Dragons’ Den star Duncan Bannatyne has suggested that show bosses sack millionaire James Caan from the lineup and replace him with Apprentice star Karren Brady.
Bannatyne has insisted that the BBC needs only him and Peter Jones on the show, adding that the rest of the panel including Deborah Meaden and Theo Paphitis are completely replaceable.
He told The Sun:
A fast and accurate arts and antiques valuation website service – www.ValueMyStuffNow.com – received a £100k cash investment in return for a 40 per cent share of the business by the Dragons’ Den stars Theo Paphitis and Deborah Meaden on last night’s BBC TWO programme.
The BBC are reportedly considering sacking James Caan, Theo Paphitis and Deborah Meaden from Dragons’ Den and planning to hire some younger millionaires to take their place on the show’s panel.
It seems that Dragon’s Den bigwig, Duncan Bannatyne, has plans to feature ten “tramps” in a new reality TV show in which the vagrants will compete for a job with Bannatyne.
The Sun reports that Duncan intends to “put the down-and-outs through their paces” at his own luxury spa hotel in Hastings, East Sussex.
The show, to be called “Homeless Hotel” will see the homeless competitors go through numerous rounds, with one eventually being awarded a job.
It seems the show’s producers are working closely with homeless charity Shelter prior to the show commencing later this year.
A show source told the paper, “Reality shows have tackled everything under the sun but no one has thought of doing something like this… Read more & comment »
Dragons’ Den panellist Theo Paphitis has joined the board of Marvel Entertainment.
Having previously revived retail brands including Ryman the Stationer and the Contessa and La Senza lingerie chains, Paphitis will be overseeing the development of Marvel’s interests in Europe from September.
“I’ve always said that business should be fun and joining the advisory board of Marvel is certainly that,” said Paphitis. “Having loved Marvel’s comics, films and merchandise, I now find myself sharing them with my children and grandchildren.
David Attenborough has a point, the Dragons certainly are a fearsome species!
Launching a new musical is a notoriously risky venture; will Kent-based theatre director and former Pebble Mill presenter Josephine Buchan hit the right note in her quest for cash? East London brothers Oliver and Toby Richmond hope there will be no stalling when they ask the Dragons to invest in their car servicing company. A former GCSE project takes centre stage when Welsh student Emily Webb asks for 75,000 pounds to take her invention to market, and Rugby duo Frank Drewett and Lawrence Webb hope a Dragon’s backing will help lift the lid on the potential of their wheelie bin accessory.
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Top British inventor Trevor Baylis has hit out at the producers of Dragons’ Den, saying that the show belittles entrants.
Baylis invented the clockwork radio in 1989 and has asked the BBC to show more respect to the people who put themselves forward for the show.
TV’s dragon slayer Levi Roots brings carnival to the kitchen with his hot’n'spicy debut cookbook. After winning over the business minds of The Dragon’s Den with little more than a song and a smile, entrepreneur Levi Roots has since sold more than one million bottles of his delicious Reggae Reggae Sauce. Building on this success and his ever-growing popularity as a food hero, Levi Roots now has his very own cookbook!
Dragons’ Den has got to be one of the best reality TV shows around and the fact that some people actually launch a decent career off the back of it (think Levi Roots of Reggae Reggae sauce and Imran Hakim of the iTeddy) makes it doubly enjoyable for me.
