A DUBLIN INVENTOR will be plugging his invention on TV next weekend in a bid to win £100,000. Michael Killian, inventor of the Sideways Bike, will pitch his invention to the audience on Sky One's The Big Idea showing on Saturday November 18 at 9pm on Sky One. The Big Idea is an exciting new prime-time series on Sky One which, in partnership with Vodafone, is aiming to discover the next great British/Irish invention or business idea. The audience will decide if the Sideways Bike, the first new bicycle invention in over 200 years, is the next Big Idea. The 47-year-old, who beat hundreds of competitors to make it to the final 36, is up against five other inventors. continued... In order to get to the semi-final he had to pitch his idea to three entrepreneurs in two minutes. All three experts, Ruth Badger, a finalist on BBC 2's The Apprentice, Lord Karan Bilimoria of Cobra Beer fame and Craig Johnston, who invented the Predator football boot, put him on the shortlisted 36. SKY ONE [URL="http://www.thebigidea.tv"]www.thebigidea.tv[/URL] [URL="http://www.sidewaysbike.com"]www.sidewaysbike.com[/URL]