BBC Two originally commissioned and aired the British television series Dragons' Den.
The programme premiered on BBC Two in January 2005, bringing the Japanese investment format to a UK audience. Its mix of entrepreneurship, negotiation and personal storytelling made it a distinctive part of the channel's factual-entertainment schedule.
The broadcaster is an important identifying detail because the UK television landscape includes several business and talent formats spread across BBC and commercial channels. Dragons' Den is not an ITV or Channel 4 programme, although those networks have broadcast other shows about entrepreneurs and business.
The BBC Two association also helps distinguish the British series from overseas versions. Canada's version and the United States' Shark Tank were made for their own national broadcasters and use different investor lineups, even though they share the same broad format.