Career: After graduation, Evan worked for the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the London Business School's Centre for Business Strategy. He joined the BBC in 1993 as an economics correspondent, and worked on a range of programmes before joining Newsnight in 1997. He became the BBC's economics editor four years later, and in 2004 began presenting the hugely successful series, Dragons' Den. Away from TV, Evan has also written the book Public Spending, co-authored the Penguin Dictionary of Economics, and writes papers for the Social Market Foundation. He was named the Work Foundation's Workworld Broadcast Journalist of the Year in 1998, 2001 and 2003. In 2008, he gave up the position of BBC economics editor to take up a full-time presenting role on Radio 4's Today programme. In September 2014, he became a main presenter on Newsnight. He also hosts The Bottom Line on Radio 4.

Career: After leaving school, Deborah studied business at Brighton Technical College, during which time she also worked as a salesroom model in a fashion house. After graduating, she moved to Italy to set up a glass and ceramics export agency, which sold products to high-end retailers including Harvey Nichols. The company failed after just 18 months. But she went on to have several successful leisure and retail businesses. In 1988, she joined her family's business to run its amusement arcade operations, and in 1992 she began working for holiday park operator Weststar Holidays. She led a management buyout of the company in 1999 and sold it in 2005 in a deal worth £33 million. She is most famous for her appearances as a "dragon" on the BBC programme Dragons' Den. She took over from Rachel Elnaugh in 2006. In September 2013, she was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Career: After leaving Siemens, Jones set up Phones International Group in 1998. By 2005, the company was a big success and turnover was in excess of £150million. He has since gone on to found other businesses, including an online retailer specialising in the sale of wine and champagne to corporate clients. In 2009, he founded the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy to teach entrepreneurial skills. Since 2005, he has been a dragon on BBC Two business series Dragons' Den. Since being on the show, he has invested money in a number of fledgling companies. His other TV work includes Tycoon, and Peter Jones Meets… He has also appeared as a guest on a number of shows such as Celebrity Juice and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.