What’s on TV – 10 August 2019

TVweek

DRAGONS’ DEN

Sunday, 8pm BBC2 Factual

As Dragons’ Den returns, meet

the show’s youngest-ever

investor Sara Davies...

Enter the

Dragon

W

hen it began

in 2005, Sara

Davies used

to watch Dragons’

Den with her fellow

students at the

University of York.

Now, as the BBC

show returns for its

17th series, she’s

made it to the other

side of the camera.

‘The other students

said, “You’d make a

great Dragon,”’ says

Sara. ‘I laughed it off

but I did aspire to be

on the show. Then,

last year, a friend sent

me a text saying he’d

phoned Dragons’ Den

and that they wanted

to see me!’

Willpower

It was also at university

where, in her bedroom,

Sara started her

business, Crafter’s

Companion. By the

time she graduated

a year later, the

entrepreneur was well

on the way to earning

her first million!

The company,

which sells craft

supplies, now exports

to 40 countries,

employs 190 people

and has an annual

turnover of £34 million.

At 35, Sara is the

show’s youngest-ever

investor. She joins

Deborah Meaden,

Peter Jones, Touker

Suleyman and Tej

Lalvani as yet more

budding tycoons pitch

for investment in their

businesses. But was

she nervous about

joining the panel?

‘I’ve criticised the

Dragons in the past,

but it’s one thing to

watch at home and

another to sit in that

chair,’ says Sara. ‘I had

some self-doubt but

the thing is not to take

anything personally.’ Q

T

he decisions made by

three women to keep

their lives afloat have

major repercussions for

those around them – and

each other – in new ITV

drama Deep Water.

The six-parter, set near

Lake Windermere, follows

mums Lisa Kallisto, Roz

Toovey (Little Boy Blue’s

Sinead Keenan) and Kate

Riverty (Rellik’s Rosalind Eleazar),

whose lives become intertwined after

meeting at the school gates.

Hectic home life

Chaotic and disorganised, mum-of-

three Lisa is juggling a hectic home

life and running her busy dog-kennel

business. ‘Lisa spends her days going

between school runs and walking

people’s dogs,’ reveals Marcella’s

Anna Friel, who plays her.

‘She doesn’t have much time for

herself and hasn’t had a haircut in

about 10 years. Lisa and her husband,

Joe, a taxi driver, are like passing

ships in the night. She’s starting to

get a bit bored with life.’

Physiotherapist Roz is struggling

with gambling debts run up by her

soulmate, Winston. With bailiffs at

the door, Roz needs a solution to her

financial crisis and fast. Could a wealthy

client answer all her problems?

By contrast, Kate seems to have

it all – stylish clothes, a big house,

wonderful children and an amazing

husband, Guy. However, is Kate’s

supposedly charmed life all it’s

cracked up to be?

‘I’m sure that Lisa looks up to Kate,

but what is she actually looking up

to?’ wonders Anna. ‘This drama

explores what’s really going on

behind closed doors...’

Filming Deep Water in the Lake

District allowed Anna to spend some

quality time with her dog, Maggie May.

‘After a day’s filming, I’d get my wellies

on and take Maggie May up to the

mountains and walk,’ she reveals.

‘It’s really accessible and so

peaceful. I did a yoga class in the

woods, too, which was amazing!’ Q

Anna Friel stars in an emotional new drama

that proves no one ever truly knows what

goes on behind closed doors...

Secrets at

the Lakes!

DEEP WATER

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Kate, Lisa

and Roz

Piece of cake... Perfect Kate

(left) and frazzled Lisa compare

their bake-sale offerings

Dragons’ flair...

Experienced investors

Deborah and Peter

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