Duncan Bannatyne
Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010
BBC
4.4 • 804 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2010
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Kirsty Young's castaway is entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne.
He made his name appearing on the TV show Dragons' Den as a no-nonsense investor with an eye for the bottom line. He made his fortune in nursing homes, health clubs and hotels. Quite something, given that aged 30 he was a deck chair attendant who had been thrown out of the Royal Navy for attempting to throw his commanding officer overboard. He says, 'When you've got a criminal record, no qualifications, no references, the best option is starting your own business - because no one can stop you.'
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Nicola Cochlin. Young people have been making history for years, but we don't often hear about them. My brand new series on BBC Sounds sets out to put this right. In history's youngest heroes, I'll be revealing the fascinating stories of 12 young people who've played a major role in history and who've helped shape our world. Like Audrey Hepburn, Nelson Mandela, Louis Braille and Lady Jane Grey, |
| 0:24.7 | history's youngest heroes with me, Nicola Cochlin. Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.4 | Hello, I'm Kirsty Young. Thank you for downloading this podcast of Desert Island |
| 0:34.6 | Discs from BBC Radio 4. For rights reasons, the music choices are shorter than in the radio broadcast. |
| 0:41.2 | For more information about the programme, please visit BBC.co.com.ukes slash Radio 4. My castaway this week is the entrepreneur Duncan Bannetine. He made his name appearing on the TV show Dragon's Den, |
| 1:12.2 | a no-nonsense investor with a sharp tongue and an eye for the bottom line. He made his fortune |
| 1:17.4 | in nursing homes, health clubs and hotels. Quite something, given that aged 30 he was a deck chair |
| 1:23.2 | attendant who'd once served time in military detention for threatening to throw his commanding officer overboard. |
| 1:29.4 | He says, when you've got a criminal record, no qualifications, no references, |
| 1:34.0 | the best option is starting your own business because no one can stop you. |
| 1:38.8 | You're not quite a rags to Rich's story, Duncan Bannetine, but almost. |
| 1:43.7 | I'm wondering, do you think you enjoy your money more because you know what it's like, not to have any? |
| 1:48.9 | I don't know if I enjoy the money, but I certainly enjoy my life. |
| 1:51.3 | I have such a great life. |
| 1:52.3 | I have a lovely family. |
| 1:53.5 | And I love the business. |
| 1:55.2 | And I think loving your business that you built up is more important than loving the money that that creates. There's many people in business who always say we won't retire entrepreneurs because we love it so much. |
| 2:05.4 | It's what drives us. |
| 2:06.3 | Let me quote back to you some of the things you've said on Dragon's Den. |
| 2:09.6 | I don't like the product. |
| 2:10.8 | I actually don't like you. |
| 2:12.0 | I'm not going to invest. |
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