The BBC owns the British TV channel that airs the main series of Dragons' Den.
The programme is broadcast on BBC Two, one of the BBC’s national television channels. As a BBC production, Dragons' Den forms part of the corporation’s factual-entertainment and business programming rather than the commercial schedules of ITV, Channel 4 or Channel 5.
The show is sometimes confused with other British investment programmes that have appeared on different broadcasters. Its format centres on entrepreneurs pitching to a panel of investors, while the BBC supplies the broadcast platform and production framework.
The BBC is short for the British Broadcasting Corporation, the UK’s public-service broadcaster. BBC Two launched in 1964 and has long been associated with factual, documentary and specialist programming, making it a natural home for a business-pitch series.