Evan Davis presents a series in which budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multi-millionaires willing to invest their own cash.

Pitches include: a beach towel with a surfboard printed on it to help learner surfers to pop (get to their feet quickly); a lemon-slicing device for pubs; Reggae Reggae jerk sauce; streetwise puppets used to provide educational resources for teenagers; walk-in stress relief shops; and many more.

Evan Davis presents as five multi-millionaire investors, who have all built up their own fortunes from scratch, are ready to back the best business ideas and inventions with their own money. As another batch of dry-mouthed entrepreneurs await their opportunity to pitch in The Den, will anyone persuade them to invest?

The ideas pitched in this programme range from a Rotamate clothes dryer that protects washing from the rain (and the birds!), to replica phone boxes. There are also theatre schools, a replacement for the traditional door bolt, water-powered batteries, pet burial kits, an emergency fire ladder and a new way of teaching tennis.