What do I hate most about Dragons’ Den (BBC Two, Sundays, 9pm)? That presenter Evan Davis constantly describes what just happened.
An inventor pitches an idea and Deborah Meaden says: “I hate it.” Davies then says: “Deborah Meaden says she hates it.” We know this already.
The voiceover is irritating but if you repeat literally everything that’s just been said or done, it turns 30 minutes of empty programming into a full hour. And with Dragons’ Den now in its 10,000th series, it’s no surprise to see that it’s running out of genuinely novel entrepreneurs for the famous dragons to invest in. It’s a wonder that no one tries to sell them a 15 per cent share in their lottery syndicate.
