Episode
Dragons' Den: Episode 8
Overview
A former banker hopes to secure funding to renovate a London underground station whilst a farmer pitches her plan to launch her own range of drinks.
Details
- Series
- Dragons' Den
- Season
- Season 13
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2015-08-30
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Episode 8 is Episode 8 in Season 13 of Dragons' Den. It aired on 2015-08-30. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 7
Panelists Deborah Meaden, Peter Jones, Touker Suleyman, Sarah Willingham and Nick Jenkins pass judgment over more business propositions. A mother of two invites them to sample some vegetables that have been cunningly disguised, while a scientist invites the Dragons to help him mix up a strange concoction as a way of demonstrating his ideas.
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