0:00:02 > 0:00:04Series 15.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09And two new business heavyweights enter the Den.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16But who are they and are they ready
0:00:16 > 0:00:18for a financial fight?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30It's day one in the Den, for a brand-new series.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31- How are you? - All right. How are you doing?
0:00:31 > 0:00:35And at these secret Dragon HQ, there's an arrival.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37TRUMPET FANFARE
0:00:37 > 0:00:41It's a new Dragon number one, Jenny C.
0:00:44 > 0:00:45I'm Jenny Campbell.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48I'm best known in the business world as Queen of Cash...
0:00:48 > 0:00:51KERCHING!
0:00:51 > 0:00:55..because I took a very ailing cash machine business
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and turned it around into a very successful business.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00By the time I sold the business,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02we were turning over 30 million
0:01:02 > 0:01:04and dispensing billions of cash out of our cashpoints.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- Hi, Jenny.- You are not the first bored and disillusioned bankers
0:01:08 > 0:01:10to come into the Den. I resonate with that.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13And it's amazing what great entrepreneurs we make.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Great entrepreneurs indeed, Jenny!
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Speaking of which,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20new Dragon number two's turned up.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23And he's so cool.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Wow.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28I am Tej Lalvani.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30I run the UK's largest vitamin company.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33KER-CHING!
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I come from a family of entrepreneurs.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39My father and his brother have come from India, and about 60,
0:01:39 > 0:01:4170 years ago, they landed in the UK
0:01:41 > 0:01:43and they set up their companies.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46As a kid, I started at the warehouse,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50sticking labels on boxes and, sort of, grew from there.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Have you had experience of running a business?
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I have a property portfolio, yes.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58That is a very different thing to launching a new product.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00You're not facing reality.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03So, that's our newbies.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- Hi, Tej.- Hi, Jenny. How are you?- Great to meet you.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10But now I think it's time they spend some quality time together.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13- Have a chat, do some Dragon bonding. - Can't wait to meet
0:02:13 > 0:02:16the entrepreneurs, find out what's happening,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18make the investments, meet the other Dragons.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21We're not going to be subservient to the kings and queens of the Den.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- No. We'll show them the new way.- Yeah.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Unless I'm missing something, I think this is barking mad.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28But why do you need £600,000 today if you haven't got a plan for it?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31As one of the new Dragons, I come with a blank sheet of paper,
0:02:31 > 0:02:36- which means I've got time, capacity...- Excuse me.- ..focus.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41- Before we deviate...- It's my piece now.- I'm defending my position.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Now, they're Dragons.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Risk is they will talk business for the next hour,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49so here are some questions I prepared earlier. Jenny, you first.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- Whoops, that's me, then. - OK, fire away.- Here we go, Tej.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54What is your first memory of Dragons' Den
0:02:54 > 0:02:57and how long have you wanted to be one?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Well, my first memory of Dragons' Den must be at least ten years ago.
0:03:00 > 0:03:07And Peter, Deborah, Duncan, Theo and, maybe, James Khan.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Very inspiring.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11I did think, "One day, I'd love to be up there."
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Right, Jenny, I've got one for you.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18So, what are you most dreading coming into the Den?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20You don't want to make a fool of yourself, do you?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22You want to be an absolute professional.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I don't know whether to laugh, cry or be angry but, absolutely, no way.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28You know, you've all got to have a decent set of questions
0:03:28 > 0:03:32to ask the entrepreneur. Who goes first? Do you interrupt each other?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34When do you go for a bid or not a bid?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- There's quite a psychological game in the Den.- Yeah.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38It's all about trying to get ahead.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I think you've got to be in your own zone and just feel
0:03:41 > 0:03:44the body language from either side.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45A-a-a-h-h-h!
0:03:45 > 0:03:46Here we go, Tej.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49What's your signature look going to be in the Den?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Well, it's got to be the thoughtful chin position, I think.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Well, that's been done. So done.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Not done properly, though, not like this.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- I think Mr Jones has had the chin. - I don't think he did it right.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09And what about these legs? You've got one leg up on your knee.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- That's a bit casual.- Well, I feel more relaxed and comfortable
0:04:12 > 0:04:15with my legs in this position and, you know, that way,
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- I'm cool and relaxed. - And you know with body language,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20that says to me that you're going to co-invest with Deborah
0:04:20 > 0:04:22and then, when you do it the other way,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24it says to me you are going to co-invest with Peter.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I just think you're going to do all these co-invests
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- cos you're risk-averse.- Well, maybe I'm a sharing, caring Dragon.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- I'm the arm-wrestling Dragon.- OK!
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- We'll find out in the Den soon enough.- We will find out.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Tej.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Let's do it.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Do what?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47That will all be revealed in due course. But where's Jenny now?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- Where are you, Jenny? - It's quite surreal, actually.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52This is where the entrepreneurs obviously stand
0:04:52 > 0:04:55before they come into the Den and I, sort of, feel like
0:04:55 > 0:04:58one of those entrepreneurs at the moment. Here we go.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04I am known as Treble D Jenny - and it's not my bra size.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07It stands for drive, dedication, and determination.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09And it's got me where I am today
0:05:09 > 0:05:12and it will get me where I'm going in the future.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Wow! The Den, in all its glory. Five chairs
0:05:18 > 0:05:21and one for me. I think I'm going to try the one in the middle!
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Eeh! I wonder whose seat this one is.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27I think it's...
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Deborah Meaden's.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33I'm exasperated. Are you hearing these words?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Oh, I think I better move, quick.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40If you can all start off by looking into the light above me.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Blimey, she didn't half move quick. Look, she's in
0:05:43 > 0:05:45her fancy Dragon frock now.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47And Tej is looking pretty dapper, too.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50I think he's got good taste, I just hope his business brain
0:05:50 > 0:05:52is as good as the way he dresses.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I think you've got a fan, Tej.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57But who do you think is the most dazzling Dragon, Deborah?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Oh, certainly not me.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02As a businessperson, if people are not competent,
0:06:02 > 0:06:04I don't have time for that. They need to be on the ball
0:06:04 > 0:06:07and switched on and there's very little time for error.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I think I like Tej's serious side.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14He can channel that for the filming of the title sequence...
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And three, two, one...
0:06:17 > 0:06:20..otherwise known as sitting in front of a big green cloth
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- looking moody. - I'm a fan of his business,
0:06:23 > 0:06:27but I'm looking forward to meeting him in the Den and doing battle.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- Likewise. Can I get a discount on one of your cameras?- Yes.- Brilliant.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Oh, I haven't felt such a pulse of Dragon bromance
0:06:35 > 0:06:38since PJ and Duncan were together in the Den.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I mean, Peter Jones and Duncan Ballantyne, of course.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Break a leg, new Dragons.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Before you break any legs, new Dragons,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50there's just time to answer some more really probing questions.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- What does a first-class stamp costs?- 64 pence.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57I would spend 35p on a first-class stamp.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Can I just check, am I awake? Is this real?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05You are awake, Deborah. He really did say 35p.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09However, Jenny was only a penny out. It's 65.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12The first car I owned?
0:07:12 > 0:07:16Oh, a...mini-van.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19A battered old Renault 11, blue colour, automatic,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21which broke in the first week.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25It was so cool, because I decked it all inside with fur fabric,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28all over the roof and all over the dashboard.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- It took me hours, but it looked brilliant.- You see, that's lovely.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34That's really lovely.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- But...it's still stupid. - Moving on...
0:07:40 > 0:07:42What's your best chat-up line?
0:07:44 > 0:07:45I'm a Dragon.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- WHISPERING:- Go on.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Nothing too clever. Quite simple. "Hi, how are you?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56"I'm Tej. What's your name?"
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Well, I suppose it worked on Mrs Lalvani.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03What's your guilty pleasure?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07If I had to single one out, it would be...watches.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Gin and tonic - and lots of it.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12That's why I'm called Jen and Tonic.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17What past Den investment do you wish you had made?
0:08:17 > 0:08:22I think the one that got away. The Trunki investment, the suitcases.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- No surprises there. - They're lightweight and durable,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28made out of the same material as adult suitcases are.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Oh, I wish I'd been here for the craft gin club last year.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- Ooh, it's really good. - That would've been mine.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Judging from your last answer, Jenny,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I suppose that's no surprise, either.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51And which one of you two is going to be the first to get an investment?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- Me.- Me, of course.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59I'm in for the right one, but if I have to compete with Tej, it's mine.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03So, the new Dragons are ready for battle
0:09:03 > 0:09:07and take to their seats for the greatest business show on Earth.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13If you do not get a Dragon to invest today, you're in trouble.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I actually think you're wasting everyone's time.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19You've said we're not listening. I haven't actually said anything yet.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Never stand in front of anybody EVER again
0:09:23 > 0:09:25and say, "You're better than me."
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- I think you're very investable. - You've done a fantastic job.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I am the one Dragon that can take you to where you want to go.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37I have no interest in sharing it. I'm a selfish Dragon.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- This is powerful.- Oh! Sorry!