BBC Two originally broadcast the British business reality programme Dragon's Den.
The series premiered on BBC Two in January 2005. Its format places entrepreneurs before a panel of investors, who question the founders about sales, profit, valuation and the amount of equity offered. A successful pitch can lead to negotiations, although an agreement filmed in the studio is subject to further checks before completion.
BBC Two has long been associated with factual, documentary and specialist programming, making it the original home of the business series. The programme's success helped turn business pitching into mainstream television entertainment in the United Kingdom.
The broadcaster can be confused with the channel carrying other national versions of the format. In the UK, the original broadcaster was BBC Two; later scheduling and related programming do not change the channel that launched the series.