When does Dragon’s Den series 23 finish? Schedule and episode guide as BBC showpiece returns

DRAGONS’ DEN is back with a fresh new series. After seven episodes earlier in the year, the BBC is dropping the final half of Series 23 over the coming weeks. Dragons’ Den is back on the BBC for its 23rd series Credit: BBC Guest dragons like Jenna Meek will appear in select episodes Credit: BBC Seeing us through are the Dragons. Peter Jones is the only remaining original Dragon from the very first series in 2005. Sign up for the TV newsletter Thank you! Deborah Meaden is another veteran of the show who joined in 2006, during the third series. Touker Suleyman is a fashion and retail magnate who joined the show in Series 13. He recently announced that this would be his last season on Dragons’ Den after over a decade on the programme. Steven Bartlett joined as the youngest ever Dragon in 2021. Bartlett has recently faced some backlash about his Cape Town property. The Diary of a CEO star spent two years doing up the impressive seven-bedroom mansion, located on the slopes of Table Mountain in Bishopscourt. Most read in TV He is now set to double his money on the £8.5million property, but it has come with the cost of angering local residents. MailOnline reported many are furious that by ‘flipping’ the luxury property – which is when someone buys a house, fixes it up and sells it quickly for an inflated profit – Steven has pushed house prices in the area up even higher. Resident Sedick Dawood told the outlet: “I love Steven, but here again Cape Town is being bought by foreigners pushing up property prices for citizens.” Along with the regular Dragons appearing in Series 23, there are also some guest appearances, including: Gary Neville Jenna Meek Susie Ma Tinie Tempah Are all episodes of Series 23 available at once? No, the BBC is dropping one episode per week. But the first seven episodes of the series are available to stream on iPlayer already. When do the new episodes of Dragons’ Den drop? There is a new episode available every Thursday. There are now seven more episodes of the series left. Episode 8: Thursday, August 20 Episode 9: Thursday, August 27 Episode 10: Thursday, September 3 Episode 11: Thursday, September 10 Episode 12: Thursday, September 17 Episode 13: Thursday, September 24 Episode 14: Thursday, October 1 The episodes are airing on BBC One but will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer following broadcast. When is the Series 23 finale? The finale of Dragons’ Den Series 23 will air on Thursday, October 1, 2026. Comment now