Dragon's Den originally debuted on BBC Two in 2005.
The British business reality programme became one of BBC Two’s best-known factual entertainment series. Its format places entrepreneurs before a panel of investors, who decide whether to offer money in exchange for a share of the business.
The programme’s BBC Two identity is sometimes confused with BBC One because it later became a major mainstream hit and reached a broad audience. The channel is also distinct from BBC Three and BBC Four, which have carried other factual and entertainment programmes but were not the original home of Dragon's Den.
The British edition is one of several international versions of a format that began in Japan. Its success helped establish business-pitch television as a recurring genre in the United Kingdom.