THE BBC has axed Sara Davis’ series Ultimate Wedding Planner just days after the Dragons’ Den star revealed she has been going through a “rough time.”
Sara’s reality competition show launched in 2023, but has been cancelled after just one season.
Ultimate Wedding Planner has been cancelled
Sara, 39, is best known for being one of the Dragons on Dragons’ Den. However, the entrepreneur has made several other TV appearances, too.
In 2023, she began hosting the BBC Two reality competition series Ultimate Wedding Planner alongside Raj Somaiya and Fred Sirieix.
The show saw eight wedding planners battle it out to prove they are Britain’s next best wedding expert by designing bespoke ceremonies for six couples, with one eventually being crowned the winner.
The show was expected to return for a second season as applications for contestants opened and closed earlier this year.
However, the Beeb has confirmed the show won’t be coming back.
A BBC spokesperson told TV Zone: “At present, there are no plans for a second series.”
The cancellation news no doubt comes as a devastating blow to the presenting trio, including Sara, who recently revealed that she’s been going through a “rough time” as one of her businesses has been struggling.
Sara revealed she’s going through a ‘rough time’
Sara revealed that her industry-leading company Crafter’s Companion is in financial strife.
What you need to know about Sara Davis
Learn more about the Dragons' Den star, including how she became an entrepreneur.
- Sara Davies MBE was born on April 23, 1984 in Coundoun, County Durham.
- She founded her craft supplier company, Crafter’s Companion, in 2005 whilst she was still at The University of York.
- Sara’s big break came when she designed and marketed her ground-breaking product The Enveloper, selling over 8,000 in the first 24 of hours of the product being debuted on shopping channel Ideal World.
- When Sara graduated with her first-class honours degree, she already had a business with a turnover of over half a million pounds.
- Now, Sara is believed to have built up a net worth of around £37 million.
- She has achieved this fortune through her hugely successful crafts company, reportedly worth over £35million, and her various TV appearances.
Crafter’s Companion employs 200 people worldwide and ships to over 40 countries worldwide, including in Asia, South Africa, North and South America, Europe, and Australia.
However, the Dragons’ Den star revealed she has had to restructure her business after it was hit by increasing costs following Covid and Brexit.
She told the Mirror: “I’m just going to be really honest. It has been a rough couple of years.
“And I kind of don’t want to shy away from that because I always feel, especially with my role on Dragons’ Den, I’ve got that responsibility of being a bit of a role model.
“I’ve had to work harder than I ever have in my life.”
“We’ve been navigating all the other difficulties – the cost-of-living-crisis, the raw materials cost increases, the energy crisis, war in Ukraine, plus the effects of Brexit.”
Following the restructure of the firm based in Darlington, County Durham, investor firm Growth Partner will be the majority shareholder, but Sara remains owner, founder and director.
Series 1 of Ultimate Wedding Planner is available now on BBC iPlayer.