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#2626 |
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This could have been done with a decent quality exercise mat with colour patches on it to fit in with the exercise instruction that goes with it.. so people know where to put their feet etc.
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He presumably re-invested all of that £2.2m he got from selling his first company? Ok...
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He should have spent more money on a decent website
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#2629 |
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Scrap the sob stories and get rid of Evan doing the commentary as well as quickening the pace a bit more and the show would start to be good.
I'm liking Touka and the other guy. Have a feeling the woman might be a bit of the Kelly of last series. |
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Edited really weirdly this series, and STOP SPOILING THE ENTIRE SERIES BBC!
I liked Touker, Sarah is a breath of fresh air compared to Kelly, Nick I haven't decided on yet, Deborah still getting out of the wrong side of bed and Peter is just one of the props so has to be present. But as others have said the people coming in are just a bit boring now, 80% of them seem to be 'I'm here today to try and flog something I bought off a bloke in China" ![]() Evan up to his usual tricks with his commentary "But will Sarah Willingham be WILLING to invest"
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Agree with the comments above me.
Annoying and aggravating things that haven't changed in this "revamp"........ 1. Deborah Meaden thinking she is the top Dragon - someone please remove her from that middle chair. 2. Deborah Meaden revelling in catching people out on basic stuff and then protesting she feels no joy in doing so. 3. Close up shots of Deborah Meaden's nails every minute. 4. Deborah Meaden continually acting and talking as if she's the shrewdest investor and business woman in the universe whilst doing nothing bar pointing out the bleeding obvious. 5. Deborah Meaden not retiring like the other dragons. Go and live in the sun somewhere love. At least with Peter we get some cracking one liners and insightful words.....she's purely there for vanity and ego feeding. Ok enough of her.... 6. I am sure I'm not the only one DUMBFOUNDED by the producers choice to continue with the "coming up on tonight's show" segments - WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW!! We are watching the show for gods sake!! It simply beggars belief that the production crew think the viewers enjoy seeing previews whilst the show is actually on. 7. On a similar note I can safely say none of the production team read this forum cos if they did they would have dropped all the previewing and also dropped the ludicrous patronising interjections from Evan after each pitch simply repeating what we've all just heard. Thats been driving people mad for approximately a decade. 8. Shark Tank is much better - still. |
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I am sure I'm not the only one DUMBFOUNDED by the producers choice to continue with the "coming up on tonight's show" segments - WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW!! We are watching the show for gods sake!! It simply beggars belief that the production crew think the viewers enjoy seeing previews whilst the show is actually on.
I watch DD for the unexpectedness factor...Touker seems to be the new "nice guy" in the Theo mould whereas the other chap is a bit of a Mr Nasty. Undecided thus far on Sarah. |
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Theos older brother even has the same mannerisms as Theo!
He'll be on about his childrens inheritance soon ![]() ![]() I just thought Theo had aged very rapidly. |
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As soon as I saw the guys in lycra getting ready to come in I switched off. If it's a gimmicky exercise/dance/alternative therapy thing I just do not watch those pitches.
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I may have misheard but did the property investment guy say that for the past three years the company has not made a profit, but later said he had been able to pay dividends?
Isnt that a Ponzi scheme? Coz presumably he was paying dividends from new investors money! |
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i don't like it either, the 'and will any of these entrepreneurs be able to secure investment?' sections where they basically show you brief teasers of what's still to come in the show you're watching.
some of you will know better than me, but there's a name for it in telly land i.e. not just showing the viewer a linear program but swapping it around and/or throwing teaser segments in. the 'experts' believe it will keep a viewer engaged with the program and lessen the chances of them switching over. suppose it's connected to the fact/assumption that younger generations have a much shorter attention span and are more prone to reach for the remote. |
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I may have misheard but did the property investment guy say that for the past three years the company has not made a profit, but later said he had been able to pay dividends?
Isnt that a Ponzi scheme? Coz presumably he was paying dividends from new investors money! |
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He should have spent more money on a decent website
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I have a plastic step thing for reaching into high cupboards. If I wasn't allergic to exercise I could use that and save £120.
Perhaps I missed something, but crowd funding sounded more like a reinvention of the Building Society movement. |
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6. I am sure I'm not the only one DUMBFOUNDED by the producers choice to continue with the "coming up on tonight's show" segments - WE DON'T WANT TO KNOW!! We are watching the show for gods sake!! It simply beggars belief that the production crew think the viewers enjoy seeing previews whilst the show is actually on.
7. On a similar note I can safely say none of the production team read this forum cos if they did they would have dropped all the previewing and also dropped the ludicrous patronising interjections from Evan after each pitch simply repeating what we've all just heard. Thats been driving people mad for approximately a decade. |
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The new Dragons are very bland. The show ended really when Theo left.
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The new Dragons are very bland. The show ended really when Theo left.
As for Nick, I'm amazed that Moonpig is that successful! |
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The new Dragons are very bland. The show ended really when Theo left.
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I agree they've brought in some really boring people and Deborah seems to be getting very cranky. I started watching the Canadian version a while ago and their Dragons are far more interesting.
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The new Dragons are very bland. The show ended really when Theo left.
I agree Theo is a massive miss but I'm quite optimistic for the new series |
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On the evidence of the first show I think they are a huge improvement over Hilary, Piers and Kelly.
I agree Theo is a massive miss but I'm quite optimistic for the new series Agree the 3 new ones seem better already than other 3. Couldn't stand Theo and his "basics" of business lessons every show like Meaden does now...........also thought he was hilarious whereas i only find Peter Jones to have any wit. |
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Agree the 3 new ones seem better already than other 3.
Couldn't stand Theo and his "basics" of business lessons every show like Meaden does now...........also thought he was hilarious whereas i only find Peter Jones to have any wit. She seems to be on a bit of a power trip now she's one of the 'senior' dragons |
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Deborah Meaden will be on The One Show tonight discussing all things Dragons' Den and the show's 10th anniversary.
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Deborah Meaden will be on The One Show tonight discussing all things Dragons' Den and the show's 10th anniversary.
It reminds me of the Dot.com boom and bust when the mantra was - "you shouldn't use the old rules to value a new kind of company". |
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On the evidence of the first show I think they are a huge improvement over Hilary, Piers and Kelly.
I agree Theo is a massive miss but I'm quite optimistic for the new series With the loss of Duncan and Theo, I was VERY sceptical about this series, and had all but given up on it, but I think they have found some good replacements. Will certainly be sticking with the series. |
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I watch DD for the unexpectedness factor...