Dragon’s Den: when is final episode of season 19 - and when will season 20 come out?

Season 19 saw marketing entrepreneur Steven Bartlett become the youngest ever dragon in the den, aged 29
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The Dragon’s returned to the den to grill entrepreneurs on their business plans as they weighed up investment offers for the show’s 19th season.

Across the first 12 episodes of the show, 23 deals were agreed and more than £1.7 million of investment was pledged.

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Peter Jones, the only Dragon to have been on the show since season one returned, as did Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman and Sara Davies.

Steven Bartlett, founder of social media marketing company Social Chain, and author of Happy Sexy Millionaire, became the den’s youngest ever Dragon, aged 29, this season.

Bartlett would have been just 12 years old when the first season of the show aired in January 2005, and he has said that he grew up watching Deborah and Peter on TV.

Tej Lalvani, CEO of the UK’s largest vitamin company Vitabiotics, who was an investor on the previous four seasons of the show stepped down due to other business commitments.

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When is the final episode of Dragon’s Den season 19?

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The next episode of the show will air on BBC One on 31 March at 8pm.

It will see two sisters try to convince the dragons to invest in their maternity wear business, and a builder who believes he has found an innovation in the construction trade aim to lay a strong foundation with the investors.

The final episode of the season will air at the same time on BBC One on 7 April.

The finale will feature a pitch for a moveable webcam, men’s skincare, a caffeine chew for long-distance runners, and festive decorations with a twist.

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You can watch all episodes from season 18 of the show along with all of the season 19 episodes that have already been aired on BBC iPlayer now.

Has season 20 of Dragon’s Den been confirmed?

There has been no official confirmation of a 20th season of the show just yet.

The 19th season of the show was confirmed several weeks before the 18th season finale, but things are not moving as quickly this time around.

As one of the BBC’s flagship evening shows, attracting several million viewers per episode, it is hard to imagine that a 20th season is not in the pipeline.

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Watch this space for updates on confirmation of a 20th season of the show.

What deals have been made in season 19 so far?

Over the first 12 episodes of season 19 the Dragons have made a total of 27 offers, four of which were rejected be the entrepreneurs.

Bartlett was off the starting block quickly, investing a whopping £150,000 in a cheese subscription app for just 7.5 per cent equity in the first episode.

In episode five, Peter Jones and Sara Davies went halves on a £100,000 investment in an escape room adventure course for a 25 per cent stake in the business.

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In episode 11, Peter Jones and Touker Suleyman invested a total of £80,000 in a vegan hand-sanitising gel business Let’s Sanitise for 25 per cent equity.

Deborah Meaden invested £50,000 in plant based milk cocktail enterprise, Panther Milk, for a 25 per cent stake.

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