Today we received OFCOM’s decision regarding our complaints about the editing of the episode of Dragons Den we did, we can now openly say what we complained about ,in the studio when the Dragons were opting out of the oppotunity to invest Mr Peter Jones was very polite, he pointed out that while its a “family lifestyle business” and a “good product” he cant see it being a big enough investment for him to want to be involved in, all the while he was polite, positive and friendly, which is why I responded politely etc, when it was aired on BBC 1 he was edited in such a way that he was aggresive, rude and very dismissive of our business and efforts over the last 3 years, yeat we were shown still being polite etc, had he spoken to me that way in the studio I would have responded very differently indeed, I would not have been rude or aggresive but I definatly would not have been so positively polite to him .There are a few little other “editorial” decisions, its not his fault the way it was edited but its the fault of the editors of the programme, also we were constantly and activley encouraged to dress as we normaly do, as was shown on the programme, yet we feel now that we were being led onto the programme simply to be mocked, we would have done it anyway but still feel that our business is not what we were on there for, so unfortunatly OFCOM have decided that its OK for people to say something to you and then have it re-edited so what was said to you in person has been rejigged in such a way that while the gist of what was said to you is the same but in a far more aggresive way than it was origionaly, we have been told we can appeal, which we fully intend to do.

A bit dissapointed to say the least but I suppose if you dip your toes in the world of cheap entertainment that is a risk you take, doubt I’ll ever really believe owt I see on TV again ( though I very rarely did before but thought that Dragons Den was a programme about business not the Business X Factor it seems to have turned into cheap and sleazy TV) we’re very disappointed in the decision to say the least but will not just sit back until we have explored every other avenue.

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