Two brothers who run popular escape room experiences are hoping to exit the Dragon's Den with a big investment.

Michael and Christopher Knell from Escape Kent in Canterbury and Maidstone, are making their pitch to the multi-millionaires in the popular BBC One programme tonight (Thursday).

They want a 'dragon' on board to help develop even more high-tech "immersive experiences" for players and expand the business across the UK.

The brothers gave up their jobs managing children's care homes to start Escape Kent after being inspired from escape rooms while holidaying in Madrid and Munich.

"It was something we pretty much instantly wanted to do and believed could be successful here," said Michael.

So in 2016, they launched on the Wincheap business park and three years later, in Maidstone, with Prison Island.

Their escape rooms have numerous themes and scare factor levels and involve players using their skills to unravel clues to escape from locations like an asylum, prison, a haunted house and even the clutches of a serial killer.

But there are also more family-friendly games like Raider of the Lost Tomb and Pirates of the Stormy Seas.

The Knells, who grew up in Thanet, have already invested more than £2 million in the business, which employs 30 people.

"Covid hit us hard, of course, but we are starting to bounce back strongly," said Michael.

"We were now seeking investment to develop a new business project called Timescape Adventures which we see as the future of the escape room industry with much more innovative and high tech, immersive experiences."

"We want to be the best with a Disney-level experience..."

To that end, the brothers have just acquired another unit on Wincheap where they will continue to develop the technology aspect of the escape games.

Speaking ahead of tonight's programme, Michael added: "We want to be the best with a Disney-level experience and believe a dragon can take us to the next stage.

"Of course, we cannot reveal ahead of the screening whether we were successful. Suffice to say, it was a nerve-wracking experience, of course, but we were as well-prepared as we could be."

On last week's Dragon's Den, another entrepreneur from Canterbury presented his new non-alcoholic beer to the dragons which he claims offers a feel-good factor without the health downsides of alcohol and getting drunk.

Mark Wong, 24, who is a former head boy of St Edmund's School, won praise from the business moguls for his polished pitch for investment in Impossibrew.

But he fell short of securing an investment after the dragons decided it was too early to get on board.

But since the filming, Mark has found alternative investment, become a finalist for the Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards and picked up a gold award for his beer at the European Beer Challenge, beating Stella and Leffe alcohol-free brews.