Original title
DIY SOS
Released
10/7/1999
Origin country
GB
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
BBC Studios Productions, BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
34
Number of episodes
135
DIY SOS is a British DIY television series made for the BBC, presented by Nick Knowles. The first episode was broadcast on 7 October 1999 and the show is still airing today. As well as being a DIY programme it also features comic relief from the cast.
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team take a trip down memory lane, recalling some of their best renovations, stories, and the funniest moments over the last 10 years. Did DIY SOS truly change people's lives for the better? Join Nick and the team in between jobs on this unique journey through the DIY SOS archives.
What do Nick and the DIY SOS team do in their week off? Join them in between jobs and find out as they show more of their favourite stories from the past ten years. Including the highs, the lows and the funnies.
Nick Knowles and the team face their biggest challenge yet in this DIY SOS Flood special. Since the June floods, there are still many families still trying to renovate their houses back to liveable condition. The team head to Toll Bar, near Doncaster, and take on a foster family's house which found itself deep in water. Plus, they renovate the local club to provide a much-needed space for the people of Toll Bar.
Nick Knowles and the team attempt to re-house a family who have spent years in a caravan.
The team transforms the life of a family who have spent years living in a building site.
Nick Knowles recruits extra help to renovate a whole house, making it a home.
The team transforms an ex-council house in the Welsh Valleys into a family home.
Nick Knowles and the team help Mike, whose house was ruined by rogue builders.
The team work to transform an extension into a cosy, family-friendly space.
Nick Knowles and the team build an extension to help bring a brain-injured son home.
Nick Knowles and the team enlist the help of the local community in Aberystwyth to renovate a home for a builder with a brain tumour. Michael Saunders built an extension onto his house when his son- in-law's MS meant he had to start using a wheelchair. When Michael discovered he had cancer, he was unable to finish his own home and he and his partner were left living in a cold and draughty shell of a house. Battling against terrible weather conditions, Nick and the team head to West Wales to rally friends, family and local trades to help turn Michael's house from a building site into a comfortable home.
Nick Knowles and the team enlist the help of the local community in Durham to reconfigure a home and reunite a family torn apart by illness. Sixteen-year-old Kieron Purvis collapsed with an undiagnosed heart condition in December 2009. Following a heart transplant and a double amputation, the Purvis family found themselves living apart because their home was not equipped for Kieron's special needs. Nick and the SOS team issue a call to arms and rally friends, family and local trades to get the Purvis' home fit for them to live under the same roof after a year apart. (Stereo, Widescreen)
Nick Knowles and the team are joined by guest designer Charlie Luxton. They join forces to enlist the help of the local community in Stoke and renovate a home for a family battling terminal illness. Dad Haydn Spice was diagnosed with abdominal cancer shortly after buying a derelict house at auction in 2004. Haydn's ill health meant that he couldn't work on the house, and his family have been left living in a building site. He and his wife and three daughters are all sleeping in one bedroom and trying to make the best of the time Haydn has left. Nick and the team head to the Midlands to rally friends, family and local trades to help turn the Spice family's derelict house into a comfortable home.
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team enlist local tradespeople, members of the community and guest designer Charlie Luxton in Cirencester to transform an incomplete extension and run-down house into a clean, warm and healthy home for a family on the brink of despair.
The team transforms a post-war house in Dartford into a warm and safe home for the future.
The team convert a bungalow into a four-bedroom home for a family at their wits' end.
The team travels to Liverpool to completely refurbish Norris Green Youth Centre. The money Children in Need already give to this centre helps it provide activities for young people with few other options. But the building is falling down around them, and without the youth centre the youngsters will have nowhere else to go outside school.
Derbyshire is the destination for Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team as they travel to Chesterfield to help Lisa and Richard Watson and their young family.
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team travel to a beautiful village in the Welsh countryside to help a widower and his eight-year-old daughter.
DIY SOS and BBC Children in Need embark on a truly challenging build for the Blackburn homeless charity Nightsafe. Young homeless people are often overlooked, vulnerable and very much in need of help.
The DIY SOS team joins forces with Radio 2 for a Children in Need mega build in Leeds.
DIY SOS and Strictly partner up to bring some sparkle to an inclusive performing arts charity in Wallsend, transforming a derelict sports club into a creative home for their young people.
In their tenth build for BBC Children in Need, DIY SOS partner up with Radio 2 to create a bespoke counselling centre for bereaved children in Derbyshire.
In a heart-warming episode for Christmas, DIY SOS partner with the stars of EastEnders to bring volunteers together to support a mental health community project in Harlow, Essex.
DIY SOS and Children in Need join forces to transform The Joshua Tree, a children’s cancer support charity, in an emotional and ambitious special build.
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team help Wayne and Susan, a couple in Bradford, move out of their boat into a house.
Nick Knowles and the team's first mission is in Cardiff, where a couple's lounge is virtually uninhabitable. Meanwhile new recruit Kate Mclntyre introduces three DIY challenged families hoping to win the viewers' sympathy.
Stratford-upon-Avon throws up some unfinished loft bedrooms for Nick Knowles. Plus, Kate Mcintyre has three more household catastrophes vying for the viewers' vote.
The team havejust four days to build a kitchen from scratch in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. But with all their sneaky trips to a nearby health spa, will they finish on time?
Nick Knowles and the home-improvement healers call on a Pembrokeshire family who still haven't completed a renovation they started 25 years ago, and Kate Mclntyre meets three more Dl Yers hoping to win viewers' sympathy.
Thomas Christy's attempts to transform a disused shop into a home have left the place in danger of collapsing. And with a baby on the way, his wife Rachel's patience is wearing thin. Enter Nick and the team to put things right.
When Daniel Carty , a construction consultant, began work on converting a former railway cottage in Surrey into a modern home, his wife had every faith in him. But many busy weekends have passed, baby Bradley has arrived and the lounge/diner has yet to be started. Cue Nick and the team.
Nick Knowles and the team have just four days to build a handmade kitchen from scratch for DIY-challenged Debbie Robins in Cheltenham. With Kate Mclntyre.
In Derby, the team assist on a project to restore a Victorian terraced house - at one time divided into bedsits to its former glory.
Assist decorating tutor Ian renovate his new home
Revamp the bedroom of 14-year-old Andrew, son of widowed Maggie
Renovate the kitchen of recent divorcee Chris, who is hampered by a back injury
Create a bedroom for widow Susie, who has been sharing her 14 year old daughters bedroom for a decade.
Complete David and Sara's self-build home, a project hampered by planning issues, builder walkouts and money troubles
Finish the improvements to Scott and Gemma's house, made necessary after Gemma suffered a brain tumour, the project having been started by Scott himself.
An hour long special, assisting expats in Lake Como, Italy. Extend John and Kay's house in Tolentino and create a nursery for Ben and Lisa.
Nick Knowles and the team visit the Glasgow home of Margaret and her extended family. They help to speed up a loft conversion.
Complete Lesley and Mark's open plan living area in Torquay. A beautiful kitchen transformation using plain white units, topped with a spectacular dark granite surface.
Complete a bedroom loft conversion for the son of an oil rig worker in Fleetwood.
Rescue Angela and Steve's living room, left with a sagging ceiling and collapsed chimney breast by builder Steve's own efforts
Rescue Laurence's self-build project, begun 20 years ago but recently struck by fire.
Finish a lounge in a couple's new home.
Complete the conversion of Keith and Torsten's three storey house from bedsits back into one single home.
Finish French expat Odile's kitchen
In dire need of TLC, a community centre in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, gets a visit from Nick Knowles and the team. The centre has a great football team, but the clubhouse is in such a state that they're reluctant to invite other teams to play. We also meet families pleading for the show's help.
Two-year-old Mia Phillips from Pembrokeshire suffers from cystic fibrosis. She needs constant care, and as a result her bedroom is crammed full of daunting medical paraphernalia. Parents Merrilee and Chris want to build a separate play area for their daughter. Cue Nick Knowles and his team of trusty workmen.
An incomplete extension means that Elsie and Duncan Pinches have put up with a kitchen lacking any natural daylight for 13 years. Nick Knowles and the team set to work on bringing a ray of sunshine into that dingy space. At the same time, they treat the couple to a dazzling new country-style kitchen.
Faced with a pricey housing market, Kate and Craig settled for a property that hadn't been worked on since the 1930s. It turned out to be a money pit, and with the couple's savings gone, work ground to a halt. Enter Nick Knowles and the team to transform a tired lounge-diner into a modern space with an art deco twist. But will it suit a potential new arrival?
Daniel and Eve Luke bought a big old house divided into flats with the plan of converting it back into a beautiful home for their family. A year later the house still has no proper bathroom. Can Nick Knowles and the team realise Eve's dream of a hot bath?
With five kids, single mum Sarah has no time for DIY, but her family desperately needs a dining area. Cue Nick Knowles with an African-themed design.
A kitchen needs to be fitted in a week at a house in Tisbury, Wiltshire for a stressed-out couple.
The team enlist the help of the Navy to turn an empty shell of a building into an indoor education centre at Bath City Farm. With Nick Knowles.
Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team are in Rushden to help rescue the Wiggett family who are stuck in a vicious DIY circle.
Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team are on a mission in Eastbourne to help rescue Kim Dack, a teacher and single mother-of-three.
Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team are in Bolsover to help a couple convert a difficult loft space into a room for their young son.
Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team help Vanessa Ronson, as the kitchen in her Victorian house in Cleethorpes currently resembles a building site.
Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles and co. The team visit Gloucester to help rescue 16-year-old Amy and 12-year-old Nick from their mum's hapless attempts at DIY.
Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles and co. The team visit Yarm, where they give a helping hand with an unfinished bathroom to Shahzad and Waheeda Ismail.
Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team visit Norfolk to help Carl and Michelle Moorhouse convert a garage into an ideal room for their six-year-old son.
Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles and co. The team visit a young family in Warrington and help them with their home improvement problems.
Home improvement problems remedied by Nick Knowles. The team help Angie and Paul Bowles create a county-style lounge down on their farm in South Wales.
Home improvement problems remedied by Nick Knowles. The team visit Ipswich to help Jason and Toni Meekings, who have been transforming their three bed house into something bigger.
In this edition they are on a mission in Fishguard to help a worn out Mum and Dad of quadruplets renovate her bedroom and en-suite bathroomm so she can have the occasional half hour to remind herself that she is still human.
The team are in Swindon to try and turn Michelle Lovell's life around by finishing the renovation of her lounge.
The team are in Crawley to help brothers Daniel and Adam renovate their kitchen/diner.
Nick Knowles and the building team are in Navenby to help Maaike Zaan and John Heather complete the renovation to their disused telephone exchange.
The team are in Grays, Essex to help busy paramedic Tina Freear renovate her lounge/dining room.
The team is in Manchester to help remedy the DIY disaster created by Kevin Vaughton after he tried to enlarge his kitchen.
The team are in Pembroke Dock to help supersize a tiny family bathroom
The team are in in Clevedon to help transform an extension into a funky lounge.
Nick Knowles and the team save a family from their bare brick lounge.
The team travel to Ipswich to help a single mother-of-two out of her DIY disaster.
Nick Knowles and the team are in Liverpool to renovate a garage into a child's playroom.
Nick Knowles and his team help the Erasmus family from Nottingham complete their kitchen.
Nick Knowles and the team help a couple in Rossendale, Lancashire.
Nick Knowles and his team help the Erasmus family from Nottingham complete their kitchen.
Do-it-yourself challenges. Nick Knowles and the team are in Chelmsford to give Karen and her family the kitchen of their dreams.
Nick Knowles and the team are in Epsom in Surrey. Dee Wilson unselfishly always put her family first as well as holiding down a high pressure job.
Create a Victorian reception room for Sharon and Steve so they can renew their wedding vows in it.
Complete a bathroom extension for Mark and Vicky, made necessary by their eight-year-old son's brain tumour which has confined him to a wheelchair; they had begun the work themselves, but a flood caused by a burst water pipe set the project back.
Completion of a children's bedroom and play area for the Harris family; the project having been begun by the family themselves, but was set back after a leaking sewer flooded the house.
Finish an open-plan kitchen-diner for the Harris family, made necessary by their youngest daughter's medical condition which means she cannot be left unattended; the family had begun the project themselves, but work had not progressed beyond knowing down the dividing wall.
Convert a bachelor's river boat into a more suitable family friendly environment, allowing his girlfriend who lives two hours away to move in.
Complete the conversion of a garage into a kitchen for Paul and Pauline, made necessary by their growing family, now numbering six children including a daughter with Down's syndrome and twins with learning difficulties; they had begun the project themselves, but ran out of money.
In Essex, the Taylors need to turn their garage into a wheelchair-friendly downstairs bathroom for window cleaner Kerry following an accident.
In Romford, the Morris family want to turn their loft into a space that will give Sharon's autistic 17-year-old son some independence.
The team is in Bridgwater to help the Robinson family.
The team is in Frimley in Camberley to help the Oxford family.
The team are in Oxford to help complete a bungalow extension for the Barker family.
Nick Knowles and the team are in Bradford to renovate a lounge for Emma and her son Thomas.
Nick Knowles and the builders tackle a wreck of a house in Caersws, Wales.
Nick Knowles and the team are called to the rescue of the Curry family in Halstead.
Nick Knowles and the team are in Watford to renovate a kitchen and dining area for a family that needs it to be medically clean. Lucy and husband Mario bought a rundown house that they hoped to renovate into their dream home, but everything changed when their daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The renovation is now on hold, but the need for a clean living space is greater than ever.
Nick Knowles and the team head to Leamington Spa to help out single parent Kate. Left in a building site by builders her unfinished extension means she's bringing up three children with no heating, no hot water and lots of brick dust.
This time they help the Howard family from Kent, who live in a Victorian cottage which has been in the family for generations and has barely changed since it was built. The family's attempt at transforming their kitchen and sitting room have ended in disaster, and the team are drafted in to sort out the mess and create two stunning new rooms for a deserving family.
The team find themselves in Kingston-Upon-Thames with grandparents Ray and Linda. The couple have spent the last nine years bringing up their grandchildren after their mother sadly passed away. Twins Nathan and Chelsea, who are now both 14, have grown out of their toy room.
The team visit Edmonton, North London, to help the Parenti family. They undertook extension and renovation work on their house four years ago, but a falling out with the builder forced dad Stephen to step in and do it himself, with semi-disastrous consequences.
The team visit Liz and Neil Capper, who live in a beautiful little cottage in Norfolk. It was always Neil who did the DIY and the tough jobs around the house but following several back operations he has been reduced to walking with crutches and can no longer do those difficult tasks.
Compilation programme built around a day in the life of Nick Knowles. We revisit two of the great shows from the last series and see how the families are doing today. There is also the usual high quality funnies, Billy explores his talents with the English language, we learn how Julia became one of the lads and we get to go behind the scenes and witness what happens when the cameras aren't rolling.
Nick Knowles heads to Aberystwyth where he attempts to turn a builder's house from a building site into a home.
Nick Knowles and the team enlist the help of the local community in Durham to reconfigure a home and reunite a family torn apart by illness.
Nick Knowles and the team enlist the help of the local community in Stoke and renovate a home for a family battling terminal illness.
The team visits Cirencester to help transform an incomplete extension and run-down house into a clean, warm and healthy home for a family on the brink of despair.
The team enlists the help of the local community and guest designer Oliver Heath to transform a post-war prefab house in Dartford into a warm and safe home for the future.
Nick Knowles and the SOS team enlist the help of the local community to finish converting a bungalow into a four-bedroom home for a family at the end of their tether.
The team travel to Chesterfield to help Lisa and Richard Watson and their young family.
The team travel to Wales to help a widower and his young daughter complete their new home.
The team help adapt a home for a sportsman with motor neurone disease.
The team head for the Scottish countryside to repair a rundown cottage.
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team come to the aid of a family in Dudley.
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team travel to Duxford near Cambridge.
The team go to Huntingdon to transform a house into a home for Julie's supersized family.
The team help a growing family whose house extension was put on hold due to redundancy.
The team help a family build a single storey extension for their rapidly growing sons.
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team help a former royal engineer and paratrooper.
Midwife Lindsey married ex-Royal Engineer Shaun in 2019. Lindsey had two children from a previous marriage and then had two boys with Shaun. In the summer of 2021, they began to extend their house, with a local builder working with them to put in the foundations, walls and roof, and to get the extension up to first fix. The plan was for Shaun to finish the build himself.
Jordan Hutchison is an inspirational teenager. He has cerebral palsy and epilepsy, but this has not stopped him defying expectations and raising huge sums of money for charity. He currently lives with his parents, Jackie and Colin, and his siblings at his grandmother's house. He sleeps on an air bed, while the parents share rooms with the younger children. The family home is a shell after a series of building issues meant the family ran out of money with no way of finishing the work.
Nick Knowles and the team travel to Southmead in Bristol, where a charity-owned adventure playground known as the Ranch has fallen into disrepair and is now rendered unfit for purpose. However, that is about to change as local volunteers and tradespeople help to reinvigorate the site, creating a recording studio and forest school to sit alongside the playground and keep the kids happy for years to come.
The team head to Northumberland to help a loving family with three generations in need of care for complex health conditions. Their house needs to be completely redesigned.
The team help a charity in Stoke to create a community centre and garden. The build turns into a battle against the elements, with three of the worst storms to hit Britain in recent years.
Nick Knowles and the team are in the Gloucestershire village of Chorlton Kings, where former car mechanic Peter needs help building an extension to the family house for his wife Sarah and daughter Suzanne, who both have a long-term genetic disorder that affects muscle function. Peter also looks after his elder brother Steve. Peter started the work to adapt to everyone's growing needs but the pressure of looking after the family and completing the work has proved too much, and now his own health has taken a turn for the worse.
The team are in Leicester to help seven-year-old Isla, who longs for independence. Everything must be made bespoke, and fitting it all in will be a huge challenge.
In South Wales, Nick and the team help Dan and Anna after a freak accident. Now a wheelchair user, Dan needs his home transformed to support his rehab and his goal to walk again.
Eight-year-old Rafi was left with brain damage after falling seriously ill. Now he is home after a year in hospital, but his house isn’t suitable - the family needs the team’s help.
In south London, Nick and the team help five siblings who recently lost their mum. The two oldest, Somer and Samuel, are doing their best, but the family is struggling in a cramped home.
Nick Knowles and the team, joined by the Gladiators, build a new youth club in Beverley – giving local young people a warm, safe place to call their own.
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