The BEST episodes of Dragons' Den season 17
Every episode of Dragons' Den season 17, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dragons' Den season 17!
Aspiring entrepreneurs have one chance to make their dreams come true when they pitch their business idea to five multimillionaire investors. It's make or break time.
#1 - Episode 5
Season 17 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/2019
The panel oversee more business propositions, with returning Dragon Theo Paphitis joining regulars Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Tej Lalvani and Sara Davies. Two entrepreneurs seeking funding for a range of drinks go to the lengths of setting up a bar in the studio, while other items up for assessment include a design for a pipe-fitting tool and a range of men's cosmetics.
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#2 - Episode 6
Season 17 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/2019
The Dragons assess the profit-making potential of an inventive new solution to clearing up post-festival rubbish, a means of balancing gut bacteria from a sauerkraut enthusiast, and a new kind of phone alarm app. Theo Paphitis continues to stand in for Touker Suleyman.
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#3 - Episode 3
Season 17 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/2019
The Dragons assess the profit-making potential of an eco-friendly entrepreneur's alternative to straws, a range of skincare products, a device designed to make bikes more visible, and a brand of food with a personal story behind it.
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#4 - Episode 4
Season 17 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2019
Former Dragon Theo Paphitis returns to the panel to stand in for Touker Suleyman, joining Sara Davies, Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden and Tej Lalvani in assessing more business ideas. This week's entrepreneurs pitch their ideas for a diet app, a clothes-mending workshop, a gadget for repairing bicycle chains, and a range of dog treats.
#5 - Episode 7
Season 17 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/2019
A Yorkshire shepherd and his business partner hope the Dragons will flock to invest in their field-to-fork lamb delivery boxes. An inclusive fashion designer brings a little street style to the Den and a confectionery pioneer hopes to bag a sweet Dragon deal with his low sugar, dairy-free chocolate.
#6 - Episode 1
Season 17 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/2019
Crafting queen Sara Davies, joins Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman and Tej Lalvani. In this episode, a spiced rum entrepreneur gets the party started with a rock 'n' roll makeover.
#7 - Episode 11
Season 17 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/22/2020
An inventor tries to recruit the Dragons for his war on household draughts, and a micro-businessman introduces the investors to the idea that dogs eating bugs could be a good (and profitable) thing.
#8 - Episode 12
Season 17 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/29/2020
A German-Portuguese business combo have their business, which makes camera lenses for mobile phones, brought into sharp focus but will they be in the frame for investment? An entrepreneur who started her company from her mum’s kitchen table wants to roll out her raw baked vegan treats to the masses, and a duo hope their intravenous vitamin drip service gets a cash injection.
#9 - Episode 14
Season 17 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/12/2020
Syrian refugees Razan and Raghid Sandouk bring their British-made alternative to Cypriot halloumi to the Den, but will the Dragons think it is a tasty proposition? Also breezing into the Den are partners in business and life Richard and Samantha, with their cutting-edge virus filtration gadgets. And Joe Metcalfe is hoping for a handout from the Dragons with his charity-meets-commerce clothing business. Can he convince the Dragons that pre-loved can be profitable?
#10 - Episode 2
Season 17 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/18/2019
A pair of porridge entrepreneurs invite the Dragons to a teddy bears’ picnic and academic traditions are turned on their head by two graduates who are determined to disrupt an established marketplace.
#11 - Episode 13
Season 17 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/5/2020
Hoping they are the right fit for the Dragons are a couple with an ergonomic underwear range for men. An eco-warrior wants to put a cap on plastic pollution with his water bottles made from starch. And some care-home owners have invented an armchair tray for the elderly, but will investment be on the table for them?
#12 - Episode 10
Season 17 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/2020
A colourful hair entrepreneur offers one Dragon a new look - and all of them a new investment opportunity. A cheesecake-maker has sweet dreams of a cash boost for his franchise model, but will his pitch be the stuff of nightmares? And a husband-and-wife team hope their electrical invention will make sparks fly in the Den as rival Dragons Deborah Meaden and Sara Davies line up to try it out.
#13 - Episode 9
Season 17 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/8/2020
Tonight’s hopefuls include a beauty entrepreneur whose tools have a social as well as practical purpose and two low-alcohol brewers who hope the Dragons will stump up for the ultimate round of investment. And the multimillionaires try more than a business on for size when a footwear entrepreneur pitches his range of hand-finished shoes. Will he leave the Den walking on air?
#14 - Episode 8
Season 17 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/22/2019
Dragons’ Den is back with a positively festive feel. But seasonal goodwill is no guarantee of success for a new batch of entrepreneurs facing fiery multimillionaires Sara Davies, Touker Suleyman, Deborah Meaden, Tej Lalvani and Peter Jones. An eco-friendly gift wrap business gets a helping hand from Santa, while a sock entrepreneur embodies the holiday spirit with his buy-one give-one business model. And a pair of candle entrepreneurs try to convince the Dragons that their products can spark some serious profit. But while all the ho-ho-hopefuls dream of Dragon cash for Christmas, these investors don’t give the gift of investment unless a business has real sparkle.