Dragons' Den: Season 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dragons' Den Season 11.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jul 20, 2014 · 60 min
The Dragons return to pass their judgement on a toe-tapping pitch which sees the panel up on their feet. Also in this episode, Deborah Meaden goes for a slightly unconventional joy
Episode 2
Jul 27, 2014 · 60 min
The Dragons encounter a colourful Indian dance troupe and the weird and wonderful world of taxidermy and a young Yorkshire duo try to impress Peter Jones by eating their own produc
Episode 3
Aug 3, 2014 · 60 min
A couple of university friends pitch their home-brew cider kits hoping to leave the Den victorious, and a loose-leaf tea company serve up a refreshing treat. The lift encounters a
Episode 4
Aug 10, 2014 · 60 min
Sticky business in the Den: a product using nano suction technology has the Dragons glued, there's an alarmed LED walking stick and a marshmallow lover lets the Dragons get sticky
Episode 5
Aug 17, 2014 · 60 min
More people bid to win funding for their projects from the panel, including an 18-year-old seeking to impress with his garden shed invention. There is a rip-roaring entrance by a K
Episode 6
Aug 24, 2014 · 60 min
There are some true inventors in the Den this episode, including a returning entrepreneur with a new outdoor space saving device, a golfing duo with a new take on the traditional t
Episode 7
Jan 25, 2015 · 60 min
The Den is full of eye-catching businesses, with male leggings, high-vis sportswear, sandwich boards with a difference and an energy-efficient light bulb all up for scrutiny. A pho
Episode 8
Feb 1, 2015 · 60 min
Kelly Hoppen receives an unusual phone call from outside the Den, a mother and daughter pitch their waterproof products for children, and a trio of breakdancers introduce the Drago
Episode 9
Feb 8, 2015 · 60 min
This episode opens on a theatrical note with a young actress-come-entrepreneur pitching her 'pimped-up heels', and a Yorkshire duo decide to set out a market stall to trade in the
Episode 10
Feb 15, 2015 · 60 min
Ideas pitched include an anti-piracy device for sailors, a children's bike horn, and a brand of ice-cream with an east Asian flavour. A Scottish entrepreneur tries to drum up inter
Episode 11
Feb 22, 2015 · 60 min
Two stuntmen glide in to the Den on a new form of transportation and an Edinburgh entrepreneur presents a subscription box of foodie treats for the panel to sample. A father-and-so
Episode 12
Mar 15, 2015 · 60 min
Variety is the spice of life in the Den in this episode - edible insects give some of the Dragons the creeps, a couple of young entrepreneurs look sharp with their bespoke suit-tai