if their fee is quite high, they can use it to pay for at least one deal per series. I think the show should be on commercial tv like ITV1, Ch4 or Ch5.

As for new Dragons, well, I doubt changing the line-up will make much difference to the show. But a change is as good a rest - or so they say. ;)
 
I'm one of the few who like Deborah and I think she adRAB a lot to the panel. James could go and he wouldn't be missed much as he doesn't make much of an impact IMO.
 
I've gone off the whole idea of Dragon's Den since I heard Levi Roots say that he was approached to go on the show and not the other way around
(interview on Something for the Weekend last week)

If they recruit the applicants, it's not the show it purports to be.
 
I don't dislike her as such , just dislike the way she revels in belittling people when a lot of the time it is simply because they haven't understood the question and rather than nudging them in right direction she always just goes off on one embarassing them
 
You mean parts of the show are manufactured and not as real as they claim it to be? Interesting! The secret is revealed. ;)

I guess all reality tv - and I suppose Dragons Den falls into that bracket - is a bit fake or manipulated. If the show's producers actually look for investors and ask them to come on the show it does make you wonder how real it is.

I remember watching the early series of The Apprentice and thinking Sugar's real office was in central London and his secretary was genuine. But it wasn't. It turned out to be a fake tv boardroom and fake secretary. Oh well.
 
They had all that and more in Richard Farleigh and they dumped him. Star of the show who was charming, smiling and polite to the contenders and showed the others up. (Put previous young(ish) glamour boy Peter Jones in the shade and his nose out of joint. :D) Terrible decision.
 
Don't believe for s second that they'll ditch Theo. He's good value and his ability to destroy tat is priceless. James, unfortunately, has to be on the way out: the fact that he refuses to talk to Duncan anymore makes his position untenable. Deborah? Sorry, but inheriting the family business and selling it on doesn't make you a super-successful businesswoman.
 
Ugh. The panel is absolutely fine as it is.

TV producers strike me as a jittery, simple-minded lot. Always itching for the next chance to revamp, thinking the grass will greener on the other side. They need to realise that shows have natural lifespans and fiddling with them doesn't do much to alter that.

Removing Theo would be a particularly stupid move.
 
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