Dragons’ Den has been accused of a pattern of featuring “extravagant claims” about controversial products without subjecting them to proper scrutiny.
Concerns about a number of entrepreneurs who have appeared in the prime time BBC1 programme have been raised by the Good Thinking Society, a pro-science group that believes the show’s producers and stars are falling short in their duty to protect potentially vulnerable patient groups.
It has written to Tim Davie, director-general of the BBC, outlining its “deep concern and disappointment” after the appearance in Thursday’s episode of Giselle Boxer, an entrepreneur who claimed that her “ear seeds” aided her recovery from myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) within 12 months.
The Acu Seeds founder received a £50,000 investment despite there being no proven treatments for the
