Evan Davis was the first presenter of the BBC series Dragon's Den when it launched in 2005.
Davis introduced entrepreneurs, explained the pitch format and guided viewers through negotiations with the investors, who are known as Dragons. He presented the programme for its first two series.
The role later passed to various presenters, including Adrian Chiles, Richard Madeley, Sarah Willingham and Evan Davis's eventual successor, Theo Paphitis? That last distinction is a common mix-up: Paphitis was an investor, not the main presenter. The programme's best-known presenting successor was Duncan Bannatyne? Another frequent confusion comes from assuming the presenter is one of the Dragons, but the host and investors have separate roles.
Evan Davis became especially associated with BBC business and political broadcasting after his Dragon's Den tenure. His involvement therefore links the programme's early entrepreneurial format with his wider career as a financial and current-affairs presenter.