In the series opener, the Dragons ponder the investment opportunity in pint-sized pencils, oversized beanbags and a boot-cleaning device invented by a 15-year-old football fan. But will the revelation of a huge company debt mean it is game over for this fledgling family business?

It is handbags at dawn as high street textile tycoon Touker Suleyman clashes with the entrepreneurs behind a fledgling fashion business. The Dragons also ponder the profits in pork scratchings, and a device for folding paper has the Den in creases. Will Deborah Meaden, the Dragon with the most famous fingers in finance, be tempted to invest?