DIY SOS
Season 29
TV-G
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.
Where to Watch Season 29
5 Episodes
- The Big Build: ArundelE1
The Big Build: ArundelIn the summer of 2015, West Sussex wife and mother-of-four Amanda fell off her bike while training for an endurance contest, breaking 11 bones, puncturing a lung, and snapping her collarbone and back. Paralysed, she spent the next six months at Stoke Mandeville's spinal unit, while her builder husband Vic looked after the children - but determined to compete again, she returned home in a wheelchair. However, the family home is no longer suitable for Amanda - so that's where Nick Knowles and the rest of the DIY SOS team come in, strengthened by a number of local tradesmen. - The Big Build: BarnetE2
The Big Build: BarnetNick Knowles and the DIY SOS team transform the home of a police officer who was a victim of the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack in March 2017, suffering horrific injuries which left him wheelchair bound. Months after the attack took place, Kris still resides in hospital as his north London home is inaccessible for him, so the team and hundreds of volunteers work to get Kris living back at home to his family. - The Big Build: West BromwichE3
The Big Build: West BromwichNick Knowles and team, together with West Bromwich volunteers, helps a grieving grandmother and her family who are making do in a small house. Sandra's daughter Crystal Chambers passed away in 2015, so she and Crystal's 19-year-old brother Ziggy are doing their best to raise youngsters Deago and Ameira amid cramped conditions. - The Big Build: Avening
E4The Big Build: AveningThe team helps project manager Ben in Avening in the Cotswolds, whose life was changed in a split second by a freak accident while holidaying in Cyprus. Ben slipped and fell head first into the shallow end of a pool, breaking his neck in three places, and for him to move back home from Salisbury Spinal Unit, it needs to be adapted with a front access and a two-storey extension with through-floor lift, along with all the bespoke care provision that he will need, including a home-office space. - The Big Build: MildenhallE5
The Big Build: MildenhallIn March 2015, football fan Simon Dobbin was at an away game when he was set upon by a gang of men in an unprovoked attack that left him brain damaged, paralysed and unable to walk and talk. After many months in hospital he is finally back at home in Mildenhall Suffolk, where he receives round-the-clock care from wife Nicole. But the family home is unfit for Simon's care and rehabilitation - so that's where Nick Knowles, designer Laurence Llewelyn- Bowen and the DIY SOS team come in, strengthened by a number of local tradesmen.