In ‘these troubled times’, telly is in an interesting place, and this is especially the case for the types of shows that thrive on talking about money. I’m thinking particularly of property and business-based shows. With new series of Location, Location, Location, Dragon’s Den and Property Ladder running at the moment, how are these programmes [...]
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Like so much leftover turkey being reworked into sandwiches and curry, today’s schedules are full of repeats and revisits. However, like a turkey sandwich, sometimes repeats can be a very tasty prospect. Well, I say that, but I’m a vegetarian, so I don’t actually know if the simile works. The day kicks off with a [...]
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DRAGON! Dragon’s Den: Outside the Den, BBC Two, 9.00pm Dragon’s Den: Outside the Den is a curious series. I’m not entirely sure how much interest there is in the ‘real’ lives of the dragons. I did actually watch the one with Theo Paphitis a couple of weeks ago, and he talked about his kids, his [...]
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TYCOONERY! Dragon’s Den, BBC Two, 9.00pm Worried about Monday nights, now Mary, Queen of Shops has finished? Fear not, for a new series of Dragon’s Den is hot on its heels, with a different take on loathsome idiots who don’t know what they’re doing, loveable idiots who don’t know what they’re doing and a little [...]
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JUDGEMENT! Dragons’ Den, BBC2, 9.00pm So: that trail for the new series of Dragon’s Den, then? Pretty terrifying, isn’t it? If we were the weak-willed sort (which we’re obviously not; we sat through the entire men’s group dance routine on Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday without running from the room in tears), it’d be likely [...]
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UPDATE! Dragons’ Den: Where Are They Now?, BBC2, 8.00pm This is not, sadly, a documentary charting what happened to Peter Jones after he had the idea to cart a show off to ITV, although that probably would be quite fun to watch. Especially the part where he saw the ratings. Don’t lose heart, however, because [...]
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SWEATY! Dragons’ Den, BBC2, 8pm Everyone’s favourite humiliation-fest dressed up as a business show is back! Fantastically, it looks like Dragons’ Den is sticking to the format of having one slightly decent business idea bobbing around in a faux-fur-seated toilet of lunacy. ‘Slightly decent idea’ being the key term here, given that last year’s example [...]
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