Dragons' Den in fix row as fans accuse contestants of copying idea from famous show

Dragons' Den viewers have accused BBC contestants of 'copying' their business concept from a famous BBC sitcom. The entrepreneurial hopefuls did their best to wow the CEO-filled panel but instead left viewers at home perplexed. Just seconds into their pitch, fans are home cottoned on to where they had heard it before.

Dragons' Den viewers have accused BBC contestants of 'copying' their business concept from a famous BBC sitcom.

The entrepreneurial hopefuls did their best to wow the CEO-filled panel but instead left viewers at home perplexed. Just seconds into their pitch, fans are home cottoned on to where they had heard it before.

Daniel and Lina tried to source investment for their glasses company Pop Specs. However, this name had already been used before in a famous show.

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Fans had already heard the name in 90s show Absolutely Fabulous when Edina - played by Jennifer Saunders told her daughter Saffy she was helping to promote a new company.

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Her daughter Saffy asked: "What have you been doing?" To which Edina answered: "Pop Specs ad! You know I represent Pop Specs, darling? We're doing a new ad. We're upmarketing the image."

Saffy then quizzed: "What are Pop Specs?" Looking offended, mimicked: "What are Pop Specs?!"

Pulling out a jazzy pair of sunglasses, Edina then popped out the colour lens and swapped it for another. Fans took to social media to share their thoughts on the segment.

One said: "Edina Monsoon invented & copyrighted Pop Specs!" A second added: "No Ab Fab fans in the den?!"

While a third penned: "How original "Pop Specs" Edina will be fuming #DragonsDen." A fourth posted: "Ab Fab writers and their lawyers seeing pop specs on." Alongside a pic of Edina, a fifth sarcastically wrote: "Pop Specs? Why does this ring a bell?"

Former optician Daniel and his business partner Lina had invented Pop Specs together - and their business model was rather different from the Ab Fab version.

Their idea is to make affordable prescription-strength glasses in just 20 minutes. The speed of this impressed the Dragons.

Daniel told them: "We are going to be doing something completely different in the Den. We are actually going to be making Touker [Suleyman] a pair of spectacles."

The pair managed to secure an investment and were all made offers by Touker, Peter Jones, and Sara Davies but finally agreed on giving 4% each in return for £25,000 for each investment.

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